Any birdwatchers?

[Zrosey]

Not sure I would call myself a birdwatcher, but I have a friend seriously into going out and she showed me a couple of birds I knew totally nothing about.
A northern wheatear, if I remember right she said that one migrates all the way from Africa, and than a thing called Siberian bluethroat.
And yep, it does have a blue throat! Really pretty

 

[graysilver]

Every day. We have three feeding stations for Hummingbird/Orioles, Woodpeckers, and Feeder Birds. We watch them in the AM with our morning coffee and evening during supper. We've recorded over two dozen species/varieties of birds visiting the stations including Turkeys and Sandhill Cranes cruising through below the feeders.

Yesterday, a Red-tailed Hawk perched on the deck railing for 20 minutes. Not sure why though nary another species was flitting around while he stood guard.

 

[MetaBob]

The robin chicks nesting on my balcony are now hopping into and out of their nest. I believe there are three, though only two are visible in this shot. I also believe they will fledge soon; one may have done so already. I feel like a proud uncle.

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Yep, the remaining two chicks fledged this morning. My balcony is now a much lonelier place, a literal empty nest.

 

[Britva415]

When I bike past marshy areas I sometimes see black birds with red patches on their wings. Hmm...they could be red-winged blackbirds.

You're in the right place for them!

 

[Britva415]

I saw a red-tailed hawk fledge a few days ago.

I heard a call which at first I took for the local Cooper's hawk who frequents the trail I walk on most days. Before long I thought it sounded more whistly than that, so, I started thinking it might have been an osprey, so I started looking toward the reservoir.

When I saw the bird, it wasn't either of those. Not stripy enough for a Cooper's hawk, not black-and-white enough for an osprey. Luckily it was circling a small meadow below a stand of pines. It was trying to get enough elevation to get into the branches of the pines, but it was failing and circling around for another try repeatedly. The whole time it was keeking a series of scratchy, whistly peeps. I got good enough looks to spot the classic belly band and dark arm bars under the forward edges of its wings, so, even though its coloring was pretty drab and low-contrast, and it wasn't mature enough to have a red tail, I realized it was a baby red-tailed hawk, and it was making the "feed me" calls I hear from hawk nests all the time, only it was on the wing while doing so. It finally gained the bough it wanted, and settled in to a nest there.

It might or might not have been its first flight of its life, but I believe it was its first day out of the nest.

 

[SimonDoom]

The jays have been active in the backyard lately. I think it's a family, with two adults and two adolescents. @AwkwardMD would be pleased, although the jays we have here are not blue jays but their somewhat less handsome cousins, scrub jays. The personalities are the same, though: chatty, pushy, ornery, and always acting like they own the place. I throw nuts to the squirrels, and the jays, smarter, blessed with keener eyesight, and much quicker, nab them before the squirrels can. The other birds have no chance, either. They stick with the feeder, unless the jays come around and shoo them away from that, too.

 

[iwatchus]

My SO swapped to a new bird seed for the feeder which has been very popular. I have been enjoying watching the birds squabble over it each morning. Mixture of little birds (chickadees, gold finches, nuthatches mostly) and some larger birds.Plus several larger birds, dominated by some hairy woodpeckers, one of which is huge.

 

[Bamagan]

dominated by some hairy woodpeckers, one of which is huge.

Sounds like Literotica... the story side, anyway.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Got some kind of a yellowish-brown one, strange color, a little smaller than a Cardinal. Having a good old time in the birdbath, jumpin' in, jumpin' out, splashin' all about, wings fluttering, all kinds of carrying on.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I talked to my Mom the other day. She told me that she wasn't getting much sleep. When I asked her why, she said, "It's those damned owls."

I assume she meant they are making too much noise, but I watched Twin Peaks, so I'm not entirely sure.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Can't find a web picture of Splash Dancer.





Y'all got Mockingbirds? Those things are INSANE!!!



But they sure are a hoot to watch.

 

[liqueur]

the jays we have here are not blue jays but their somewhat less handsome cousins, scrub jays.

I was not aware of the scrub jay, so I had to look it up. You're right, it's not as handsome as a blue jay. But it certainly is a beautiful shade of blue!

 

[AwkwardMD]

I was not aware of the scrub jay, so I had to look it up. You're right, it's not as handsome as a blue jay. But it certainly is a beautiful shade of blue!

Same. My kinda bird though, from Simon's description.

 

[liqueur]

Got some kind of a yellowish-brown one, strange color, a little smaller than a Cardinal.

Female cardinal? Cedar waxwing?

 

[liqueur]

Same. My kinda bird though, from Simon's description.

You'd love the Canada Jay, then. Bold and impertinent. Also know as the Camp Robber

 

[AwkwardMD]

I have a fondness for any creature you might refer to as a "cheeky little shit", whether that’s dogs, cats, birds, or whathaveyou.

 

[liqueur]

I have a fondness for any creature you might refer to as a "cheeky little shit", whether that’s dogs, cats, birds, or whathaveyou.

Canada Jays (all jays, really) are definitely cheeky. But the Canadian ones aren't so little. (image)

 

[Zrosey]

Canada Jays (all jays, really) are definitely cheeky. But the Canadian ones aren't so little. (image)

Canada jays are so much fun to watch, although they can be aggravating too!!!
I was camping in northern Washington state and messing around in the morning trying to figure out the days food I looked over to see one Jay ready to steal my spoon and another eyeing my only cookpot!

 

[Bramblethorn]

I have a fondness for any creature you might refer to as a "cheeky little shit", whether that’s dogs, cats, birds, or whathaveyou.

You would love sulfur-crested cockatoos.

 

[Milo9012]

The area around my home is full of hummingbirds. They zoom by with an almost electric sounding buzz and constantly squabbling over whose feeder belongs to who.

Often, they will streak right up in my face and just hover there looking me over or offering a challenge maybe.

Their weight is measured in grams, but gram for gram, they are one of the most aggressive and fight primed of the backyard birds.

 

[leftwantingmore]

The area around my home is full of hummingbirds. They zoom by with almost electric sounding buzz and constantly squabbling over whose feeder belongs to who.

Often, they will streak right up in my face and just hover there looking me over or it's a challenge to me maybe.

They weighThe area around my home is full of hummingbirds. They zoom by with almost electric sounding buzz and constantly squabbling over whose feeder belongs to who.

Often, they will streak right up in my face and just hover there looking me over or offering a challenge to me maybe.

Their weight in measured in grams, but gram for gram, they are one of the most aggressive and fight primed backyard birds.

I have the same issue with the hummingbirds. I have been hit in the face from meeting one comimg around the corner of my house. I put up 3 feeders. I have two feeders for non-hummimnbirds, also. What other birds do you have in your area?

 

[Milo9012]

I have the same issue with the hummingbirds. I have been hit in the face from meeting one comimg around the corner of my house. I put up 3 feeders. I have two feeders for non-hummimnbirds, also. What other birds do you have in your area?

Gosh, there are Starlings, Sparrows, Robin's, Doves, Ravens, Finches, Swallows, Wrens, Cardinals, and many more.

They are something to watch especially the doves when the males are looking for mates and try as they might to woo females with their hoots and bobbing head, the females, almost invariably, fly away in haste, sometimes with the Romeo in hot pursuit.

I love birds.

 

[iwatchus]

The area around my home is full of hummingbirds. They zoom by with almost electric sounding buzz and constantly squabbling over whose feeder belongs to who.

Often, they will streak right up in my face and just hover there looking me over or it's a challenge to me maybe.

They weighThe area around my home is full of hummingbirds. They zoom by with almost electric sounding buzz and constantly squabbling over whose feeder belongs to who.

Often, they will streak right up in my face and just hover there looking me over or offering a challenge to me maybe.

Their weight in measured in grams, but gram for gram, they are one of the most aggressive and fight primed backyard birds.

We had a lot of hummingbirds for a while but they have started migrating away. I was on the screen porch writing when I heard the buzz and there was one about three feet from, just outside the screen, staring straight at me. Way cool. It was iur first year moving the hbird feeder to the back near the porch

 

[leftwantingmore]

Gosh, there are Starlings, Sparrows, Robin's, Doves, Ravens, Finches, Swallows, Wrens, Cardinals, and many more.

They are something to watch especially the doves when the males are looking for mates and try as they might to woo females with their hoots and bobbing head, the females, almost invariably, fly away in haste, sometimes with the Romeo in hot pursuit.

I love birds.

I get those and Juncos, Black Cap Chickadees, Rufted Titmouse and Some species of woodpeckers.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I've got trees full of Cardinals.


Looked out the window one cold morning with snow on the ground. They were probably 10 or 15 male Cardinals sitting on the bare branches of a Redbud tree. Bright red birds sitting on bare branches against a backdrop of white.

If I'd have had a camera, I could have been a baziliionaire from selling the picture to Hallmark.