Birdwatching Chat Thread

[PioneerChicks]

This thread is for all birdwatchers! What birds do you see around you every day? What birds are your favorite? Seen any rarities recently? I'm wondering how many wild bird lovers we can pull out of hiding!


I live in Idaho. Around me I normally see American Robins, European Starlings (invasive), House Sparrows (also invasive), Mallards, Canada Geese, American and Lesser Goldfinches, House Finches, Red-tailed and Swainson's Hawks, Mourning and Collared Doves, and American Kestrels.

My favorite birds are probably American Kestrels and Ospreys, though it's hard to choose because there are so many cool birds!

 

[Isaac 0]

Caught these guys kayaking the other day.

 

[DogAndCat36]

Time to put this bird book to use!

 

[HappyClucker7]

I see Red-tailed hawks, Peregrine Falcons, Turkey and Black vultures, Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Robins, Gray Catbirds, Mockingbirds, Barn Swallows, Chipping Saprrows, House Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Brown Thrashers, House Wrens, Red-winged black birds, Baltimore Orioles, Great Blue Herons, Canada Geese, I saw a Cedar Waxwing once, Carolina Wren, Juncos, Tufted Titmice, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood Peewees, Pheobes, Eastern Bluebirds, Common Yellowthroat, downy and hairy woodpeckers, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flickers, etc.
My favorite bird that lives by me would probably be the House Wren. A pair built a nest in a bird house right by my window and I got to watch the babies grow up and fledge. It was really great. There was also a Gray Catbird nest right next to the wren nest. One of the fledglings got eaten by a snake, but the others survived. It was really cute to see them fly for the first time.

 

[sealer39]

I’m in central Louisiana and last week I saw a Roadrunner cross the highway in front of me. I never knew they were in Louisiana.

 

[Chicken Chiquita]

Here's some of my best pics of birds: in order, young Mallard, Black-Crowned Night-Heron, American Robin, Snake, American Coot, Great Blue Heron, Brown-Headed Cowbird.
(Yea, i know, one's a snake, but i'm a sucker for snakes .)

Enjoy!!

 

[centrarchid]

Species nesting property:
Mocking Bird
Red-winged Black Bird
Cardinal
American Robin
Carolina Wren
another kind of wren (House or Marsh?)
contact zone chickadees (Carolina and Black-capped)
Indigo Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Painted Bunting (several years back)
Orchard Oriol
Baltimore Oriol
Ruby-throated Humming Bird
Tree Swallow
English House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Downy Wood Pecker
Hairy Wood Pecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Yellow-breasted Chat
Cuckoo (Yellow-billed and Black-billed)
Brown Thrasher
Northern Catbird
Nuthatch
American Woodcock
Eastern Blue Bird
Eastern King Bird
some kind of fly catcher that sounds and looks like a peewee (Eastern Wood Peewee?)
American Woodstart
and others I am sure

Species that feed here:
Eurasian Starling
Red-tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Great-horned Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Chimney Swift
Killdeer
Wood Duck
Several kinds of warblers
American Kestrel
Merlin
Bobolink
Night Hawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chuck-will's-widow
and others I am sure


Species flying over:
Bald Eagle (may have fished pond)
Osprey
cranes
geese
ducks
big falcon of some sort
need better binoculars

 

[sealer39]

Here’s a couple of Blue Birds nesting in the Blue Bird box my daughter and I built. It’s strange, they look just like flying squirrels to me. But what do I know.

 

[Chickstarrs]

Here are a couple of pictures I just took of house wrens on my property near the house. There are at least two nesting pairs out there calling and singing. I am sure one parent was teaching a chick how to hunt, they keep circling around the camper and the little apple tree.

 

[Bakbuk]