Birdwatching Chat Thread

[HorseGirlAbby]

Have you had any hummingbirds yet? They've been here for a little over 2 weeks. Also, if that oriole frequents your yard you can slice an orange in half and stick it on the end of a branch or rig a little feeder for them and they'll eat it.

We just put the feeders out this weekend! I've seen a Calliope and a couple black-chinned hummers so far. I can't wait to see more!

 

[PioneerChicks]

Have you had any hummingbirds yet? They've been here for a little over 2 weeks. Also, if that oriole frequents your yard you can slice an orange in half and stick it on the end of a branch or rig a little feeder for them and they'll eat it.

Saw one yesterday! Pretty sure it was a Black-chinned. And another hummer (probably Calliope) up in the mountains a couple weeks ago!

 

[GravityWaves]

You folks out west have a lot more variety in hummingbirds. I don't know that I've ever seen anything other than a Ruby-throated here. It's possible to get one just passing through occasionally, but it's rare.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Spotted this beach chicken over the weekend.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Spotted this beach chicken over the weekend.
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A dog! So cute! Chocolate lab or a poodle? Can’t tell.

 

[azurbanclucker]

A dog! So cute! Chocolate lab or a poodle? Can’t tell.

...What?

 

[Chicken poppy]

...What?

You have never seen a poodle?

 

[azurbanclucker]

You have never seen a poodle?

just not sure where you get dog from a seagull

 

[Chicken poppy]

just not sure where you get dog from a seagull

Oh. They are very similar.

 

[GravityWaves]

This is a great time of year around here for birdwatchers. Yesterday the woods were loaded with warblers and all kinds of other bright colorful birds. They're all nesting, singing, and defending their territory so a bit easier to see. I saw tons of orioles, tanagers, warblers, and flycatchers-most of whom I could ID but some I've never seen before. I saw a Great Crested Flycatcher for the first time and heard the Eastern Wood Pewees finally this spring with their distinctive whistle-back from the tropics. Oh, and I got a video of an oriole building a nest waaay up in the top of a sycamore tree!