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!

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

Awesome thread!
I’ve seen a lot of Grey Catbirds lately. We had a nest in a bush, and got to watch the chicks grow up. I wish I had taken pictures! They left the nest just yesterday.

 

[DogAndCat36]

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!

Yay!
For me I tend to see barn swallows, cickadees, blue jays, grey jays, mallards, Canadian geese, wipoorwill, wood peckers, crows, ravens, hooded mergansers, nd these tiny little black birds that are living in the roof.
Sometimes I can spot a bald eagle.
Favorite bird- Northern Herrier, a friend of chickens

 

[DogAndCat36]

Time to put this bird book to use!

 

[PioneerChicks]

Awesome thread!
I’ve seen a lot of Grey Catbirds lately. We had a nest in a bush, and got to watch the chicks grow up. I wish I had taken pictures! They left the nest just yesterday.

Wow! I never can find any nests more exciting than a robin's of dove's!

Yay!
For me I tend to see barn swallows, cickadees, blue jays, grey jays, mallards, Canadian geese, wipoorwill, wood peckers, crows, ravens, hooded mergansers, nd these tiny little black birds that are living in the roof.
Sometimes I can spot a bald eagle.
Favorite bird- Northern Herrier, a friend of chickens

What a cool variety! What habitats do you live near (if you are comfortable saying)? I have mostly subdivisions a field, and a canal.

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

I see a lot of bird, due to living near a canal, and I have a field, woods, (and not to mention bird feeder) on my property.

 

[DogAndCat36]

Wow! I never can find any nests more exciting than a robin's of dove's!


What a cool variety! What habitats do you live near (if you are comfortable saying)? I have mostly subdivisions a field, and a canal.

Fields, ponds, lakes, woods, and hills and an old dusty barn for the swallows.

 

[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.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I see a lot of bird, due to living near a canal, and I have a field, woods, (and not to mention bird feeder) on my property.

Fields, ponds, lakes, woods, and hills and an old dusty barn for the swallows.

Lots of good habitats! Sometimes I visit my cabin in the woods mountains with a lake and see woodpeckers, Tree Swallows, Spotted Towhees, Yellow Warblers, Common Ravens, Black-chinned and Calliope Hummingbirds, Turkey Vultures, Black-capped and Mountain Chickadees, and Wild Turkeys.

 

[DogAndCat36]

Lots of good habitats! Sometimes I visit my cabin in the woods mountains with a lake and see woodpeckers, Tree Swallows, Spotted Towhees, Yellow Warblers, Common Ravens, Black-chinned and Calliope Hummingbirds, Turkey Vultures, Black-capped and Mountain Chickadees, and Wild Turkeys.

Awesome!