Birdwatching Chat Thread

[Chickstarrs]

My sister uses eBird a lot for her photography. I will check and see if that is actually the site she uses. I may be wrong.

So my sister does use eBird but also Cornell. I often use Cornell too. She uses the Audubon app on her phone and it is free. If we have an idea but not sure which species exactly, we may also use Google images.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Just saw a Caracara while driving with my wife nothing rare at all just uncommon this time of year. They peak in our winter months.

 

[Chickstarrs]

Just saw a Caracara while driving with my wife nothing rare at all just uncommon this time of year. They peak in our winter months.

Nice!

 

[DogAndCat36]

We have four families of canadian geese here. I might take a picture of them today but I can't right now because they are at the second pond and it is pretty far.
One of the geese is circled.

Edit: My thumb was on the camera.

 

[Chicken Chiquita]

Judging by where you live, it was probably a beautiful Ruby-throated Hummingbird (more info here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird/id). I looked it up on eBird by location. Speaking of eBird, does anybody here use it?

I actually use it all the time!! Its a great site!!

 

[DogAndCat36]

Well, about 40 bird went into my backyard, more are appearing, can't take a picture of them all. If I don't respond soon send help.

 

[Chickstarrs]

Well, about 40 bird went into my backyard, more are appearing, can't take a picture of them all. If I don't respond soon send help.
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Do you know what they are. They are too far away in the picture to see. Maybe starlings?

 

[DogAndCat36]

Nope not starling, they are light brown birds with a few specks of dark brown and white.

 

[DogAndCat36]

I finaly took pictures of the geese today, sadly not in the pond. I found out that they move to the 1st pond in the first half of the day and the 2nd pond in the other half of the day.

Sad story, 6 years ago there used to be over 40 geese far back at another pond. They would allow us to approach and we could literaly stand next to their babies or stand in the center of them and only one would honk at us, we named him Grumpy and my cousin called him a female dog. Farmers bought the land and turned it into a potato field, only 4 geese came back and moved into the 2 ponds. Last year foxes killed all the babies. Good news. Now there are 3 families that have healthy babies, around 13 in all, well feed. NONE have been killed this year, in fact I haven't heard the cyotes this year on the hill and none of the chickens died by a fox. Social distancing predators?

 

[PioneerChicks]

Sad story, 6 years ago there used to be over 40 geese far back at another pond. They would allow us to approach and we could literaly stand next to their babies or stand in the center of them and only one would honk at us, we named him Grumpy and my cousin called him a female dog. Farmers bought the land and turned it into a potato field, only 4 geese came back and moved into the 2 ponds. Last year foxes killed all the babies. Good news. Now there are 3 families that have healthy babies, around 13 in all, well feed. NONE have been killed this year, in fact I haven't heard the cyotes this year on the hill and none of the chickens died by a fox. Social distancing predators?

That's such a sad story!

I haven't had any animal attacks either. Social distancing is the only option!