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Posted By: Slick Pan
Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 09:25 PM
These are western tanagers that appear on my property when the berries are ripe which is now. They sure are a good looking bird. I did not take the photo. Though maybe some on here may have never seen them so sharing a bird. Do you have a bird to share?
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 09:42 PM
I have those Tanagers too, they are found especially in big trees and deep woods. Here's one at the bird bath.
A swallow launching like a missile out of the nest box...and Pileated woodpeckers , here's a couple at suet.
Excuse the less than clear shots. I had an old camera.
Posted By: jalstat
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 09:49 PM
Those are beautiful
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 09:49 PM
That's a neat idea, Sharon, putting the suety feeder on a pulley. I'll have to modify mine. That's a great shot of the tree swallow, too. Little motion in there? The tanagers and the cowbird on your waterer is great as well. That's the wolf track waterer/birdbath?
Jack
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 09:57 PM
Really like those western tanagers, Slick Pan. Nice shot. We've got them periodically, but not regular.
This year we've got two hen Gambell's quail nesting in the yard, so the male's are on the black sunflower feeder almost constantly.
Besides the tanagers, I really like the colors on the lazuli buntings.
Posted By: WhiteCliffs
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 10:56 PM
prothonotary warbler
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 10:57 PM
The pileated woodpeckers are phenomenal. I have them here also. They remind me of a prehistoric type bird.
We have quail every year. I have not seen the babies this year as in the past. Not sure they hatched or they moved on. We do not have the Bunting where I live in the forest. I wish we had more verity. Sometimes we have the Clark's nut hatch which are neat. The buntings are real pretty. Never seen some of those.
Posted By: WhiteCliffs
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 10:58 PM
Indigo Bunting that flew into the window and regained his senses and flew off
Posted By: WhiteCliffs
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 10:59 PM
Good crop of painted buntings this year
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/11/23 11:59 PM
Love Painted Buntings. They are the reason I got into feeding birds decades ago, when I’d see them in south FLA .
Jack, I have suet on three trees high up on pulleys, to keep bears from stealing them. I’ve had no problems since. In winter, everyone is so impatient they follow the suet on the trunks as I pull it back up from refilling.
That is an old bird bath in that shot. The nice one with your wuff design was just a few feet away. I have three different baths, so everyone can have fun without crowding each other.
Jonathan loved that swallow pic. It reminded him of the torpedos launched from the subs he was on in his military service. “One ping only…”
He would love this thread.
In the early mornings, when it was mostly still dark, a bird would start singing a very pretty song. It reminded me of a robin's morning song, but I knew it wasn't. I used my Merlin app to ID the song, and they called it the Dawn Song, which was definitely fitting.
It's a relative of your bird, Slick Pan... (I didn't take the picture either)...
.... a Summer Tanager.
Posted By: Eyehi
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 01:20 AM
My favorite bird in this area is the scarlet tanager …. They are difficult for me to get a good picture of as they stay fairly high in the trees ,,,,fortunately they nest around my cabin in the spring so I get to hear their beautiful song ….
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 01:57 AM
Posted By: 330-Trapper
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 02:08 AM
Just Amazing...each and every one.
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 02:30 AM
yotetrapper30: this morning when I was out on my property I came across a flock of the Western Tanagers and they were singing. I never have had that experience before. Adding the song bird story to your post made me think about that.
Tray, would you identify the birds in the photos please ? Without me spending hours researching them it would be helpful as I am not a bird expert. Thank you
The wonder of birds is in the striking colors, while all birds have their special features it’s the striking colors of some that catch our eyes.
Here is a little sample from last couple weeks.
1) Dicksissel?
2) Indigo Bunting
3) Scarlet Tanager
4) Common Yellowthroat
5) Yellow Headed Blackbird
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 09:17 AM
The wonder of birds is in the striking colors, while all birds have their special features it’s the striking colors of some that catch our eyes.
Here is a little sample from last couple weeks.
1) Dicksissel?
2) Indigo Bunting
3) Scarlet Tanager
4) Common Yellowthroat
5) Yellow Headed Blackbird
Well done
Posted By: 330-Trapper
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 10:40 AM
That YH Blackbird is something cool
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 02:34 PM
That YH Blackbird is something cool
Until you have to listen to their voice...
Jack
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 02:48 PM
What's wrong, Jack ? You don't care for that metallic engine sound ?
Posted By: Bushmaster
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 02:53 PM
Great pics guys!!
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 03:52 PM
What's wrong, Jack ? You don't care for that metallic engine sound ?
A lot like my first wife; nice to look at, but once they open their mouths, it's all screeching and grating...
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 04:03 PM
Now Ive got a new mental program to delete the next time I hear a YH !
Posted By: Skogmann
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 06:46 PM
Thank you for sharing. Love the colors of birds. Truly God's artwork.
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 06:56 PM
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 06:59 PM
Great Grosbeak pics
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 07:08 PM
Jack.
Now THAT'S a sound that drives me insane ! Those blasted Evening Grosbeaks. All they have is a loud , strident mono tone whistle . One or two is bad enough. But get a flock together, and the peace of the estate flies out the window
All you hear is a bedlam of noise, that totally drowns out all the other birds. Or if you want quiet. Imagine a whole flock of your ex wife's voice ! LOL
If only they are like the Black-Headed Grosbeaks. Their song is absolutely melodious...a joy to hear. And they're gorgeous. They are here too, but not in near the numbers.
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 07:27 PM
rose-breasted grosbeak-never seen one before in Montana. Thanks for sharing the grosbeak photos. Very enjoyable to see.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 07:36 PM
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 08:02 PM
All extremely great photos Tray. The hybrid of the western and Clark's is priceless. Do you see them quite a bit? I've watched the dance many times; never ceases to amaze me.
Jack
Posted By: Swamp Wolf
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 08:36 PM
Migratory songbirds are some neat little creatures!
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/12/23 09:54 PM
I saw this bird one spring feeding in a wet field. For years I looked and talked to people trying to figure out what I had seen. Then a friend gave me Sibley field guide to western birds which I use quit often. Bingo!
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 12:41 AM
All extremely great photos Tray. The hybrid of the western and Clark's is priceless. Do you see them quite a bit? I've watched the dance many times; never ceases to amaze me.
Jack
We are on the extreme eastern edge of the Clark’s range, only see 1-2 a year and they are always paired up with a Western. Hybrids are about as common as a pure Clark’s.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 12:46 AM
I saw this bird one spring feeding in a wet field. For years I looked and talked to people trying to figure out what I had seen. Then a friend gave me Sibley field guide to western birds which I use quit often. Bingo!
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And just when you think you have it figured out then a Glossy shows up. We have them occasionally mix in with flocks of White-faced Ibis but it takes a lot of patience on the scope to scan thru and look for one.
Posted By: trapdog1
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 12:50 AM
I never get tired of these threads!
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 12:57 AM
Like the Ibis. When I lived in FLA, white Ibis were all over the place. Then I saw my first Scarlet Ibis. I was transfixed.
Sure like the metallic tones on yours, Tray.
I enjoy the Grebes too, here. Same types.
You would take wonderful shots of loons , I’m sure.
Posted By: Range
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 01:25 AM
Great pictures. Good info on the hybrid greebs. I often see ones that I cannot decide which ones they are. Now I am thinking they are hybrid.
I found this good mama in the trail the other day. She was distracting me from her babies.
I thought I got video of the babies but apparently I am technologically challenged.
Posted By: MnMan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 12:36 PM
Absolutely awesome photos, you guys!!
I am no photographer nor do I have the proper equipment but often see pretty cool wildlife and birds from my windows and snap quick, often blurry photos whenever I see something noteworthy. I thought I might share a few.
I don't see these very often where I live so I snapped it.
This guy was braving a blizzard to get some sunflower seeds.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 01:18 PM
Wow, you really get a wide variety of wildlife from your house.
Posted By: MnMan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 01:39 PM
Wow, you really get a wide variety of wildlife from your house.
I get many duck species in the spring and see many beaver, otter, muskrats, bear, and deer from my windows as well. The photos are not of great quality, but I do have pictures of all of those I just mentioned. My house sits about 20 feet from the water.
Posted By: 330-Trapper
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 01:44 PM
Posted By: k snow
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 01:48 PM
330 - That's hilarious!
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 08:48 PM
I have these on my property sometimes. Clark's Nutcracker:
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 08:59 PM
I have them pretty regular, but they don't use the feeder. I've never been able to get a good picture. That one is great, Slick Pan! Looks like a banded bird.
Jack
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 09:09 PM
I have these on my property sometimes. Clark's Nutcracker:
That’s cool, do you know the story behind the band?
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 11:26 PM
That’s cool, do you know the story behind the band?
No
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 11:29 PM
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/13/23 11:31 PM
Some Least Sandpiper reflection shots. Shorebird migration has already started for the fall and there are usually the earliest sandpipers to come thru headed south.
Who would have though that. Interesting.
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/14/23 01:21 AM
I have those Tanagers too, they are found especially in big trees and deep woods. Here's one at the bird bath.
A swallow launching like a missile out of the nest box...and Pileated woodpeckers , here's a couple at suet.
Excuse the less than clear shots. I had an old camera.
Good picture of a Violet -green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina females have white above their eyes and your shows it.
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/14/23 01:25 AM
The wonder of birds is in the striking colors, while all birds have their special features it’s the striking colors of some that catch our eyes.
Here is a little sample from last couple weeks.
1) Dicksissel?2) Indigo Bunting
3) Scarlet Tanager
4) Common Yellowthroat
5) Yellow Headed Blackbird
These guys have showed up in Manitoba this year, it must be because of the dry conditions south of us
good job yotetrapper30
Posted By: Leftlane
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/14/23 02:36 AM
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/14/23 02:52 AM
Nice peaceful shot, Hoss.
N50, correct, I have both violet greens and tree swallows that like my nest boxes.
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/14/23 11:27 AM
Jonathan would be proud. I just went through the entire three pages again. What a grand collection of everyone's birds! Good job, everybody. Thanks.
Jack
Posted By: MnMan
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/14/23 12:44 PM
Posted By: Leftlane
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/14/23 02:20 PM
Sharron you are good at picking up whatever I lay down. Peaceful is always the mood watching the sunset over Corpus Christi bay with a big platter of seafood and crustaceans in front of me. That night, a pelican just happened to basically pose for a portrait.
I actually love watching them. They are literally the best fishermen I have ever seen. They look awkward but they sit on those poles and when they spot a fish, they demonstrate that God's creation is perfect.
Good watching I always thought.
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 07/14/23 02:35 PM
Hard to beat that meal and scenery, Hoss.
In FLA, the Brown pelicans would line up on the marina docks and wait for scraps when the fishing boats would come in.
Besides the peacefulness of water, big mountains and rivers are my ultimate peace as well.
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 01:26 AM
MnMan can you tell me what is on that loon head, blackflies, gammarus freshwater shrimp, or lice ?
Posted By: yukonjeff
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 09:14 AM
Posted By: Squaretimber
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 10:38 AM
Jeff, that might be a sharp shinned hawk. Great pictures of the snow buntings. I hear that they are in my area occasionally but I've never seen one
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 10:44 AM
Jeff, I believe that’s a Merlin. Great pic
Posted By: Squaretimber
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 10:50 AM
Posted By: jalstat
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 01:00 PM
Beautiful pics what a gift of nature and yet some people never witness such magic
Posted By: Scuba1
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 01:14 PM
I miss Jonathan
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 01:41 PM
Really nice pictures everyone.
Great shots from all of you that posted Once again I am amazed by all the trappers who according to the antis All we want to do is kill something Devote so much time and effort feeding and and photographing song birds and other non game species .
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 03:15 PM
Tatiana -
Excellent! Thanks!
Jack
Posted By: goldnut
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 03:44 PM
Those Bohemian waxwings are a beautiful bird. Love the crown.
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 04:10 PM
Jack. If only folks could hear the song of the Black-headed Grosbeak. They are uncommon.
I suppose it is like the song of the Varied Thrush. One of my most favorite songs to hear in early spring.
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 04:36 PM
American goldfinch
Cassin's finch
Lewis woodpecker
Willettt
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 06:03 PM
Thanks for posting those pics Tatiana, really like the woodpecker that’s such a cool bird.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 10/21/23 06:15 PM
A few warblers from the fall migration.
Ovenbird
Blackpole Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 11/02/23 03:18 AM
Thanks for posting Tatiana but your sparrow pic is of the European tree sparrow and is quite rare in NA and cross breeds with the English Sparrow, the brown cap is the ID
Tray you hiding the wing patch of the chestnut side
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 04:14 PM
The wonder of birds is in the striking colors, while all birds have their special features it’s the striking colors of some that catch our eyes.
Here is a little sample from last couple weeks.
And their calls and songs. I can’t imagine one without the other.
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 04:17 PM
I thought I'd post some of our most common birds. Boreal Eurasia is pretty monotonous ornithology-wise, so they all have actual vernacular English (British) names.
This one should be pretty common in the US, too.
Fieldfares are the most common local thrush species. Some years they form big flocks in the winter, like waxwings.
Just a pair of great tits. They like human company in the winter.
Our biggest and most brazen woodpecker, the black woodpecker. They are very curious and will often follow you in the woods, screaming loudly.
The nuthatch is a frequent bird feeder visitor (and bacon lover).
Tree pipits are among the earliest birds to arrive from Africa.
So are wagtails. They become one of the most abundant insectivorous species in the suburbs because tits and chickadees mostly leave residential areas by mid-May.
This is what an actual goldfinch in the initial sense of the word looks like. They are incredibly hardy birds. I often see them flying and feeding at temperatures approaching -40 C (or F) when few other birds are visible. They visit bird feeders, but it's not uncommon to see them feeding on burdock seeds out in the forest-steppe.
We have two sympatric species of cuckoos here, that are a bit hard to tell apart visually. This one's the common cuckoo. They become very visible and easy to photograph early in the mating season, in June. They spend winters in Southeast Asia.
The most common woodpecker species in boreal Eurasia. As far as I know, Greater spotted woodpeckers sometimes visit Alaska, much to the local birders' delight, but they belong here. They're loud birds, and not too smart. They taste okay, though.
Our Bohemian waxwings are a bit different from your Cedar waxwings.
they gather in HUGE loud flocks in the winter and can completely strip mountain ash and crab apples off their frozen fruit in a matter of minutes.
Very nice shots.
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 04:29 PM
I have these on my property sometimes. Clark's Nutcracker:
Im so Jealous. Id love to see them.
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 04:51 PM
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 05:00 PM
Love that Waxwing headshot!
Here's a Gray or Canada Jay. Outside Rangely Maine
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 05:05 PM
Common Loon with a snack. CT
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 05:07 PM
Pilliated Female, Maine
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 05:17 PM
Juvenile Bald Eagle and Otter. I know the pic is not the best but I was 500 yards away! I adj the aperture for more depth of field trying to get both animals in focus but didn't notice my ISO went through the roof in the heat of the moment. Going from shooting Otters in the dark water to BIF Eagles requires fast camera adjustments and I don't always get it right, lol
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 05:22 PM
Perhaps my favorite Bird. So intelligent, such character.
Posted By: MJM
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 11:08 PM
On the nest.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/06/23 11:24 PM
On the nest.
That’s cool, where was that picture taken?
Posted By: Lugnut
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/07/23 01:04 AM
Jonathan would be proud.
Jack
As is scrolled through this thread again I was thinking how Jonathan would have loved it and no doubt would have participated in it with some of his spectacular pictures. Great captures everyone!
Posted By: MJM
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/07/23 01:19 AM
Tray, it was on Tangik Island, in the Aleutian Islands AK. There were 100's of pairs of the nesting on the hill side. We walked up, laid down and stuck our camera down the burrow arms length and took a picture. You would pull it out and look at it, if it was bad, you deleted it and took another. They are neat to watch. They fly laps in a large oval. They would all take off at once and come back in on the same lap.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/07/23 01:52 AM
Tray, it was on Tangik Island, in the Aleutian Islands AK. There were 100's of pairs of the nesting on the hill side. We walked up, laid down and stuck our camera down the burrow arms length and took a picture. You would pull it out and look at it, if it was bad, you deleted it and took another. They are neat to watch. They fly laps in a large oval. They would all take off at once and come back in on the same lap.
Interesting, thanks. I would love to visit that part of the county some day.
Posted By: bucksnbears
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/07/23 02:20 AM
I could look at bird pics for hours. Never get old.
Welcome aboard Lenny. Thanks for the pics.
Will have to disagree about the Blue Jay though.
Yep, they are smart!. They seem to know when I'm gone and will come n pluck the baby robins/ doves out of the nest.
Dispise them.
Posted By: MJM
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/07/23 02:21 AM
Tray There are a lot of neat birds there. Waterfowl we never see here. I really enjoyed my time on the islands. Look Tangik Island up, so you know where to head too.:)
You can fly to Akutan and skiff over. When we left Tangik we skiffed over to Akutan, four of us in two 17 ft inflatables loaded with camo gear. Ran back the second day to get what we could not haul the first day. We flew out to Dutch Harbor on a Goose.
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/07/23 11:27 PM
I could look at bird pics for hours. Never get old.
Welcome aboard Lenny. Thanks for the pics.
Will have to disagree about the Blue Jay though.
Yep, they are smart!. They seem to know when I'm gone and will come n pluck the baby robins/ doves out of the nest.
Dispise them.
Thank you. I was a member here many moons ago but had to re-register due to old email no longer used.
Understood about the jays but many other birds do that as well. Its the hard facts about wildlife. It ain't no hollywood disney show. We all know that so preaching to the choir here. Trappers are the most knowledgeable Wildlife people there are and in my opinion and experience have more respect for the outdoors than many fisherman and some hunters.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/08/23 08:49 PM
Posted By: k snow
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/08/23 08:52 PM
Amazing pictures.
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/08/23 08:54 PM
Good shots, Tray!!!
Jack
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/09/23 12:08 AM
Pine Grosbeak-russet Variant I took the picture this fall on my property during a migration. They were feeding on service berry bush. Not a great photo but this is a rather rare bird in our area. Talked to a couple bird guys and they said they had never seen one in the wild.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/09/23 12:37 AM
Pine Grosbeak-russet Variant I took the picture this fall on my property during a migration. They were feeding on service berry bush. Not a great photo but this is a rather rare bird in our area. Talked to a couple bird guys and they said they had never seen one in the wild.
We’ve had a bunch of sightings in SD this fall and early winter which is not common. Looks like it might be an irruption year for them. Might be somewhat related to all the fires in Canada this summer that are forcing birds to find new areas.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/09/23 04:01 PM
Ruddy Duck rushing the camera
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/09/23 06:04 PM
Pine grosbeak major food source in winter is ash seeds so they are a bird on the watch list for decline. Our droughts have put the ash on stress and they are covered with seeds this fall.
once they learn what bird feeders are they cue into black sunflower seeds. We had some very interesting band returns 1000's of miles away years later years ago
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/09/23 07:32 PM
What amazing shots, everyone. The angles, too, are magnificent. Well done, everyone.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/10/23 06:05 PM
Pileated woodpecker
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/10/23 10:04 PM
American Rough-legged hawk. Newly-hatched youngsters and prey (note the short-tailed weasel). Western end of Brooks Range, Alaska.
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/11/23 01:42 AM
There are lots of Rough-legged halk moving south now around here with little snow cover. One of the few halks that can hover over their prey for minutes at a time.
My Finnish X Siberian female Goshawk. Not sure why it’s sideways, but oh well.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/11/23 02:15 AM
Love the color of your Goshawk. Cool bird
The migration patterns on those Rough-leggeds is crazy, they can really cover a lot of country. We have a lot of voles this year so they are really stacked up around here.
Posted By: Pawnee
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/11/23 02:47 AM
I wish we had trees I haven’t seen 90% of those birds and I’ve been in the outdoors since I could walk. The big red headed looking woodpeckers are amazing. Thanks for everyone that posted
Posted By: shanemoss
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/11/23 04:10 AM
This thread has me thinking of Jonathan. Miss his post, still.
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/11/23 03:23 PM
My Finnish X Siberian female Goshawk. Not sure why it’s sideways, but oh well.
That's COOL! Looked into falconry at one time and considered it but I realized I did not have the time to commit to doing it.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/12/23 01:02 PM
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/12/23 01:21 PM
Good picture there Tray. They are placing more tracking bands on the birds now so they can alter the spring seasons on the resident geese vs the high artic birds with the recoveries.
Those bands record the day light in intervals so they can figure the degrees latt. the birds fly to. Some are still recording 5 years into their use
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/12/23 03:32 PM
From previous band recoveries it’s most likely these geese are from the Calgary area. But anything is possible.
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/12/23 10:16 PM
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/12/23 10:45 PM
From previous band recoveries it’s most likely these geese are from the Calgary area. But anything is possible.
our Winnipeg giant Canada geese go to two locations Swan Lake Minn or Rochester Minn. Seems that up to 50% of the Calgary geese do not migrate but feed on dried grass
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/12/23 10:58 PM
Gulo, great pic. Not often you find a snipe out in the open, but if you do it’s sitting on a fence post calling. Love the sound of their display flight.
Posted By: Gulo
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/12/23 11:04 PM
I wholeheartedly agree, Tray. Back when I could hear, the winnowing was one of my favorites. My wife, who can still hear (doesn't have 7 thousand SuperCub hours) tells me pretty much every evening when we're enjoying our toddies, that the snipe at our house are winnowing.
Jack
Posted By: Sharon
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/12/23 11:13 PM
Love hearing snipe too, Jack. There’s no other sound like them. It adds to the quiet peacefulness of a creek or river.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/22/23 08:23 PM
It’s a good vole year, and with that comes the predators. These Short-eared Owls are fairly active at dawn and dusk and are easily recognizable at a distance from the erratic flight pattern.
Posted By: D.T.
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/22/23 09:40 PM
In between hunting, fishing, and bronzing the wife and I checked out Volcano National park. This bird is called “Nene”. A native Hawaiian goose
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 12/23/23 01:38 AM
I love owls just such a interesting bird.
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 12:10 AM
Not a bird but I figure no one will mind..
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 12:30 AM
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 01:18 AM
Tray,Im curious, Does Merlin work there?
That Tucan is crazy!
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 01:23 AM
Tray,Im curious, Does Merlin work there?
Yes it does, but it didn’t seem as accurate as when I’ve used it in the US, and there was a few birds that it didn’t have. I would say it worked 95% of the time.
Sometimes there is so many different birds singing at the same time so I think that confused it as much as it overwhelmed me.
Posted By: Lenny50
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 01:26 AM
Yeah that makes sense. Even 95% is pretty good though. Id need it if I went there!
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 01:30 AM
Tray not many jumping up to ID those 5 birds.
I'm passing the challenge
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 01:42 AM
Tray not many jumping up to ID those 5 birds.
I'm passing the challenge
LOL
I didn’t figure anyone would try…..but your sure welcome to
Posted By: Slick Pan
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 01:46 AM
Thanks for the nice pictures. I recognize one.
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 04:12 AM
Took awhile to find; Forked tail flycatcher[i] Tyrannus savana[/
and 5 minutes later Keel-billed toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
Posted By: Northof50
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 04:30 AM
Thanks for the nice pictures. I recognize one.
nope not a Scissor tailed flycatcher
T forticatus
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 11:37 AM
Took awhile to find; Forked tail flycatcher[i] Tyrannus savana[/
and 5 minutes later Keel-billed toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
Yes….I figured most people wouid know the Toucan from watching cereal ads as a kid.
Posted By: Tray
Re: Bird Sharing - 02/22/24 11:40 AM
Northern Bentbill
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Keel Billed Toucan
Green Honeycreeper