May 18 - 24 tags.
Showing posts with label crow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crow. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Sunday, May 10, 2015
April 27 - May 3
Common birds: red-wing blackbird, cardinal, junco, robin, crow, house finch, cormorant, goldfinch, grackle, starling, mourning dove, swan, Canada goose, house sparrow, chickadee, blue jay, Turkey vulture, mallard duck, tern
Spring visitors: song sparrow, ruby-crowned kinglet, white-throated sparrow, chipping sparrow, brown headed cowbird
Spring visitors: song sparrow, ruby-crowned kinglet, white-throated sparrow, chipping sparrow, brown headed cowbird
Thursday, May 7, 2015
April 20 - 26
As well as the birds, a chipmunk was looking for birdseed on Friday.
Common birds: house sparrow (6 days), cardinal (pair 3 days, male +3 days), downy woodpecker (male), red-wing blackbird (1-2 males, 5 days), mourning dove (5 days), chickadee (2-3, 2 days), junco (5 days)), swan (3 days), cormorant, robin (4 days), Canada goose, starling (4 days), crow (3 days), grackle (2 days), blue jay, Turkey vulture (2 days), goldfinch (pair)
Spring visitors: song sparrow (1-2, 4 days), ruby-crowned kinglet (2 days)
Common birds: house sparrow (6 days), cardinal (pair 3 days, male +3 days), downy woodpecker (male), red-wing blackbird (1-2 males, 5 days), mourning dove (5 days), chickadee (2-3, 2 days), junco (5 days)), swan (3 days), cormorant, robin (4 days), Canada goose, starling (4 days), crow (3 days), grackle (2 days), blue jay, Turkey vulture (2 days), goldfinch (pair)
Spring visitors: song sparrow (1-2, 4 days), ruby-crowned kinglet (2 days)
Thursday, April 23, 2015
April 13 - 19
So, among the birds this week, I saw a little wren, which I think was a winter wren; a thrush I couldn't see clearly enough to identify; a hawk that may have been a red-tailed, but I think was probably a Cooper's, it was flying, and just didn't look right for a red-tailed. I also saw a fox sparrow, which is not common, I saw one just once or twice last year. A ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, and brown creepers, two at once one day. We also had a chipmunk eating the seed the birds dropped from the feeder.
Common birds: junco (5 days), house sparrow (6 days), robin (7 days), starling (6 days), mourning dove (6 days), red-breasted nuthatch (2 days), swan (4 days), Canada goose (2 days), cardinal (pair, 5 days), chickadee (2 days), grackle (3 days), goldfinch, blue jay (2 days), red-tailed hawk (flying), crow, downy woodpecker (male, female?), turkey vulture, cormorant
Spring visitors: red-wing blackbird (4-5 days), song sparrow (3 days), fox sparrow, brown creeper (1-2, 2 days), ruby-crowned kinglet
Not sure: wren (probably winter), thrush, hawk (RT? Coop?)
Common birds: junco (5 days), house sparrow (6 days), robin (7 days), starling (6 days), mourning dove (6 days), red-breasted nuthatch (2 days), swan (4 days), Canada goose (2 days), cardinal (pair, 5 days), chickadee (2 days), grackle (3 days), goldfinch, blue jay (2 days), red-tailed hawk (flying), crow, downy woodpecker (male, female?), turkey vulture, cormorant
Spring visitors: red-wing blackbird (4-5 days), song sparrow (3 days), fox sparrow, brown creeper (1-2, 2 days), ruby-crowned kinglet
Not sure: wren (probably winter), thrush, hawk (RT? Coop?)
Monday, April 6, 2015
March 30 - April 5
Crazy weather -- Good Friday was beautiful, enough to eat lunch outside. Easter Sunday, a light snow. With the weather on Friday came a few season's firsts: The red-breasted nuthatch, song sparrow, golden crowned kinglet, hairy woodpecker, cowbird, and brown creeper.
Common birds: cardinal (pair, 6 days, male +1), mallard duck (2-3 days), Canada goose (3 days), robin (6 days), junco (6 days), house sparrow (6 days), starling (6 days), mourning dove (5 days), goldfinch, blue jay (4 days), chickadee (3 days), downy woodpecker (female, 2 days), common crow, grackle, red-wing blackbird (2-3 days), red-breasted nuthatch (2 days), great blue heron, house finch
Spring visitors: song sparrow (2 days), golden-crowned kinglet, hairy woodpecker, brown-headed cowbird (1-2 days), brown creeper
Common birds: cardinal (pair, 6 days, male +1), mallard duck (2-3 days), Canada goose (3 days), robin (6 days), junco (6 days), house sparrow (6 days), starling (6 days), mourning dove (5 days), goldfinch, blue jay (4 days), chickadee (3 days), downy woodpecker (female, 2 days), common crow, grackle, red-wing blackbird (2-3 days), red-breasted nuthatch (2 days), great blue heron, house finch
Spring visitors: song sparrow (2 days), golden-crowned kinglet, hairy woodpecker, brown-headed cowbird (1-2 days), brown creeper
Monday, March 23, 2015
March 16 - 22
Welcome to spring, and a busy week of birding! I've had one or two 'whatsits'. Well, one. I'm pretty sure the second was a merlin, seen perched on Sunday evening. It was certainly a bird of prey, small (blue jay or slightly bigger size), dark back, streaking on white front (streaking appeared more vertical than horizontal). Its wingbeats when it flew off were rapid, flight steady.
The first 'whatsit' was Friday. Also perched on top of the big evergreen tree, briefly. It had some red on the back of its head/nape, and was roughly blue jay sized, but woodpecker shaped, with a long straight bill. I think it wasn't big enough to be a pileated woodpecker. A flicker, maybe, we do get them fairly regularly and I have seen one up there before. But even though it was hard to be sure in the lighting conditions, it seemed to have more red. Its flight was steady, quick, and dipped up and down a little. It may have been a red-bellied woodpecker (not to be confused with red-breasted sapsucker, which is a Western bird). The range is possible, though I don't remember seeing one before.
Some of my hawks were definitely red-tailed. One day there were 3 flying up behind our house. Another day I saw two, en route from work to home, not in the same place as each other. Saturday, also out and about, there were 2 birds, one was probably a red-tail, the other was something different, maybe a turkey vulture? I wasn't able to really pay attention to it.
Common birds: blue jay (3 days), common crow, cardinal (pair, 5 days), swan, Canada goose (several, 4 days), red-tailed (likely) hawk (1-3, flying, different locations, 4 days), junco (several, 5 days), robin (1-several, 5 days), chickadee (1-2, 5 days), starling (several, 2 days), grackle, house sparrow (several, 5 days), downy woodpecker (male, 2 days), house finch (pair 2 days, 2 males in one of those days), mourning dove (2), goldfinch (1-2)
Spring visitors: red-wing blackbird (male, 1-3, 2 days), merlin (a small falcon)
Whatsit: woodpecker ID??
The first 'whatsit' was Friday. Also perched on top of the big evergreen tree, briefly. It had some red on the back of its head/nape, and was roughly blue jay sized, but woodpecker shaped, with a long straight bill. I think it wasn't big enough to be a pileated woodpecker. A flicker, maybe, we do get them fairly regularly and I have seen one up there before. But even though it was hard to be sure in the lighting conditions, it seemed to have more red. Its flight was steady, quick, and dipped up and down a little. It may have been a red-bellied woodpecker (not to be confused with red-breasted sapsucker, which is a Western bird). The range is possible, though I don't remember seeing one before.
Some of my hawks were definitely red-tailed. One day there were 3 flying up behind our house. Another day I saw two, en route from work to home, not in the same place as each other. Saturday, also out and about, there were 2 birds, one was probably a red-tail, the other was something different, maybe a turkey vulture? I wasn't able to really pay attention to it.
Common birds: blue jay (3 days), common crow, cardinal (pair, 5 days), swan, Canada goose (several, 4 days), red-tailed (likely) hawk (1-3, flying, different locations, 4 days), junco (several, 5 days), robin (1-several, 5 days), chickadee (1-2, 5 days), starling (several, 2 days), grackle, house sparrow (several, 5 days), downy woodpecker (male, 2 days), house finch (pair 2 days, 2 males in one of those days), mourning dove (2), goldfinch (1-2)
Spring visitors: red-wing blackbird (male, 1-3, 2 days), merlin (a small falcon)
Whatsit: woodpecker ID??
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
March 9 - 15
Typically, I see one pair of cardinals on any given day. One day this week there were 2 males. On the same day, there were also 2 male red-wing blackbirds. As well, the downy woodpecker, and several robins eating crab apples. The bird of prey was smaller than the red-tail, and I think darker; maybe a peregrine or merlin, but I couldn't tell.
Common birds: house sparrow (several, 2 days), common crow (varying #s, 3 days), downy woodpecker (female, 1 day, male, 1 day), cardinal (1-2 male, 4 days, female, 2 days), mourning dove (1-2, 3 days), chickadee (2, 2 days), junco (several, 2 days), starling(s), robin(s) (6 or more)
Winter visitors: red-wing blackbird (2, male)
En route: small hawk/bird of prey (perched, ID??)
Heard: blue jay
Common birds: house sparrow (several, 2 days), common crow (varying #s, 3 days), downy woodpecker (female, 1 day, male, 1 day), cardinal (1-2 male, 4 days, female, 2 days), mourning dove (1-2, 3 days), chickadee (2, 2 days), junco (several, 2 days), starling(s), robin(s) (6 or more)
Winter visitors: red-wing blackbird (2, male)
En route: small hawk/bird of prey (perched, ID??)
Heard: blue jay
Thursday, March 12, 2015
March 2-8
Common birds: cardinal (pair, male +1 day), robin (several), junco, chickadee (2), Canada goose, common crow
En route: red-tailed hawk, ducks, geese, hawks (ID? red-tail likely, 1 flying, 3 perched)
En route: red-tailed hawk, ducks, geese, hawks (ID? red-tail likely, 1 flying, 3 perched)
February 23 - March 1
Saw the red-tailed hawk perched on Friday (evening) & Saturday (midday). On Saturday it was there twice - it perched a few minutes, flew away, then came back shortly after (that is assuming it was the same individual).
Common birds: junco (plural, 3 days), cardinal (pair, 3 days), house sparrow (2 days), chickadee, Canada goose, common crow, red-tailed hawk (2 days, perched)
Common birds: junco (plural, 3 days), cardinal (pair, 3 days), house sparrow (2 days), chickadee, Canada goose, common crow, red-tailed hawk (2 days, perched)
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
May 23
Common birds: starling, house sparrow, grackle, cardinal (pair), chickadee, robin, goldfinch?, mourning dove, downy woodpecker (male?), crow
Spring visitors: redwing blackbird, black throated blue warbler (female), blackburnian warbler
Spring visitors: redwing blackbird, black throated blue warbler (female), blackburnian warbler
Sunday, October 26, 2014
May 17
Common birds: cardinal (pair), blue jay, downy woodpecker, house sparrow, gull, goldfinch, robin, chickadee, mourning dove, starling, grackle, crow
Spring visitors: redwing blackbird, white throated sparrow?, veery?, northern parula warbler, common yellowthroat (male, female?), magnolia warbler, black throated blue warbler? (female), rose breasted grosbeak (female), philadelphia vireo?, baltimore oriole
Spring visitors: redwing blackbird, white throated sparrow?, veery?, northern parula warbler, common yellowthroat (male, female?), magnolia warbler, black throated blue warbler? (female), rose breasted grosbeak (female), philadelphia vireo?, baltimore oriole
May 16
Common birds: robin, cardinal (pair), blue jay, downy woodpecker (male), mourning dove, house sparrow, goldfinch, starling, grackle, crow, red-tailed hawk?, house finch (pair),
Spring visitors: redwing blackbird, white throated sparrow, white crowned sparrow, hawk (ID?), yellow rumped warbler, magnolia warbler, chestnut sided warbler, solitary vireo (ID?), black throated blue warbler (female?), orange crowned warbler?
A difficult bit of note interpreting - I think what my notes meant was I saw a warbler which I thought was either a female black throated blue, OR an orange crowned warbler, not both. I think I've seen the orange crowned in previous years, but in this case I think it was the female black throated blue - I saw her a number of times in the spring, she has a noticable white patch on her wing, and is otherwise pretty much unmarked. That white bit isn't always visible though.
Spring visitors: redwing blackbird, white throated sparrow, white crowned sparrow, hawk (ID?), yellow rumped warbler, magnolia warbler, chestnut sided warbler, solitary vireo (ID?), black throated blue warbler (female?), orange crowned warbler?
A difficult bit of note interpreting - I think what my notes meant was I saw a warbler which I thought was either a female black throated blue, OR an orange crowned warbler, not both. I think I've seen the orange crowned in previous years, but in this case I think it was the female black throated blue - I saw her a number of times in the spring, she has a noticable white patch on her wing, and is otherwise pretty much unmarked. That white bit isn't always visible though.
May 9
Common birds: robin, mourning dove, cardinal (pair), crow, chickadee, house sparrow
Spring visitors: brown creeper, yellow rumped warbler, black and white warbler, chipping sparrow, white crowned sparrow, magnolia warbler, redwing blackbird
Likely: yellow warbler, parula warbler, palm warbler, ruby-crowned kinglet
Spring visitors: brown creeper, yellow rumped warbler, black and white warbler, chipping sparrow, white crowned sparrow, magnolia warbler, redwing blackbird
Likely: yellow warbler, parula warbler, palm warbler, ruby-crowned kinglet
Monday, August 4, 2014
May 4
Common birds: cardinal (pair), robin, mourning dove, crow
Overhead: gull
Heard: red-wing blackbird, chickadee
Overhead: gull
Heard: red-wing blackbird, chickadee
May 3
Common birds: crow, blue jay, robin, cardinal (pair), downy woodpecker (male), grackle, mourning dove, Canada goose
Overhead: gull, turkey vulture, hawk (red-tailed?)
Spring visitors: black-throated green warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
Overhead: gull, turkey vulture, hawk (red-tailed?)
Spring visitors: black-throated green warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
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