Topic: 2010 Birds (Read 93421 times)

DragonSpeed · « **Reply #105 on:** July 24, 2010, 09:52:57 AM »

Quote from: Rodney on July 24, 2010, 01:31:43 AM

What is wrong with that male house finch??? Looks like it fell in the washing machine.

LOL - no kidding!

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Here's my latest house finch compilation vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e1V0rVFHdQ

Nice. For aesthetics sake you could put some kind of perch (piece of driftwood, old stump, branch stuck into the ground) about 5-6 feet from your feeder. It would let them land there and give you great photo/film ops without the actual feeder... Just a thought.

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Rodney · « **Reply #106 on:** July 26, 2010, 12:02:53 AM »

My house finch is kept away from the washing machine.

We have a family of white-crown sparrows in the yard right now, youngs are constantly feeding on the ground.

DragonSpeed · « **Reply #107 on:** July 26, 2010, 10:46:43 AM »

Nice to see the White Crowned Sparrows... we don't have them up on the mountain.

wizard · « **Reply #108 on:** August 03, 2010, 03:57:25 PM »

1) Harrier(?) being shown the door by a Barn Swallow:

Looks to be Male Coopers hawk....

Rodney · « **Reply #109 on:** August 04, 2010, 01:16:06 AM »

I've compiled some video footages of black-capped chickadees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4f90bNVzhQ

DragonSpeed · « **Reply #110 on:** August 05, 2010, 09:46:44 AM »

Quote from: wizard on August 03, 2010, 03:57:25 PM

1) Harrier(?) being shown the door by a Barn Swallow:

Looks to be Male Coopers hawk....

Quite right Wiz! I had been corrected by someone else but forgot to change the post. Coop it is

DragonSpeed · « **Reply #111 on:** August 18, 2010, 05:29:24 PM »

Some West Coast Vancouver Island Birds

I was out in Ucluelet for 3 days last weekend. We stayed at the Black Rock Resort… What a great place!
Our room looked right out onto “Big Beach” and this gave me a great opportunity to go down and crawl in the seaweed to find a few sandpipers
Spotted Sandpiper:

Least Sandpiper:

We also explored a bit up island and ended up at a place the locals call “The Blowhole”. While the blow hole didn’t really put much effort out for us, we did see some eagles (unfortunately the evening sun was BEHIND them). I scrambled like a mad a fool and managed to get on the sunny side of a pair of Black Oystercatchers. They are a funny looking bird and the beak seems out of proportion to the rest of the bird. Perhaps because it’s bright red. Here’s one:

We also drove up to Tofino and checked out Long Beach with the hope of finding more shorebirds. The weather fogged in badly, but I did get this shot of a juvenile gull (species anyone?):

It turned out to be a pretty good bird photo opportunity weekend. We had a great time and look forward to heading back again whenever we can get the time.
Thanks Ukee!