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Saw a string of pelicans lifting out of LeClaire Cove on the Mississippi this morning on the drive home from work. RW Blackbirds and starlings here and there.
Heavy Rain when I got off yesterday, and when i stopped for gas at the Pleasant Valley BP there was a RW Blackbird hovering over some rushes growing in the ditch and squalling for all she was worth. Reckon her babies got flooded.
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redtail hawk robin starling red bellied woodpecker scarlet tanager cardinal Carolina wren
Wollen nicht krank dein feind. Planen es.
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Have these yellow bellowed/gray fly catchers build a nest every year in one of my gutters. yep........call 'em 'gutter birds' Hilarious to watch......well the new birds are almost ready to leave.. Parents...sometimes 3 adults feeding the babies...polygamists ? Walk under the nest ? Get ready to be dive bombed They are busy all day & first up in the morning This pic..looks like 'em [ Linked Image]
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I have kind of stayed away from this thread because I really like birds, live where there are a lot of them and notice them a lot. Afraid once I get going I might be a long time and will always have to come back with one I forgot. Anyway.... on a typical day we see a lot of birds:
white herons ibises black crowned night herons green herons wood storks (maybe seasonal, don't think I've seen one for a while) great blue heron ring billed gull great black back gull coopers hawk red tail hawk bald eagle bluebirds cardinals downy woodpeckers red belly woodpecker Carolina wren house wren blue jay mourning dove mocking bird great crested flycatcher osprey chickadee blue jay robin tufted titmouse song sparrow brown pelican mergansers crested cormorant European cormorant field sparrow eastern phoebe common yellowthroat Eastern towhee red wing black bird boat tail grackle golden eye grackle purple grackle ravens house finch blue gray gnatcatcher cedar waxwing yellow-rumped warbler brown headed nuthatch ruby crowned kinglet Canada goose killdeer
that's it from the list I've been keeping of those I can identify. Can't say I've seen them all the same day.
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Not today, but a typical year of watching would include;
Red Belly Wood Pecker Morning Dove Palliated Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Downey Wood Pecker Red Tail Hawk Sharp Shined Hawk Baltimore Oriole Eastern Blue Bird Robin Flicker Crow Blue Jay Grackles Cow Bird Blackbirds Killdeer Finches Wrens Titmouse Chickadee Sparrow Osprey (when working the river) Bald Eagle (again, when working the river) Warbler Bats Turkeys Chickens (my egg layers) Blue Heron (working river or on creek) Geese (Canadian, they are thick here) Ducks Nuthatchs Cardinal Scarlet Tananger Indigo Bunting Purple Martin Turkey Vulture Starling Pigeon Barn Swallow Owls (rarely) Grouse (rarely anymore) Grosbeak
I’m missing some for sure. Have a list at home with the books I use to identify. Enjoy feeding and watching birds and have for years. Cool topic. Fun to rack my brain in the midst of a thunderstorm.
Stupid house cats are making a return here. They are hard on our birds. Coyotes had them extinct for years but now they (Yotes) seem to have disappeared. We are seeing a resurgence of rabbits, squirrels and groundhogs too.
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Meadowlark Kingbird Lots of doves Painted bunting Indigo Bunting, Think I got painted bunting on the brain syndrome
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Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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Buzzards today, killed an armadillo sat night
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I saw a couple of hen turkeys cross the road to the cabin with 10 or twelve little ones running along, close behind. I thought they had all crossed the road so drove on past. Two of the little guys, that were stragglers, busted out of the underbrush like a couple of quail. I didn't know those little guys could fly...
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