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What did you see in your binoculars today? (3 Viewers)
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StephenHampshire
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Four Marsh Harriers and a Pipistrelle bat
pat mitchel
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Terra 10x42 ED- roller, tumbler pigeons in flight- what a bizarre sight seeing a swirling mass of birds with individual birds apparently falling out of the skies while rest continuing their corkscrewing flight above an apartment building about 3 blocks away. Must be a pigeon fancier in that building Pat
Pinewood
New York correspondent
Hello,
A better than usual day in New York City's Central Park:
mallards
Northern shovellers
wood duck, male
ruddy ducks
American coots
hooded mergansers, female
buffleheads, male and female
double crested cormorant
red belly woodpeckers, male and female
great blue heron, immature
redwing blackbirds, male, adult and immature
white breasted nuthatches
tufted titmice
white throat sparrows
mourning doves
song sparrows
American goldfinches
a phoebe
blue jays
golden crown kinglets
Stay safe,
Arthur
A better than usual day in New York City's Central Park:
mallards
Northern shovellers
wood duck, male
ruddy ducks
American coots
hooded mergansers, female
buffleheads, male and female
double crested cormorant
red belly woodpeckers, male and female
great blue heron, immature
redwing blackbirds, male, adult and immature
white breasted nuthatches
tufted titmice
white throat sparrows
mourning doves
song sparrows
American goldfinches
a phoebe
blue jays
golden crown kinglets
Stay safe,
Arthur
Spring migration is on full swing around here, so everyday you simply go for a walk you spot something new and inspiring. On early February I saw the first swallows and house martins, and today I spotted the first swifts. Today I also saw the first garganey and common redstar of the year. It's a magic season. The icing on the cake was a black stork yesterday, which is a pretty rare sight on the Balearic islands. So, full steam ahead!
tenex
reality-based
What sort of location gets so many?
Today: a flock of 50+ Bohemian Waxwings, all around us in the trees. While quite rare here, some have been seen this winter, and having eaten all the berries they're now flitting out to catch insects from high perches. We watched for a while, and then a Cooper's Hawk seemed to come out of nowhere and the Waxwings alll flew off.
Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Hay Meadow/Mount Lorette site. They are dispersed on both their summer and winter grounds, but during migration many of them funnel along the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. They use the wind coming off the ridges to make great time to their breeding grounds.
www.eaglewatch.ca
tenex
reality-based
Very nice, and a useful reminder. We have Golden Eagles year-round here so I easily forget about migration. (Bald Eagles too which is more unusual.)
Interesting that this route was only discovered in 1992! The video from your eaglewatch page is worth watching: The RMERF Story on Vimeo
A point I'd like to understand better is the 40% decline in count over 30 years. That's less Arctic migration/breeding, but does it indicate a drop in total population or just less migration, with more eagles remaining further south in the Rockies lately? (The point was made that an episode of glaciation may have been responsible for setting this up in the first place.)
Interesting that this route was only discovered in 1992! The video from your eaglewatch page is worth watching: The RMERF Story on Vimeo
A point I'd like to understand better is the 40% decline in count over 30 years. That's less Arctic migration/breeding, but does it indicate a drop in total population or just less migration, with more eagles remaining further south in the Rockies lately? (The point was made that an episode of glaciation may have been responsible for setting this up in the first place.)
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CharleyBird
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Unexpectedly detoured to Finchale Priory where river bends have created 100ft high river cliffs with old woods.
Had close views of three of our familiar favourites in bright sunlight, a grey wagtail catching flies under the bridge, a dipper sat on a mossy riverside stone, and then near the top of the cliffs a pair of song thrush were feeding on the muddy path and (when we passed) on nearby yew trees.
Also of note was a bold robin perched only 6 feet away in a bush by the shop which, when I stopped, took my stare directly and sang confidently at me for some minutes. I felt like whistling back like Dr Dolittle 😄, but there were people sat at tables close by. It only vanished deeper inside the shrub when a family walked past.
Had my Opticron 6x32 traveller in pocket.
Had close views of three of our familiar favourites in bright sunlight, a grey wagtail catching flies under the bridge, a dipper sat on a mossy riverside stone, and then near the top of the cliffs a pair of song thrush were feeding on the muddy path and (when we passed) on nearby yew trees.
Also of note was a bold robin perched only 6 feet away in a bush by the shop which, when I stopped, took my stare directly and sang confidently at me for some minutes. I felt like whistling back like Dr Dolittle 😄, but there were people sat at tables close by. It only vanished deeper inside the shrub when a family walked past.
Had my Opticron 6x32 traveller in pocket.
CharleyBird
Well-known member
Amazing place to have on your doorstep. Your post made me wonder if there is a list of all species ever seen in the park? And how many species you have seen?
Regard
Andy
Pinewood
New York correspondent
Hello Andy,
Allegedly, two hundred species might be seen but that would include dozens of warblers. I topped one hundred, over the years and stopped counting. The most unusual may have been a boreal owl, long eared owls and a tricolored, or tricoloured perhaps, heron.
It is not quite at my doorstep but 1km is not far.
Stay safe,
Arthur
Arrowhead Marsh today. Mostly things we see in other venues, but different views here and now late into the migration mating colors and behaviors appearing. Three lovely, close enough in, pairs of Blue Winged Teal. Green Wings, American Wigeons, Scaup, Canada Geese, Ruddy Ducks, Double Breasted Cormorants, Eared, Horned, Clarks and Western Grebes, to name a few.
And here in mating colors, and plumage - Ruddy Duck, Dbl Breasted Cormorants, Horned and Earned Grebes, Thanks to "BirdingbuddyLew."
And here in mating colors, and plumage - Ruddy Duck, Dbl Breasted Cormorants, Horned and Earned Grebes, Thanks to "BirdingbuddyLew."
Binocollector
Well-known member
A robin singing, amongst others.
I'm currently on vacation in the Lüneburger Heide, a nature reserve in the north of Germany.
I think it was also the first time in my life that I saw a common adder.
I'm currently on vacation in the Lüneburger Heide, a nature reserve in the north of Germany.
I think it was also the first time in my life that I saw a common adder.
I saw three Eared Grebes today. Amazing view with my new binoculairs.
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