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Well, i'm new here so i might be a little clueless about some things...
well anyway, didn't exactly "go" birding today, but with the number of different species we get at our bird feeder here in New York, you could say that we did go birding...
Here's some of the dozens of birds we've seen since my dad got us into the hobby:
Great Blue Heron (Well, i see him all the time, he's a neighbor.)
Bald Eagle (another neighbor, since we live about 45 minutes from the Hudson)
White Ibis (Seen in Florida)
Osprey
Brown Pelican
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Wood Stork
Roseate Spoonbill (Actually didn't see it, i saw a tree with a bunch of white clumps on it, and asked my dad to snap a picture, turns out that the birds were Wood Storks, and one of the others was a pinkish wading bird with a long bill.)
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (at our feeder)
Downy Woodpecker (also at our feeder)
Pileated Woodpecker (dad saw it fly by, and snapped pics.)
EDIT (29th February, 2004): Changed Purple Finch to House Finch and added other finds:
House Finch
Canada Goose (No biggie.)
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Laughing Gull
Ring-Billed Gull
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-Capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Cardinal
Red-Winged Blackbird (There's a hamlet near me called Red-Wing Park, because it's home to a lot of Red-Wings!)
White-Breasted Nuthatch (This is another one of the birds that my dad doesn't have on film!)
END EDIT (29th February, 2004)
EDIT (1st March, 2004): Finally IDed couple of birds seen when I started birding.
Magnificent Frigatebird (Seen during family trip to Florida)
Boat-Tailed Grackle
Forgot to add these to the list:
Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junco
Mute Swan
END EDIT (1st March, 2004):
EDIT (6th March, 2004):
Common Merganser
American Goldfinch
END EDIT (6th March, 2004)
EDIT (15th March, 2004):
Carolina Wren
END EDIT (15th March, 2004)
EDIT (16th March, 2004):
Song Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
END EDIT (16th March, 2004)
EDIT (17th March, 2004):
Pine Siskin
END EDIT (17th March, 2004)
EDIT (18th March, 2004):
Mourning Dove
END EDIT (18th March, 2004)
EDIT (19th March, 2004):
House Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
END EDIT (19th March, 2004)
Of course, all of these birds might be considered "beginner" level birds... you know what I mean right? They are very common birds that people see everyday!
So being a new birder, what do you guys think?
well anyway, didn't exactly "go" birding today, but with the number of different species we get at our bird feeder here in New York, you could say that we did go birding...
Here's some of the dozens of birds we've seen since my dad got us into the hobby:
Great Blue Heron (Well, i see him all the time, he's a neighbor.)
Bald Eagle (another neighbor, since we live about 45 minutes from the Hudson)
White Ibis (Seen in Florida)
Osprey
Brown Pelican
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Wood Stork
Roseate Spoonbill (Actually didn't see it, i saw a tree with a bunch of white clumps on it, and asked my dad to snap a picture, turns out that the birds were Wood Storks, and one of the others was a pinkish wading bird with a long bill.)
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (at our feeder)
Downy Woodpecker (also at our feeder)
Pileated Woodpecker (dad saw it fly by, and snapped pics.)
EDIT (29th February, 2004): Changed Purple Finch to House Finch and added other finds:
House Finch
Canada Goose (No biggie.)
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Laughing Gull
Ring-Billed Gull
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-Capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Cardinal
Red-Winged Blackbird (There's a hamlet near me called Red-Wing Park, because it's home to a lot of Red-Wings!)
White-Breasted Nuthatch (This is another one of the birds that my dad doesn't have on film!)
END EDIT (29th February, 2004)
EDIT (1st March, 2004): Finally IDed couple of birds seen when I started birding.
Magnificent Frigatebird (Seen during family trip to Florida)
Boat-Tailed Grackle
Forgot to add these to the list:
Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junco
Mute Swan
END EDIT (1st March, 2004):
EDIT (6th March, 2004):
Common Merganser
American Goldfinch
END EDIT (6th March, 2004)
EDIT (15th March, 2004):
Carolina Wren
END EDIT (15th March, 2004)
EDIT (16th March, 2004):
Song Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
END EDIT (16th March, 2004)
EDIT (17th March, 2004):
Pine Siskin
END EDIT (17th March, 2004)
EDIT (18th March, 2004):
Mourning Dove
END EDIT (18th March, 2004)
EDIT (19th March, 2004):
House Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
END EDIT (19th March, 2004)
Of course, all of these birds might be considered "beginner" level birds... you know what I mean right? They are very common birds that people see everyday!
So being a new birder, what do you guys think?
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