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What bird are you most proud of having in your garden? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Krispo
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scampo
Steve Campsall
A great grey shrike in the snowy, cold winter of 1975! I count myself beaten by a friend, though, whose wife called him to see a "strange bird turning its head all the way round..." - a wryneck in his Boston garden; and even by my neighbour who, last year, had a peregrine land briefly on his bird table - wow!
Jane Turner
Well-known member
OOOOh a thread made for me. Absolute highlight in bold
White-rumped Sandpiper(from), White-winged Black Tern (from), Pectoral Sandpiper(from), Long-tailed Skua (from) Sabines Gull (from) Richard's Pipit (Over), Pomarine Skua (Over), Honey Buzzard (Over) Pallas Warbler (IN), Grey Plover (IN) Yellow-browed Warbler (IN) Hoopoe (In) Black Redstart (In) Wryneck (IN), Leach's Petrel (IN)
White-rumped Sandpiper(from), White-winged Black Tern (from), Pectoral Sandpiper(from), Long-tailed Skua (from) Sabines Gull (from) Richard's Pipit (Over), Pomarine Skua (Over), Honey Buzzard (Over) Pallas Warbler (IN), Grey Plover (IN) Yellow-browed Warbler (IN) Hoopoe (In) Black Redstart (In) Wryneck (IN), Leach's Petrel (IN)
For me it was a Turtle Dove April 2002. Turned up with many of the usual collared doves sat on OUR fence and hopped into next doors garden! It was a good bird due to where I live and the time of year.
Just goes to show, after seeing others reports, how important gardens can be.
I still like to see GS woodie though.
Just goes to show, after seeing others reports, how important gardens can be.
I still like to see GS woodie though.
Mary Evelyn
New member
Proud of every bird that comes to feed but thrilled to have a pair of Hawfinches stay for a week. o
Jane Turner
Well-known member
kajrowe said:
I've had about 5 now, front and back garden! I also had an octopus once which was a bit of a surprise. It was of course deceased!
StuartReeves
Local rarity
Jane Turner said:
Didn't the Beatles (or at least Ringo) write a song about that ?
timmyjones
Well-known member
grey wagtail, lesser spotted woodpecker and brambling
I'd say it's a toss up between two birds: The Golden-winged Warbler feeding in my apple tree one May morning was pretty special (considering the dramatically declining numbers found in CT and sadly across the country too these days) and was probably the bird that got me really hooked on birding. As good as that was, probably my favourite was the Worm-eating Warblers that stayed on to breed succesfully last year - it actually makes you feel like your garden is performing a useful purpose.
Luke
Luke
Larry Lade
Moderator
Best birds we have had in our yard (a very residential area, with a small yard).
#1 American Woodcock (aka, "Timberdoodle") One landed in our yard a few years ago. Never before and never since! It was here probably about ten or fifteen seconds. It landed in our yard, probed in some mud a few times and then flew off. Quite exciting!
White-winged Dove, coming to the bird feeder and stayed for about eight days. Unusual for our area. We had about fifty birders from outlying areas of the state come to see "our" bird.
Wood Ducks, a pair flew over the yard and landed in a neighbor's tree.
Wild Turkey and Northern Bobwhites strolling through our yard.
Mississippi Kite and Northern Goshawk, flyovers.
Any wood warber is a "good bird" for our yard and here are the ones we have seen in our yard. *Birds in bold type are one time visitors and the others have been seen more than once.
Black-and-white, Prothonotary, Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle), Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Palm, Ovenbird, Kentucky, Common yellowthroat, Wilson's and American Redstart.
Red-headed Woodpecker, one time only!
#1 American Woodcock (aka, "Timberdoodle") One landed in our yard a few years ago. Never before and never since! It was here probably about ten or fifteen seconds. It landed in our yard, probed in some mud a few times and then flew off. Quite exciting!
White-winged Dove, coming to the bird feeder and stayed for about eight days. Unusual for our area. We had about fifty birders from outlying areas of the state come to see "our" bird.
Wood Ducks, a pair flew over the yard and landed in a neighbor's tree.
Wild Turkey and Northern Bobwhites strolling through our yard.
Mississippi Kite and Northern Goshawk, flyovers.
Any wood warber is a "good bird" for our yard and here are the ones we have seen in our yard. *Birds in bold type are one time visitors and the others have been seen more than once.
Black-and-white, Prothonotary, Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle), Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Palm, Ovenbird, Kentucky, Common yellowthroat, Wilson's and American Redstart.
Red-headed Woodpecker, one time only!
edenwatcher
Well-known member
No octopuses (octopi?) here, but highlights include
little egret (from), white-fronted goose (from), smew (from), osprey (from & over), avocet (from), med. gull (from), kingfisher (from), water pipit (from), waxwing (in), tree sparrow (in), spot. fly. (in).
Also bottle-nosed dolphin (from NOT in!).
Rob
little egret (from), white-fronted goose (from), smew (from), osprey (from & over), avocet (from), med. gull (from), kingfisher (from), water pipit (from), waxwing (in), tree sparrow (in), spot. fly. (in).
Also bottle-nosed dolphin (from NOT in!).
Rob
Maurice Berry
Active member
Jane Turner said:
Hi Jane
I seem to remember reading an article on the Deeside website by Richard Smith regarding a report of 76 species seen in a day from a garden.
Was it you by any chance?
Maurice
