Wow -- what a great resource! Wish I'd have found it long ago.
I'm not a real bird watcher or anything like that. I enjoy feeding & watching the birds in my yard, and I've tried to create a bird friendly yard. Which isn't a particularly easy thing to do where I live due to neighborhood cats (I love cats, too, but mine are indoors only).
I have several books I use to try to identify the birds who visit my yard. Sometimes, I'm successful and sometimes I'm not
I don't get many exciting birds, but I enjoy even the common ones. The *most* exciting to me birds I've spotted here would be a lazuli bunting in Spring, 2007 and a breeding male western tanager several weeks back. I get a flock of evening grosbeaks that pass through in the spring & fall for 24-48 hours, and I see Northern flickers occassionally. For the past two years, I've had redwing blackbirds, which I never had before.
The neighbors directly behind me have a cherry tree at the back of their lot, which is popular with the birds this time of year
For the first time, I have a crow family that's been visiting, which I was excited about until today. They attacked & injured a baby robin, which I took to a licensed rehab facility (nearby vet med school) this afternoon. Wanting to learn more about the baby's injuries after dropping off at the facility is how I found this forum (I posted those questions in the Birds & Birding section -- hope that was the right place).
I'm not a real bird watcher or anything like that. I enjoy feeding & watching the birds in my yard, and I've tried to create a bird friendly yard. Which isn't a particularly easy thing to do where I live due to neighborhood cats (I love cats, too, but mine are indoors only).
I have several books I use to try to identify the birds who visit my yard. Sometimes, I'm successful and sometimes I'm not
I don't get many exciting birds, but I enjoy even the common ones. The *most* exciting to me birds I've spotted here would be a lazuli bunting in Spring, 2007 and a breeding male western tanager several weeks back. I get a flock of evening grosbeaks that pass through in the spring & fall for 24-48 hours, and I see Northern flickers occassionally. For the past two years, I've had redwing blackbirds, which I never had before.
The neighbors directly behind me have a cherry tree at the back of their lot, which is popular with the birds this time of year
For the first time, I have a crow family that's been visiting, which I was excited about until today. They attacked & injured a baby robin, which I took to a licensed rehab facility (nearby vet med school) this afternoon. Wanting to learn more about the baby's injuries after dropping off at the facility is how I found this forum (I posted those questions in the Birds & Birding section -- hope that was the right place).
