Owen Krout
Well-known member
In the last twenty years we have actually been in China more than in America and my normal posts are on my thread for Panjin, Liaoning, China. However I just arrived back in the USA. I'll be based out of Kansas City, Kansas, which is about a central a location as you can have in the lower 48 States. However I will be making some trips and doing some birding in various locations.
April 4th was my first full day back and of course it was a dark and rainy day. We have feeders up though and so I even managed to snatch some decent pictures of a few species that I didn't have photo records of.
Dark-Eyed Junco of the Oregon Junco sub-species; Northern Cardinal; Black-Capped Chickadee and a little Downy Woodpecker were especially cooperative while Red-Winged Blackbird and Blue Jay loudly scolded me for interrupting their mealtime.
Still poor lighting today for photography but things should start to improve soon....
Home Yard KCK, Wyandotte, Kansas, US
Apr 4, 2019 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
13 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 2
House/Purple Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus/purpureus) 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 4
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 6
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54579119
April 4th was my first full day back and of course it was a dark and rainy day. We have feeders up though and so I even managed to snatch some decent pictures of a few species that I didn't have photo records of.
Dark-Eyed Junco of the Oregon Junco sub-species; Northern Cardinal; Black-Capped Chickadee and a little Downy Woodpecker were especially cooperative while Red-Winged Blackbird and Blue Jay loudly scolded me for interrupting their mealtime.
Still poor lighting today for photography but things should start to improve soon....
Home Yard KCK, Wyandotte, Kansas, US
Apr 4, 2019 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
13 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 2
House/Purple Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus/purpureus) 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 4
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 6
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54579119