Moya
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I have really enjoyed this course and I have learned so much about identifying birds and understanding and interpreting their behavior. I have done a number of things to protect birds including putting clear decals on my windows that don't detract but allow the birds to see the window. (I ordered them on line). I keep my cat inside . I put out a variety of seeds in feeders that appeal to different species. My major effort recently is to replant my yard with native species, severely diminish the amount of lawn, and make it a welcoming habitat for birds and wildlife. The space is about 1/4 acre (in the city) including the house, lots of trees, bushes and plantings. However I have seen an amazing number of species and bird pairs this year. I am hoping to gently encourage some neighbors to join me in creating a natural corridor of habitat. I have to be a little careful as one neighbors is apt to catch the wildlife I attract to relocate it and everyone seems enthralled with tidiness.
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I looked at the bird sitings of Down House and Sevenoaks. I think Sevenoaks must be an aquatic habitat with a tidal pond and marsh/ wetlands as the birds sitings include swimming birds, shore birds and sea birds. There bird sitings also included doves etc that are habitat sharers. Down House may be predominantly scrub-shrub (maybe a field) with a forested area. The sitings that made me think shrub-scrub were pheasants, swallows, and larks. I thought there was a forest because of the nuthatches, finches, jays and crows.
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Thank you for those helpful observations!!!
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Act.1 today I saw two black birds one was a crow and one was a starling. They differed by size and shape (as well as behavior). Act3 Today I watched three birds looking for food. The cat bird was on the ground flitting in low bushes and sorting through leaves (looking for insects). The dove was also on the ground but stayed under the bird feeder looking for seeds.The cardinal flew from branch to branch in the trees and onto the bird feeder to eat seeds. Act4 I like the gold finches . They are small like a sparrow. Their coloring in the winter is an olive/brown color with darker stripes on their wings. In the late spring an summer the male is bright yellow with black wings, cap and tail. The female is more green on her back and a duller yellow on her abdomen. They like seeds and perch on flower stem and grasses to eat seeds. They live in fields, bushes and roadsides. They have an undulating flight and have a sweet, high four syllable song.
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I decided to sort out and identify some of the little brown birds that come to my yard. I now know I have house sparrows with his dark head, white cheeks, fat black beak and beige abdomen. I have his wife who is mottled brown with a beige abdomen and a yellow beak and a puffy light eye line. I also have purple finches. The male is more easily identified by his reddish head and back but the female is mottled brown with brown spots spot on her abdomen and a white line in back of he eye. I also have pine siskins. Both male and female look like the female finch ( mottled brown and brown spots on the abdomen) except they have a slender sharp beak and yellowish stripes on their wings and tail. Now I can also see that I have a white crested sparrow and gold finches that are brownish in the winter. Game changer!
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