Tisha
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Activity 1: Watched birds in Piedmont area of NC - April 15th - saw; Northern Cardinals, Tufted Titmouse, American Robins, Carolina Chickadees, Brown Thrashers, Gray Catbird, Eastern Bluebird, Red Bellied Woodpecker, American goldfinch, Chipping Sparrow, White Throated Sparrow, House sparrow, Mourning doves, Common Grackle, Blue Jay, Ruby throated Hummingbird and Yellow rumped warbler Activity 2: Merlin confirmed several sightings listed above with identifying calls. It also "heard" Carolina wrens(which I see all the time just not in this sitting); I like using the app to help me sight birds that may be hidden in trees or brush by identifying their call then searching the area it came from. Very useful Activity 3: Rosebreasted Grosbeak, Purple Martin, yellow billed cuckoo & Indigo bunting - would be thrilled to sight any of these.
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Activity 1:
- Cardinal - has crest, long tail, large thick bill
- Carolina Wren - small, round, stout, thin curved bill, long tail that is often pointing up
- Downy Woodpecker - small red spot on back of head, white stripe down back, black wings with white spots, black and white stripes on face, white belly
- Red Headed Woodpecker - completely red head white belly, white and black patched wings and back
- Red Bellied Woodpecker - black and white striped back and wings, red neck stripe continues over head, white belly except for small slight red patch
- White throated sparrow - scratching ground for food
- Northern flicker - probing ground with bill
- Eastern Phoebe - sallying for insects from perch
- Small bird, white breast, black capped, gray back/wings with black tips/highlights
- Moves along trunk and branches of tree probing bark for food
- Makes a squeaking almost honking type call; sounds kind of like a squeaker toy
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Activity #3: I don't have a good bird photography camera so I don't have any great photos. And I find it hard to narrow down to just one favorite. There are so many that I like to watch. I really like Hummingbirds and Woodpeckers. But pictured I have a group of baby Carolina wrens, from some parents that like to nest on our porch. I like the Carolina wrens cause I think they are adorable, parents and babies. How they hop around and are so vocal too. I enjoy listening to them sing and chitter away. The other picture is a Barn swallow parent that nested on our porch at work. They were all fun to watch over the course of their nesting period. The parents were very protective. They would fly at us when we went to check the mail to try and shoo us away. Even standing at the window they were very aware of us; as you can see this parent turning their head to look at us. I loved their coloring too. As for any bird; it was awesome to watch them raise their babies from hatchlings to juveniles leaving the nest. They had 5 of them so we had a group of 7 barn swallows hanging around the porch for a little bit. :) -
Some birds groups found in my neighborhood: Downy woodpecker - doing his best impersonation of a hummingbird - group woodpeckers, I believe the next photo was a great horned owl but unsure - group Owls, Lastly a Ruby throated hummingbird - group hummingbirds.
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Activity 1: So hard to pick favorites there are so many great birds. I really like the Marvelous Spatuletail. It is so unique with it's long tail feathers and the dance it does with them.
Activity #3: I don't have a good bird photography camera so I don't have any great photos. And I find it hard to narrow down to just one favorite. There are so many that I like to watch. I really like Hummingbirds and Woodpeckers. But pictured I have a group of baby Carolina wrens, from some parents that like to nest on our porch. I like the Carolina wrens cause I think they are adorable, parents and babies. How they hop around and are so vocal too. I enjoy listening to them sing and chitter away. The other picture is a Barn swallow parent that nested on our porch at work. They were all fun to watch over the course of their nesting period. The parents were very protective. They would fly at us when we went to check the mail to try and shoo us away. Even standing at the window they were very aware of us; as you can see this parent turning their head to look at us. I loved their coloring too. As for any bird; it was awesome to watch them raise their babies from hatchlings to juveniles leaving the nest. They had 5 of them so we had a group of 7 barn swallows hanging around the porch for a little bit. :) 
Some birds groups found in my neighborhood: Downy woodpecker - doing his best impersonation of a hummingbird - group woodpeckers, I believe the next photo was a great horned owl but unsure - group Owls, Lastly a Ruby throated hummingbird - group hummingbirds. Viewing 5 posts - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)