Kathy
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Activity 1: Western Bluebird, Tree Swallow, Yellow-rumped Warbler all seen where I'm birding nearly everyday this month as part of a volunteer effort for a local preservation organization, tracking Western Bluebirds. Tree Swallows present and the warblers who seem to be arriving now for the season. Activity 2: Apart from birds in first activity, I continued down to a neighborhood beach and saw a Black Oystercatcher, Glaucous-winged Gull, and Harlequin Ducks. Activity 3: Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Bushtit, Marsh Wren, Wilson's Warbler
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Activity 1: Brewer's Blackbird, i.d. by Merlin after seeing small-medium blackbird on telephone wire, no other markings. Absence of yellow eye indicated a female. Yellow-rumped Warbler, i.d. by field guide after seeing small black, white and yellow bird on the ground and in the trees, moving fast, thin pointed bill. Activity 2: Three different birds with same color: Red on Downy Woodpecker, Purple Finch and House Finch. Least amount of red on woodpecker with defining head spot, liberally applied on the Purple Finch and less-so on the House Finch. Field guide determinations. Activity 3: Three different birds finding food: Western Bluebird flying to ground for small worms, Tree Swallow catching insects on the fly, Black Oystercatcher picking shellfish off of rocks. Activity 4: Western Bluebird: small-medium songbird, vivid blue markings on male mixed with rufous patches and upper chest, white below, feeding in open agricultural fields, used song recording to locate.
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1: I saw a Downy Woodpecker and a Golden-crowned Sparrow. The woodpecker was feeding at a suet/seed feeder, vertically oriented. The sparrow was feeding on the ground beneath the suet/seed feeder, hopping around with other Golden-crowned Sparrows. 2: I saw a Tree Swallow, a Barn Swallow, and a Western Bluebird with blue the predominant color. The Tree Swallow has a blue back, and hood, a short tail with a white underbody. The Barn Swallow has a blue back with a rufous underbody and a long forked tail. The Western Bluebird is a male with brilliant blue areas on the head, back and wings with rufous patches on the wings and upper chest. 3: The Tree and Barn Swallows were feeding in the air on flying insects. The Western Bluebird was feeding from the ground on small green worms and also flying insects it flew to from perches to catch. 4: The Western Bluebird is a small to medium size songbird with brilliant blue markings and rufous patches on the wings and chest that feeds from the ground and from perches. The bluebird feeds in open fields with trees, fences, and overhead telephone lines to perch on. This time of year they sometimes look for nest boxes and carry dried grasses from the ground to the nest box which is what I'm currently observing in the Pacific Northwest.
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