Denise
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I live in Vancouver, B.C. and I've been fortunate enough to live in the same house for over 40 years, and have noticed differences in bird populations in that time, mostly, I think, because of environmental changes. At first there were lots of Steller jays and barn swallows. We had a large cedar hedge that the jays loved and the yards around us are fairly large, grassy and no fences. The swallows swooped all over this "meadow". As time went on houses sold, fences were put up, lots were complete covered with houses and cement. We had to cut down our cedar hedge and replace it. The swallows haven't been around for a while. The jays moved elsewhere. Sometimes I could hear them, but they were down the street a ways. The cedar hedge has grown, the jays have returned. I have seen a swallow or two but they don't seem to stay. Flickers, crows, chickadees, and sparrows are the main birds. Oh, and hummingbirds. We, along with our neighbours, have put up feeders and grown plants they like in our gardens and we now have resident Anna's and transient rufus hummingbirds.
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Activity 1: A few days ago I observed a Canada Goose doing "summersaults" and found it quite intriguing and amusing. I've looked up the behaviour and it seems it has been observed in many places, always surprising the birders who witness it. While not seen often, it doesn't seem to be as uncommon as I first thought, although nothing I read seemed to know why the birds were doing it. Perhaps bathing, stretching and exercising all at once! Activity 2: I enjoyed looked at all the bird cams. It is stunning the amount of knowledge being gained and shared about birds (and probably other things too) with the advent of the internet and computers. It leaves me totally awed! At the fruit camera in Panama, some birds did a quick peck at the fruit while others stayed and ripped and tore at it. Others flew in, took a quick peck and were off again. Activity 3: It's a nasty raining day here in Vancouver and all I can hear outside are the crows, and the occasional Anna's hummingbird chirp.
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Activity 3: I live in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, and one of my favourite backyard visitors is the pileated woodpecker. I've learned this guy is a male -- you can tell by his red moustache. Activity 2: I've been taking long walks along an urban lake and have been working on identifying all the different water birds. My favourite there was a Canada Goose, not because it was a Canada Goose but because it did "summersaults" in the water. It would suddenly pitch its head forward into the water and flip completely upside down, then did some crazy kicks to complete the roll and bring its head back up, swam a bit, and then did it all over again.
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