Susan
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Activity 3: this morning I saw a house sparrow and a white-breasted nuthatch at a piece of suet in my backyard. The sparrow would fly over from a near by brach and take a few pecks and then fly back to the branch. The nuthatch stayed of the suet cage much longer and ate upside down. In the past I have seen mourning doves in my backyard and they mostly feed on the ground. Activity 4: I like the blue jay. I often hear a wide variety of calls that they make. Some of them are a short screeching noise while others are much longer. They have several shades of blue on their bodies, wings and tail feathers. They also have a crest on the top of their heads. They are aggressive, compared to other birds, when feeding at the feeder in our backyard. They also tend to be near the tops of the trees in our backyard.
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I saw two black, white, and red birds in my backyard and looked at a third one on Merlin. all 3 are woodpeckers. The downy has a red spot on the back of the neck area and wings that black on the upper part and black and white stripes on the lower part. The red-bellied has red at the back and top of it’s head with wings that are black and white striped. The pileated has a red crest at the top of it’s head and the wings are virtually all black.
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Activity 1: I saw a downy woodpecker and a house sparrow in my my backyard. The house sparrow has a horizontal oval body with a round head. The downy woodpecker has a vertical oval body and round head.
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What a fantastic photo. I am so glad you shared it.
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Activity 3: a favorite bird of mine is the blue jay. I think they are beautiful. For many years I did not see them often, but in the last few years I see them more frequently. Lately I have seen them a lot at a bird feeder we have in our backyard. The blue jay is definitely the most aggressive of the birds that usually visit our feeders. They easily push off the house sparrows, cardinals, and woodpeckers which are often at our feeder and suet. As I writing this I can hear a couple of blue jays.
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activity 2: I live in the the suburbs of Washington, DC in Maryland. This morning I took a long walk that went through several different types of habitats. As soon as I closed my front door I head crows and heard and saw blue jays. Then I heard and saw a couple of red shouldered hawks. So I saw two groups of birds before I had gotten past my front lawn. I then walked into a wooded area along a stream. I heard Carolina Wrens, more Red-Shouldered Hawks and blue jays, and heard and saw Cardinals. While I saw several birds I was not able to identify, I then saw an American Redstart and a Scarlet Tanager. Next I walked into a public garden that has ponds. I saw more song birds: blue jays, a Gray Catbird, a Tufted Titmouse and a Red-eyed Vireo. I also saw a mourning dove and then a green heron. On the way home I heard a red-bellied woodpecker and saw a northern mockingbird. In total I saw four groups of birds this morning which is unusual. Usually on my walks I see songbirds and mourning doves.
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Activity 1: looking at and exploring the wall made me think about some trips I have taken in the past and why I have decided to take the course after the events of the last year. I thought of a family trip that we took about 10 years ago to Panama. My daughter and I went white water rafting and on our way to the river we saw a toucan flying just as the sun was coming up. I do not know a lot about birds, but that was one that was hard to get the group wrong. I also looked at birds that I often see near my home. We live near a public garden where I often see great blue herons. I have become more interested in birds since I started taking early morning walks - something I have done as exercise during the pandemic when I have been working from home and not going to the gym. I have found the bird song comforting on my walks and began to wonder which bird I was hearing. I had never heard of a Carolina Wren until about a month or two ago. I often hear them on my walks and see them in our backyard.
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