Marjorie
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Activity 3: The five birds I learned about this week that pass through my area that I didn’t know were near but would love to see are: Yellow-Cedar Waxwing (listed as rare but I’d love to see one), Yellow-billed cuckoo, Eastern Phoebe and two I’d like to find in a wetland area a short drive away would be: Great Blue Heron and a Common Loon (rare but may pass this way). I will be on the lookout and hope I spot some of these this spring.
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Activity 2: It was great to use Merlin’s “Most Likely” species feature. I was so pleased they have the birds picture as well as various bird songs and calls. I was on my porch so was not close enough to make a recording of any but when I heard one I was able to listen to a couple possibilities and identify the correct bird to match what I heard. This will really help with my goal to know what birds in my area I am hearing. For example. I see Cardinals often but did not know for sure what their sound was. One learned . . . hundreds to go!
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Activity 1: I found the Merlin App to be very helpful as I watched and listened to birds in my back yard this morning. I saw / heard the following: American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Tree Swallow, Carolina Chickadee (I think), sparrow, Pine Warbler, American crow, Purple Martin – Pretty good for 30 minutes!
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Activity 1 It was my first time to try out the Merlin app so I kept it simple and identified a European Starling and a tree swallow in my back yard. Activity 2
Activity 2: I made comparisons between a European Starling, a Tree Swallow and a Barn Swallow which were all possibilities based on the three colors I noted along with the other information when I searched in the Merlin App. We put our bird house and nesting boxes up today hoping for blue birds but the Tree Swallows are the first ones to show an interest.
Activity3: Three birds that I noticed looking for food in my yard today were Cardinal (eating seeds at feeder), Robin (poking for worms in grass), Downy Woodpecker (hanging out and eating from a suet block).
Activity 4: My favorite bird is a cardinal and I was able to identify it by color, sound and size. That was an easy on since I already knew the cardinal but it helped me practice and I will have to try some harder ones soon.
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Activity 3: A favorite bird of mine that visits my feeders in the winter is the cardinal. When studying I learned that Cardinals are in the song bird group and then in the Finches and Bunting sub group. I love seeing the bright red color of the males especially on a wintry day against some white snow. The inquisitive looks they seem to give when they tip their head makes me think they are listening to me as I listen to them. Here is one of my favorite pictures I ever took of a cardinal at my feeder.
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Activity 2: Raptors – Eagle My friend works on a barge on the Ohio River and sent me this neat picture he took of an Eagle so I read up on it in the Raptor group. Songbirds - I love songbirds and look forward to seeing them around my feeders in the winter. The cardinal is my favorite. Hummingbirds - In the spring I can’t wait to put up my hummingbird feeder to welcome back these energetic birds.
I enjoyed learning more about all 3 of these groups as well as other groups I studied. There is so much to learn and enjoy about birds.
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Activity 1. I could spend hours on the interactive map. What a treasure. Three birds that caught my eye and that I enjoyed learning about today were: Hartlaub's Turaco from Kenya. I like its showy feathers and monkey like sound. African Paradise-Flycatcher I was drawn to the beautiful long tail on this smaller body and it’s pretty sound. Whiskered Treeswift of the Philippines - I learned they use their saliva as glue in nest building They have a chattering call but it is not too shrill.
Activity 2: I made comparisons between a European Starling, a Tree Swallow and a Barn Swallow which were all possibilities based on the three colors I noted along with the other information when I searched in the Merlin App. We put our bird house and nesting boxes up today hoping for blue birds but the Tree Swallows are the first ones to show an interest.
Activity3: Three birds that I noticed looking for food in my yard today were Cardinal (eating seeds at feeder), Robin (poking for worms in grass), Downy Woodpecker (hanging out and eating from a suet block).
Activity 4: My favorite bird is a cardinal and I was able to identify it by color, sound and size. That was an easy on since I already knew the cardinal but it helped me practice and I will have to try some harder ones soon. 
white snow. The inquisitive looks they seem to give when they tip their head makes me think they are listening to me as I listen to them. Here is one of my favorite pictures I ever took of a cardinal at my feeder. 
I enjoyed learning more about all 3 of these groups as well as other groups I studied. There is so much to learn and enjoy about birds.