Orioles have arrived, another hobby I enjoy

[BarleyBop]

Yes, we were holidaying in Northern Québec and could hear a new bird somewhere off in the forest, and it turned out to be a Tennessee Warbler which breeds up there!
Knowing what to look for, we spotted it later on our hike.
Cheers!

 

[Tommergun]

Caught a Carolina Wren today.

 

[Tommergun]

Caught a Carolina Wren today.

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So I used the Merlin Bird AP which ID'd this as a Bewicks Wren. Sure enough! Pretty cool!

 

[BarleyBop]

Not a lot of wrens here, none in the city. Do they mostly skitter along the ground, like partridge and grouse?

 

[Tommergun]

Not a lot of wrens here, none in the city. Do they mostly skitter along the ground, like partridge and grouse?

This one was, looking for bugs.

 

[BarleyBop]

looking for bugs

Ah yes, much like programerius softwarius, quite common in these parts.

 

[Jim62]

So I used the Merlin Bird AP which ID'd this as a Bewicks Wren. Sure enough! Pretty cool!

We had it ID a carolina wren as well and man those things are loud and non stop.

 

[Tommergun]

Another Carolina Chickadee.

 

[BarleyBop]

Nice!
We have a couple of black capped chickadees who've been visiting the feeder since last fall.... one seed at a time! Then they fly off to return a while later.

 

[Jim62]

Nice!
We have a couple of black capped chickadees who've been visiting the feeder since last fall.... one seed at a time! Then they fly off to return a while later.

Those are permanent residents here. The Orioles have moved on. We were blessed with a large number this year and a two week stay. Been to busy the last couple of days to notice, but the Rose Breasted Grossbeaks have probably moved on as well.

 

[BarleyBop]

Rose Breasted Grossbeaks

Haven't seen them in years. In 1967, the city had crab apple trees, 'centennial trees', available to celebrate Canadian confederation, so folks up and down the street planted them in their front yards. A few years later, we'd be treated to dozens of grossbeaks, flitting from tree to tree, right down the street, gorging on the fruit when they passed through town.

 

[BarleyBop]

...in modeling, as in everything else, sometimes, sometimes we pick off more than we can chew!
(photo from Sayulita, Mexico, 2007)

 

[Tommergun]

Blue Jays are visiting again...since I put feed out. Rude!

 

[Nedry]

Blue Jays are visiting again...since I put feed out. Rude!

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Orioles and Blue Jays? Must be an American League East thread.

 

[BarleyBop]

...that time of year!


...and a little further down the path by the sailing club docks... Purple Martin's have taken up residence again in their beachfront condos.
They swoop down between the boats nabbing insects outta the air.

There was also a gaggle of birders excitedly observing a Red necked Phalorope (we asked what the commotion was about) on the opposite shore of the river. Apparently a rare sighting of a migratory bird that nests in the arctic!

From Mr Googles:


Their field scopes must be pretty powerful, as the river is quite wide at this point!

 

[locomotive]

Last time I was bird watching my wife went nuts.
Admittedly they weren't the feathered kind…

 

[Rimmer]

I love birdwatching, one of my favourite pasttimes.

We get some very different looking birds here in the UK than you guys in North America, although a lot from similar families I think. I spent a happy half-hour today watching the recently arrived House Martins and Swifts swooping about the trees near the buildings of the nature reserve I was visiting.

 

[BarleyBop]

Swifts

Nice, we live centertown, a block from an old Dominican College: it has a huge chimney, and right around dusk the chimney Swifts can be seen soaring in search of supper! For all their agility snd speed, they really do look like flying cigars.