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Just wait until you have that amazing camera!
No mega-flocks geese lately but there was a nice murder of crows on Morton Street last Friday.
It kind of looked like they were trying to determine the peeking order.
It kind of looked like they were trying to determine the peeking order.
Bald Eagles in Boston.
WTF happened to Urban Renewal?
It's a height thing right?
WTF happened to Urban Renewal?
It's a height thing right?
Dull all last week.
It's almost time for the very brief, but very wonderful, annual visit from Western Tanagers.
They're beautiful yellow and black, jay-sized birds who come to feast on mulberries. The trees are only in fruit for a few weeks, and once the mulberries are gone, so are the tanagers.
They're beautiful yellow and black, jay-sized birds who come to feast on mulberries. The trees are only in fruit for a few weeks, and once the mulberries are gone, so are the tanagers.
^^^^ jealous!
What's a good audio recorder for Bird calls.
I hear them but don't see them.
I hear them but don't see them.
US inhabitants have you seen vultures for the first time lately?
Northern flicker getting some much needed calories and fat in the middle of the Nor'Easter
The feeder is very busy today. Not a ton of snow here, the big blizzard just missed us but it's freakin' cold. Cardinals, juncos, house Finch, mourning doves, chickadees, titmouse(mice), nuthatches...
I'll have to fill it again later at this rate. I have to get a suet block too so out in the cold I'll go.
I'll have to fill it again later at this rate. I have to get a suet block too so out in the cold I'll go.
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BirdNET is pretty good and where is Bobby anyway?
Blue Jays and Cardinals tend not to get along too well, but this morning they seemed perfectly happy to share the feeder. Must have been the sub-zero wind chills. I picture two adversarial birds staring each other down and then shaking their heads and tweeting "Nah, it's too cold for that $h!t."
Although, it was a pair (male and female) of each so it's entirely possible the women wouldn't let them fight until they got the groceries home ... I can relate.
Although, it was a pair (male and female) of each so it's entirely possible the women wouldn't let them fight until they got the groceries home ... I can relate.
Nothing like 30" of wind driven snow and wind chills of 20 below to bring the avian friends to the bird feeders. I went through a whole feeder full and one full suet cake yesterday alone. As I look now, I have a bluebird on the suet. Aaaaaaand a bluejay just scare it off.Blue Jays and Cardinals tend not to get along too well, but this morning they seemed perfectly happy to share the feeder. Must have been the sub-zero wind chills. I picture two adversarial birds staring each other down and then shaking their heads and tweeting "Nah, it's too cold for that $h!t."
Although, it was a pair (male and female) of each so it's entirely possible the women wouldn't let them fight until they got the groceries home ... I can relate.
You guys got nailed this time. We got the cold and the wind, but were just on the edge of the snow. At least the weather is keeping the feral cats away from the feeder. I think they've been using it a a buffet, considering the birds have been scarce lately.
Bluebirds came back, I forgot to post the pic. Not often I see them in the dead of winter, but I'm happy to keep them fed during the worst weather.
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Hey fellow bird watchers, what are these are called?
Very poor picture, but with the swarm and the timing in the winter, I'd guess either grackles or European starlings.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle/id
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/European_Starling/overview
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle/id
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/European_Starling/overview
They seem too small for grackles and the wrong shape/size for starlings to me. Where is this? Can you provide more detail: color, size etc.?
Bird id drives me nuts!
Bird id drives me nuts!
Yeah, like I said, a guess. The bodies look thin and I see three different wing shape profiles.
It's a flock of... something! Seagulls?Yeah, like I said, a guess. The bodies look thin and I see three different wing shape profiles.
Mixed blackbird flocks are seriously annoying.
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I could see that. Another breed could be the American Goldfinch as they are only Bright Yellow in the spring and summer. In the winter they are brown like the females and youth.