Our one and only Black-headed Grosbeak of the season.
Showing posts with label Red-breasted Nuthatch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red-breasted Nuthatch. Show all posts
July 18, 2013
October 1, 2012
October
Owl banding has been steady in the last few days, catching 30-50 birds per night. Last night we ended September with 636 owls, including four Long-eareds. This month we'll be hoping for more and more Saw-whets, lots of Long-eareds in a couple of weeks, and possibly some Boreal Owls!
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-breasted Nuthatches hatching
White-crowned Sparrows, a hatch year in the foreground and an after hatch year in the back.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-breasted Nuthatches hatching
White-crowned Sparrows, a hatch year in the foreground and an after hatch year in the back.
June 26, 2012
November 11, 2010
Cheeseburger
It's been awhile for a post, because it's been awhile since a bird. Since that adult goshawk on Saturday we haven't caught any hawks. There have been a few owls, but we had our first two days of zero hawks and owls the last two days. Not only that, but the only birds we're seeing are the one or two adult bald eagles around.
Winds are bad, and it is November, so at this point we are all just kind of counting down the days, which is fine with me, as I am leaving in 8 (+/- a day). There is hope for more red tails or rough legs, and the occasional gos, but I think I'll be lucky to see another hawk before I leave. With only 7 red tails this year we have caught, by far, the fewest in the 39 years here. Fud has no idea why, but it might mean interesting things for next year.
In order to get some new pictures I set up a little potter trap on our bird feeder.
The first two chickadees I caught were banded. (Also, "Cheeseburger" is supposedly what it sounds like chickadees are saying in one of their calls...according to Larry.)
We also have a lot of red breasted nuthatches poking around and I was able to get one of each sex.
Here's a female, which has a gray-blue cap, as opposed to the male's black cap.
Male
Nuthatch tail
Winds are bad, and it is November, so at this point we are all just kind of counting down the days, which is fine with me, as I am leaving in 8 (+/- a day). There is hope for more red tails or rough legs, and the occasional gos, but I think I'll be lucky to see another hawk before I leave. With only 7 red tails this year we have caught, by far, the fewest in the 39 years here. Fud has no idea why, but it might mean interesting things for next year.
In order to get some new pictures I set up a little potter trap on our bird feeder.
The first two chickadees I caught were banded. (Also, "Cheeseburger" is supposedly what it sounds like chickadees are saying in one of their calls...according to Larry.)
We also have a lot of red breasted nuthatches poking around and I was able to get one of each sex.
Here's a female, which has a gray-blue cap, as opposed to the male's black cap.
Male
Nuthatch tail
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