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09-11-2018, 07:35 PM
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Any Bird Watchers Out There? Info/Pics
Ive been keeping water out for birds in the back yard, and usually it's sparrows, magpies, ravens, and the occasional chickadee. I just had my first sighting of a Red-breasted Nuthatch (?). Im thinking the one that was drinking out back had three black stripes on the head though, and looked a little sleeker. Does that ring a bell with anyone? Anyways, I really enjoyed his visit (this is not my picture)...
If anyone is interested, feel free to post sightings, pictures, etc on this thread.
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09-11-2018, 07:41 PM
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If it were simple to post I have some amazing pictures I took of a mother canary feeding her chicks. The nest was right off my campsight last trip I went on. After a couple days the chicks were out of the nest and racing around on the ground like a cheeta on cowcain 😁. It was cool to watch!
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09-11-2018, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ^v^Tinda wolf^v^
If it were simple to post I have some amazing pictures I took of a mother canary feeding her chicks. The nest was right off my campsight last trip I went on. After a couple days the chicks were out of the nest and racing around on the ground like a cheeta on cowcain 😁. It was cool to watch!
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That would be very neat to see... not sure why the pot vid though.
Re: "If it were simple to post", here is what I do...
resize to 1280x1024, go to postimage.com, upload photo, copy image address, go to AOL, reply with
[IMG]pasted image address you copied[/IMG] (fixed) included in your post.
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09-11-2018, 08:07 PM
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That would be very neat to see... not sure why the pot vid though.
Re: "If it were simple to post", here is what I do...
resize to 1280x1024, go to postimage.com, upload photo, copy image address, go to AOL, reply with
[IMG]pasted image address you copied[/IMG] (fixed) included in your post.
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The pot vid is my signature. Too much work for me unless it was used in the magazine then I would.
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09-11-2018, 08:11 PM
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Re: "The pot vid is my signature. Too much work for me unless it was used in the magazine then I would"
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09-11-2018, 08:18 PM
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Re: "The pot vid is my signature. Too much work for me unless it was used in the magazine then I would"
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Give me a second doc I’ll take a picture with my iPhone of my camera screen and post it to my avitar. Not sure how well it will work but I’ll try it Lolita
Funny it says upload of file failed. I tried dunno
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09-11-2018, 07:55 PM
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I have some amazing pictures I took of a mother canary feeding her chicks
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Canary!? Was your camping trip to the Macronesian Islands, or was it an escape from someone's cage?
Here are a couple from this past summer:
Wilson's Snipe
Western Grebe
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09-11-2018, 08:00 PM
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Wilson's Snipe
It sure looks like a Woodcock. I grew up in SW Ontario and we hunted woodcock and that one sure looks like a woodcock but I doubt if we get them in Alberta
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09-11-2018, 08:18 PM
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It sure looks like a Woodcock. I grew up in SW Ontario and we hunted woodcock and that one sure looks like a woodcock but I doubt if we get them in Alberta
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You are correct on the last part. No Woodcock here. Woodcock are dumpier, warmer brown, much less streaky, and have bars across the top of the head.
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Alacringa... what kind of birds? First is a snipe(Wilson's?) Im guessing
Edit: Woops, brain flatulence
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09-11-2018, 08:28 PM
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Canary!? Was your camping trip to the Macronesian Islands, or was it an escape from someone's cage?
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Op is likely referring to the goldfinch. we always called them wild canaries.
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09-11-2018, 08:39 PM
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Op is likely referring to the goldfinch. we always called them wild canaries.
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The bird is fluorescent yellow with a darker yellow head. I looked the bird up and it appeared to be a canary. The picture was taken at buffalo lake about seven weeks ago. I just tried again and still says upload of file failed lol. Cool pic though. Sorry
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09-11-2018, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ^v^Tinda wolf^v^
The bird is fluorescent yellow with a darker yellow head. I looked the bird up and it appeared to be a canary. The picture was taken at buffalo lake about seven weeks ago. I just tried again and still says upload of file failed lol. Cool pic though. Sorry
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That does sound like a female American Goldfinch.
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09-11-2018, 08:46 PM
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Quote:
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Op is likely referring to the goldfinch. we always called them wild canaries.
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The American Goldfinch has black and white on its head and wings.
The most common bird here mistaken for a Canary is the Yellow Warbler
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09-11-2018, 08:57 PM
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Here's a Goldfinch.
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09-12-2018, 07:05 AM
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The American Goldfinch has black and white on its head and wings.
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Females lack black on the head.
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The most common bird here mistaken for a Canary is the Yellow Warbler
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We have several warblers that are bright yellow (Yellow, Wilson's, Common Yellowthroat, etc.), but their body and (especially) bill structure in completely unlike a finch.
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Excellent thread. I’ll definitely follow this one. One question, does anyone know a way do get rid of those pesky magpies. In the winter I get a dozen or so at my feeders and they put the run on the smaller birds.
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09-12-2018, 04:11 PM
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Outside Port Alberni.....grabbing a dead snapper
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09-12-2018, 10:49 PM
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Nice pics KegRiver. Sora Rail is one I have not seen yet.
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Sure enjoy wildlife pics. Most saved are local to the farm. Juv sawhet owl and hummer on hollyhock are this year. Fav yellow bird is male yellow warbler of several years ago (shot through kitchen glass so some sharpness gone and backlit, but still a fav).
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Some great pics posted. This was one of a pair of swallows that were busily feeding their chicks along the Bow River. Edit: Not sure why it posted sideways. Oh well.
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05-12-2019, 12:34 AM
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Excellent thread. I’ll definitely follow this one. One question, does anyone know a way do get rid of those pesky magpies. In the winter I get a dozen or so at my feeders and they put the run on the smaller birds.
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Squirrel-proof bird feeder. You can set the sensitivity of the spring. Mine is set so that anything heavier than a Blue Jay will not be able to access the seed.
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A few from the past 5 weeks -- mostly from Alberta, but a couple of exceptions:
American Three-toed Woodpecker:
Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses, off Tofino, BC:
Sooty Shearwaters, off Tofino:
American and Eurasian Widgeon, Red Deer County:
Female Dark-eyed ("Oregon") Junco
American Avocet, Irricana:
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Recent Bird Sighting....
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05-12-2019, 11:02 AM
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Some from the past few years. Mostly shot with a Nikon D7200 and 70-300 lens
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Some from last Sunday.
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05-15-2019, 11:47 AM
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My 6 year old daughter has been using Merlin Bird ID APP. She can snap a quick photo on my phone and it finds the species. She got a little note book by the window to keep track. Mostly Jays, chickadees and redpolls around us. Even set up the game camera on the feeder this winter. Got 4,000 images of blue jay throwing my seed on the ground.
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Very interesting thread
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Tocororo, National bird of Cuba. Lucky for me, a guide pointed it out.
https://cubaexplorer.com/cuban-trogon/
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