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Posted by BEI Design on June 13, 2006, 1:15 am
Pogonip wrote:
> I don't
> have much in the way of songbirds - chicadees, sparrows,
> goldfinches, warblers, robins, mourning doves, quail, starlings,
> a woodpecker, two scrub jays (my peanut planters), and an
> occasional visit from a flicker.
My troupe includes: American goldfinches, red-breasted nuthatches,
black-capped chickadees, cedar waxwings, starlings, robins, varied
thrushes, chipping sparrows, rufous-sided towhees, mourning doves,
flickers, western bluebirds, downy woodpeckers, orange-crowned
warblers, Oregon juncos, common bushtits, Bewick's wrens, Audubon's
warblers, purple finches, Steller's jays, scrub jays, fox sparrows,
black-throated gray warblers, western meadowlarks, Brewer's
blackbirds, lesser goldfinches, water pipits, Townsend's warblers,
house wrens, red-winged blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, Bullock's
orioles, black-headed grosbeaks, evening grosbeaks, white-crowned
sparrows, pileated woodpeckers, red-tailed hawks, barn swallows, tree
swallows, violet-green swallows, and at least three varieties of
hummingbirds.
And these are all the ones I've sighted in my own backyard. I keep
several seed-feeders and three hummingbird feeders going all the time.
My life list includes many water birds from near here and at the
coast.
Sewing is one hobbey, bird-watching is another.
Beverly
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Posted by Pogonip on June 13, 2006, 1:42 am
BEI Design wrote:
> My troupe includes: American goldfinches, red-breasted nuthatches,
> black-capped chickadees, cedar waxwings, starlings, robins, varied
> thrushes, chipping sparrows, rufous-sided towhees, mourning doves,
> flickers, western bluebirds, downy woodpeckers, orange-crowned
> warblers, Oregon juncos, common bushtits, Bewick's wrens, Audubon's
> warblers, purple finches, Steller's jays, scrub jays, fox sparrows,
> black-throated gray warblers, western meadowlarks, Brewer's
> blackbirds, lesser goldfinches, water pipits, Townsend's warblers,
> house wrens, red-winged blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, Bullock's
> orioles, black-headed grosbeaks, evening grosbeaks, white-crowned
> sparrows, pileated woodpeckers, red-tailed hawks, barn swallows, tree
> swallows, violet-green swallows, and at least three varieties of
> hummingbirds.
>
> And these are all the ones I've sighted in my own backyard. I keep
> several seed-feeders and three hummingbird feeders going all the time.
> My life list includes many water birds from near here and at the
> coast.
>
> Sewing is one hobbey, bird-watching is another.
>
> Beverly
>
>
You not only have more species than I, but you're also a dab hand with
the Petersen Guide! LOL! I need to get new glasses, too. When you are
here, you might be able to point out some of the finer points. I notice
that a lot of my birds are wearing flashier than usual plumage, which I
suppose may fade to brown after breeding season. Sometimes it's
surprising to me to see what looks like a sparrow, wearing a soft
orange-red instead of the usual - or is it a different bird? I do love
the downy-headed woodpecker and the flicker - there's no mistaking them.
I've had a red-tailed hawk come down off a telephone pole and take a
dove on the wing. It rained feathers for hours.
My husband walks to work, and one week he felt that he was being watched
as he went along one street. After a few days of this, he looked around
carefully -- and spotted a rather large owl that was spotting him. I'm
glad the owl decided he was too big for dinner.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.alternate-universe
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
http://stores.ebay.com/Sound-FuryRecords
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Posted by BEI Design on June 13, 2006, 2:03 am
Pogonip wrote:
> You not only have more species than I, but you're also a dab
> hand with the Petersen Guide! LOL!
Actually, my favorite guide is still the "A Guide to Field
Identification - BIRDS of North America", c.1966, published by
Golden. My original copy is falling apart, my second one has yet to
be updated with all my sightings (place, date, etc.). I also have a
couple of other field guides, but I find the drawings, and
descriptions, and range information in the Golden to be the most
useful.
> I need to get new glasses,
> too.
I have several pair, scattered around the house so I can get a good
look from where ever I happen to be when I spot one.
> When you are here, you might be able to point out some of
> the finer points.
Delighted to be of assistance. ;-) I have turned my younger DD on to
birdwatching, too, she and I call each other often with a new
sighting.
> I notice that a lot of my birds are wearing
> flashier than usual plumage, which I suppose may fade to brown
> after breeding season. Sometimes it's surprising to me to see
> what looks like a sparrow, wearing a soft orange-red instead of
> the usual - or is it a different bird? I do love the
> downy-headed woodpecker and the flicker - there's no mistaking
> them.
Oh, agreed! They are both such spectacular birds. The flash of
orange when the flicker takes off is beautiful. The silly downy
woodpeckers came right up to the window where I had a peanutbutter
pinecone hanging, so I got a really good view.
> I've had a red-tailed hawk come down off a telephone pole
> and take a dove on the wing. It rained feathers for hours.
Yikes! The hawk here was possibly injured, he sat in the big maple
out back for several hours without moving. After a while he just
disappeared.
> My husband walks to work, and one week he felt that he was being
> watched as he went along one street. After a few days of this,
> he looked around carefully -- and spotted a rather large owl
> that was spotting him. I'm glad the owl decided he was too big
> for dinner. --
LOL! Watch his back!
Beverly
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Posted by Pogonip on June 14, 2006, 3:54 am
BEI Design wrote:
> Actually, my favorite guide is still the "A Guide to Field
> Identification - BIRDS of North America", c.1966, published by
> Golden. My original copy is falling apart, my second one has yet to
> be updated with all my sightings (place, date, etc.). I also have a
> couple of other field guides, but I find the drawings, and
> descriptions, and range information in the Golden to be the most
> useful.
>
Thank you. Added to my Amazon Wish List.
My DH gave me the Peterson Guide and a small pair of binoculars. It's
put me in a quandary. To use the binoculars, I have to take my glasses
off, and my eyes are so bad that I still can hardly make anything out,
plus the problem of finding what I'm trying to see....binoculars are not
"homing" devices. I have to find something I recognize and then work
right or left, up or down from there and by the time I get there,
whatever is likely to be gone. Frustrating.
I am drawing the line at making a list. Haha. What comes, comes, and I
just try to enjoy the visit. I still smoke, but not in the house, so I
spend some time on the back porch, which is the old kind that's closed
in with windows all around. I have a stool by a window, and unlatch the
screen to toss out my peanuts. I got a huge Rubbermaid container with
wheels that is outside, and I keep the feed in there. When it was in
bags on the backporch, some mice helped themselves, despite the feline
presence. The container is mouse and raccoon proof, so far, anyway. I
am spending a bit on birdfood, though. Little devils eat and drop food
to the others on the ground, and go through the feeder in a day. I must
be offering them too good a smorgasbord. I have two feeders - one with
thistle for the finches and wrens, another with mixed feed of millet,
corn, sunflower seed and I don't know what else. In the winter, I put
out a suet cake and another cake of compressed feed. Then there's the
birdbath...
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.alternate-universe
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
http://stores.ebay.com/Sound-FuryRecords
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Posted by BEI Design on June 15, 2006, 1:53 pm
Pogonip wrote:
> Thank you. Added to my Amazon Wish List.
You're welcome. I really like that book.
> My DH gave me the Peterson Guide and a small pair of binoculars.
> It's put me in a quandary. To use the binoculars, I have to
> take my glasses off, and my eyes are so bad that I still can
> hardly make anything out, plus the problem of finding what I'm
> trying to see....binoculars are not "homing" devices. I have to
> find something I recognize and then work right or left, up or
> down from there and by the time I get there, whatever is likely
> to be gone. Frustrating.
I agree that using binoculars, especially over glasses, is
frustrating. I use Bushnell 12X25, and I am able to use them with my
glasses on, but sometimes I remove the glasses and fiddle with the
focusing knobs to compensate for my myopia.
> I am drawing the line at making a list. Haha. What comes,
> comes, and I just try to enjoy the visit.
I don't have a formal "list" I just make a notation in my field guide
with the location ("maple tree" "birch trees" "fir trees" "ground"
whatever) and the date I first observe a new species. It's just for
my own enjoyment, and I am amazed sometimes when I review the numbers.
Oh, and I think I forgot to include the pine siskins...greedy little
buggers.
> I still smoke, but
> not in the house, so I spend some time on the back porch,
Tsk!!! I managed to quit a two-pack-a-day habit in 1975. I've never
regreted it. Although I'd sure like to lose a few pounds...
> which
> is the old kind that's closed in with windows all around. I
> have a stool by a window, and unlatch the screen to toss out my
> peanuts. I got a huge Rubbermaid container with wheels that is
> outside, and I keep the feed in there. When it was in bags on
> the backporch, some mice helped themselves, despite the feline
> presence. The container is mouse and raccoon proof, so far,
> anyway.
I keep a supply of seeds on the deck, in a five-gallon pail with a
snap-on lid. The other morning, the pail was over on its side, and
there were chew marks on the rim of the lid. Fortuantley the critter
didn't get the lid off, but it sure tried!
> I am spending a bit on birdfood, though. Little devils
> eat and drop food to the others on the ground, and go through
> the feeder in a day. I must be offering them too good a
> smorgasbord. I have two feeders - one with thistle for the
> finches and wrens, another with mixed feed of millet, corn,
> sunflower seed and I don't know what else. In the winter, I put
> out a suet cake and another cake of compressed feed. Then
> there's the birdbath... --
I don't offer as wide a variety as you, mostly I put out black-oil
sunflower seeds and the hummingbird feeders. In the winter I add some
peanutbutter coated pinecones. I dislike the weeds from the mixed
"wild-bird" seed.
Beverly
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