[Fluttrbye]

If any of y'all enjoy wild birdwatching and took part in the 2013 Great Backyard Bird Count just a few days ago, I would love to hear about what bird species y'all got to see.

We saw:

Canada Geese, Sharp-Shinned Hawk, Bald Eagle, Mourning Dove, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Black-capped Chickadee, American Kestrel, Blue Jay, American Crow, European Starling, Dark-eyed Junco, House Sparrow

[possum220]

You must have a lovely back yard. I see Plovers (pests), Pigeons, Magpies, Willy Wagtails, Ravens, Indian Minors (pests from the UK) and Sparrows (I love sparrows) and Starlings.

[Fluttrbye]

Originally Posted by possum220

You must have a lovely back yard. I see Plovers (pests), Pigeons, Magpies, Willy Wagtails, Ravens, Indian Minors (pests from the UK) and Sparrows (I love sparrows) and Starlings.

Possum, I am not familiar with Willy Wagtails or Indian Minors. What continent are you located on?

[lizardlady]

Fluttrbye, I didn't participate in the backyard bird watch, but I enjoying watching birds. I live way out in the country and get to see lots of different kinds of birds. In the last week I've seen ring necked doves, osprey, sandhill cranes (must have been twenty of them all together!), wild turkey, turkey vultures, Marsh Hawk, red tailed hawk, cattle egrets, crows and what the Petersen guide calls "confusing brown warblers."

A few months ago I had the great luck to see two sandhill cranes doing their mating dance. What a treat!

A pair of ring necked doves have built a nest in the barn. They are raising their second clutch of babies this season.

I live in a small city and have a large variety of birds that visit my feeders.
Doves, bluejays, red bellied woodpeckers,hairy woodpeckers,downy woodpeckers, chickadees, cardinals,nuthaches, hummingbirds,crows, red breasted grosbeaks, european starlings,purple finches,yellow finches,evening grosbeaks, Coopers hawks and an occasional red tailed hawk. Luckily they don't all show up at the same time! lol

[Fluttrbye]

Originally Posted by lizardlady

Fluttrbye, I didn't participate in the backyard bird watch, but I enjoying watching birds. I live way out in the country and get to see lots of different kinds of birds. In the last week I've seen ring necked doves, osprey, sandhill cranes (must have been twenty of them all together!), wild turkey, turkey vultures, Marsh Hawk, red tailed hawk, cattle egrets, crows and what the Petersen guide calls "confusing brown warblers."

A few months ago I had the great luck to see two sandhill cranes doing their mating dance. What a treat!

A pair of ring necked doves have built a nest in the barn. They are raising their second clutch of babies this season.

To Lizardlady, that's a good mix of birds you get, too. Sandhill Cranes are awesome to watch.

[Fluttrbye]

Originally Posted by roxiesmom333

I live in a small city and have a large variety of birds that visit my feeders.
Doves, bluejays, red bellied woodpeckers,hairy woodpeckers,downy woodpeckers, chickadees, cardinals,nuthaches, hummingbirds,crows, red breasted grosbeaks, european starlings,purple finches,yellow finches,evening grosbeaks, Coopers hawks and an occasional red tailed hawk. Luckily they don't all show up at the same time! lol

To Roxiesmom, we have a resident Cooper's Hawk here that we see often. They are pretty cool to see.

[possum220]

I live in Australia flutterbye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Myna

Thought you might like some pictures.

The Mynas are decimating our native birds. They will even dive bomb humans.

[Fluttrbye]

Originally Posted by possum220

I live in Australia flutterbye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Myna

Thought you might like some pictures.

The Mynas are decimating our native birds. They will even dive bomb humans.

To Possum, that's amazin' to see you're in Australia. How cool is that!!!

That Willy Wagtail is quite trusting in the video.
The Myna bird as a pest in Australia reminds me of what folks here in the USA think of two species here: European Starling and House Sparrow. Most folks who put bird feeders out don't like how both these two species take over feeders and think of them as pests.

[possum220]

When I used to have a cat the starlings would dive bomb her. Grrrr.

I do like the Willy Wag Tail.... and I have to say I have never see one as tame as in that you tube video. But they are cute and bossy but the bark doesn't match their bite. lols

I must admit I do have a soft spot for sparrows but we must not be that over run with them.

[Fluttrbye]

It seems every spring and summer here we see different baby birds that either fall out of their nest too early or are being watched from a distance by their parent.

We have had baby white breast nuthatches, robins, northern cardinals, blue jays, mallard ducks, red wing black birds, doves, red bellied woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers among the babies we've seen.