Ornithamateurs - The Birding Thread

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I heard owls last night, wish I saw more of them!

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[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

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[AbsintheFather]

I heard owls last night, wish I saw more of them!

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Their was an owl that came to the pine trees near the farmhouse I used to own about 10 years ago. He came nearly every night for a year or more. He was a treat to listen to.

This morning there is a duck and her ducklings in my front garden. I asked G to get a photo, but ..the duck is barely visable, let alone her babies. . I hope she has come to eat some slugs . I have been considering buying a few call ducks for that.

We have two goose nests on our pond right now. One has six eggs, the other four, I believe. There may also be a duck nest, but it's hidden well on the wooded bank. The mallards are often there swimming, but I never see their nest.


One of last years' families

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[AbsintheFather]

From the web . . . . Pelican next in Texas

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[desertslave]

I am so excited by this, ( maybe you told me before ) because the lore is quail CANNOT be free range, it's the reason I never kept them.

I really had to work on the context, there, because all of the quail I've seen are in the wild. Failure to parse. LOL

Coming home, just now, we saw a large hawk feasting on something in the weedy field just south. Fluff flying everywhere!

 

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From the web . . . . Pelican next in Texas

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Thank you Abs!!
I see pelicans constantly down at the coast, and have never seen a nest, nor thought about it for some reason One of my favourite birds

 

[AbsintheFather]

Thank you Abs!!
I see pelicans constantly down at the coast, and have never seen a nest, nor thought about it for some reason One of my favourite birds

I had seen you post about the pelicans and knew you would like this photo

I was doing some fishing down south over the winter and we fished where the pelicans were diving. Logic being that if the little bait fish were there for the pelicans, then that's where the big fish were going to be too. Sure enough I hooked and played several good sized tarpon. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to land any that morning.

 

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I had seen you post about the pelicans and knew you would like this photo

I was doing some fishing down south over the winter and we fished where the pelicans were diving. Logic being that if the little bait fish were there for the pelicans, then that's where the big fish were going to be too. Sure enough I hooked and played several good sized tarpon. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to land any that morning.

It is fun to watch them fish
I found several colonies on different spits of land, I suppose they could have nests in the trees or bushes there, but I only every see then water side. Maybe I don't wake up early enough

 

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A nesting pair of blue birds at a friend's house. They are certainly bringing me happiness

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[Blue]

When I was about 10 or so I once climbed a huge 30-40m tall tree in the local park which always had birds chirping from within, and saw a birds nest up in the super high branches at the top. Oddly enough, one of these things stared down at me:


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A little family of Puffins were apparently nesting in the tree, in almost the dead centre of England. No idea how they got there since they're coastal birds but I guess they just got lost when traversing somewhere. And that's the biggest role birds have played in my life thus far.

 

[AbsintheFather]

A nesting pair of blue birds at a friend's house. They are certainly bringing me happiness

https://40.media.tumblr.com/2447181f70ef93f92104f5681963f918/tumblr_o6cx1fcBvb1ttoj3bo1_400.png

They both look like males to me . . . not that there's anything wrong with that of course

 

[AbsintheFather]

When I was about 10 or so I once climbed a huge 30-40m tall tree in the local park which always had birds chirping from within, and saw a birds nest up in the super high branches at the top. Oddly enough, one of these things stared down at me:

A little family of Puffins were apparently nesting in the tree, in almost the dead centre of England. No idea how they got there since they're coastal birds but I guess they just got lost when traversing somewhere. And that's the biggest role birds have played in my life thus far.

Interesting looking bird . . . . his expression and eyes kind of makes him look sad though

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

They both look like males to me . . . not that there's anything wrong with that of course

Haha! I was kind of thinking the same thing, but their colouring is slightly different so I didn't look them up. We don't have them here and I'm not very familiar. They are sharing a nest, though

 

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[AbsintheFather]

50 years ago it would have been scandalous. Look how far we've come as a society

 

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[Netzach]

Turkeys Turkeys Turkeys! I see a family of them about yearly and always in a really strange context - they've gotten really bold and people generally brake for them.

These were promenading along the road. Seriously it's Jurassic park shrunk down, with the glossiest black feathers.

 

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[AbsintheFather]

^^^^ that is super cool Elle.
Thanks for sharing.

Indeed!

 

[AbsintheFather]

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[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Wow! Awesome thread contributions, all! So bummed I am pressed for time these two days and won't get to click on Elle's link probably until tomorrow! Blurg!

 

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