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Started by Bro. Noble, December 16, 2004, 10:19:33 AM

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thecfarm

Nice pictures swampdonkey.
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   Saw our community white robin today. David, our neighbor saw my wife in our local hardware store 3 years ago and said "Oh, you're a photographer. I've been looking for one." My wife is a free lance photographer with pictures from all over the world from our travels. David said he had a white robin hanging around his place and had the biologist from one of our big local state parks verify it. David told Becky about the bird and when we returned we stopped and spotted it. Over the next several days she got several good pictures of it, the best being it feeding on wild grapes in a big sycamore tree. That was in the late summer or early Fall. Becky printed David an 8X10 and he showed it all over town.

   We saw David a few weeks ago and he said the bird has been coming back every year. I saw it fly past as I drove by so turned around and went back. Stopped and he came back pretty soon and lit on the power line then pitched down in a fresh plowed garden plot. he hopped around in typical robin fashion. I called Becky and let her know where he was but she could not come back and get more shots but may in the next few days. The robin must have a nest nearby. The first time I saw it fly by it looked like it had a twig in her beak.

   Its not a true albino with pink eyes and complete white body. It has a few black feathers and such. I am surprised it has lived this long and returned to the same place but it is neat to see it.
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SwampDonkey

More "blue" birds. This time a nesting pair of blue jays in a mixed row of spruce and pine in the yard. Sitting in a yellow birch.

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mesquite buckeye

Had a little wild kingdom action while milling mesquite. A family of horned owls was fledging and a raven and a red tailed hawk decided a little owl veal would make a nice afternoon snack. Wasn't able to get the dive bomb passes in a photo, but here is mom with 2 of the three babies huddling next to her.

 
Mom was a good fighter, and the hungrys eventually gave up...
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Chuck White

Nice pic, rare scene to catch on film.

We have a few Humming Birds back from their Southern vacation!

They'll never learn not to fight!  They're very territorial.
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SwampDonkey

I was about 10 feet today within a black duck nest with a ribboned line. I marked it with a safety ribbon for anyone coming upon it with a brush saw. They will probably be hatched and waddled down to the beaver pond before the place gets thinned.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

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sandhills

Saw a pair of mallards and a pair of teal on one of our pasture dams the other day so hopefully they've started nesting there and hang around, I enjoy watching the little ones through the summer.

Chuck White

I also noticed yesterday that some of the Barn Swallows are back, they're a little early!
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SwampDonkey

We don't get many barn swallows any more. But the tree swallows have been around for almost 3 weeks now. We have a couple nest boxes in the yard, and 4 pairs of swallows fighting for one, the other occupied by blue birds.  ;D

Generally, we kept track of the barn swallows when they were in large numbers, up until 1996 when they died off from unusually cold late May weather. They would arrive around May 20.
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sprucebunny

Rose breasted grosbeak. Haven't seen one for a couple years.


 
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SwampDonkey

Not many of them around for sure. Nice birds. I see a few, not many, mosty hear them. They kind of sound robin-like. The first time I noticed them was on the woodlot a few years ago. Never noticed them before.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

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Chuck White

We have several pairs of Rose Breasted GrossBeaks here.

They are everyday visitors to our window feeder box to get their dose of blackoil Sunflower seeds!

We used to have lots of Evening GrossBeaks, but since we started having milder winters in this area, we rarely see them anymore!
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thecfarm

We have been seeing a cardinal at the feeder, Well the platform one,just about a foot square,flat. First one here. I know others get them about 10 miles from me.
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SwampDonkey

We have them here year around, but they are very few, not like flocks of robins.  ;D :D
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Onthesauk

We've moved back into the city but have a green belt and creek that runs through the development.  A week or so ago I had a barred owl wake me up about 4:00AM in the morning.  Then last night had two of them hooting, just after 4:00AM.  Have never heard two of them together like that before, even when living in the woods.  Have heard that it is how they define their territory so unusual to hear two of them.
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Ianab

A couple of locals taken up winter residence the garden this week. They seem to move down from the forest around the mountain when it gets colder, and hang out in town gardens and farmland.

First is a Waxeye.


And a fantail or Piwakawaka

These guys are infuriating to try and photograph as they never sit still. They are very tame and will fly within a few feet of you chasing insects you might disturb, and catching them on the wing. But next second they are 50 ft away  :D

Have Tui, Bellbirds and Kereru hanging around too, which are larger birds, but they are a bit more wary, so more of a challenge to get a good shot of.
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runmca

This hawk was just perched in our backyard. At first we thought is was protecting something because it wouldn't take off as we got closer. After we got the dog inside it just hobbled around the yard and we realized it had an injury on the left side. Unfortunately none of the raptor rescues in our area were able to come out until the next day and we couldn't keep it contained in our yard.












Chuck White

Always sad to hear of such injuries, but you got some real nice pics!
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With basic mechanical skills and the ability to read you can maintain a Woodmizer  LT40!

tule peak timber

A visitor last week 

  

  

 
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Ianab

These birds are known as Tui, They are a type of honeyeater, but quite a large (about 12" long), vocal and boisterous one. Every winter they seem to move down from the native forest in the National Park, and hang out in the parks and gardens around town, where there are various introduced trees that flower or fruit. Once the weather warms up a bit they all seem to migrate about 10 miles the road into the forest and make their nests there. The pictures are shot around the girls school, they are quite proud of their birdlife, and have maybe 30-40 of the birds in around the school at the moment.

This guy was feeding in a small flowering cherry tree just outside Taylors classroom.





And another one at their favourite food this time of year, Kowhai. Being a large bird they can't hover like a hummingbird, so they just do whatever acrobatics they need to reach the flowers and nectar.  :D





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Kbeitz

Every year 1000's of birds come to our old Christmas tree farm to sleep.

https://youtu.be/E_8xepEfDn8
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Peter Drouin

Good you have a place for them.
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Magicman

If those are Blackbirds, Yuck.  They completely overrun some of our towns breaking tree limbs and leaving their thick deposits of crap.  Some towns have to resort to the use of "propane cannons" to try to relocate the nasty/stinking Blackbirds.
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Savannahdan

I had a house in Louisville that was plagued with those things.  They would fly into the tree at the back of the house and poop all over the place.  Only good thing was I had excellent target practice with my 12 gauge and the feral cats enjoyed the birds that hit the dirt.
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Kbeitz

What ever they are they only stay the night...
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