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(Message started by: LadyElaine on Feb 17^th, 2006, 8:47am)

Title: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by LadyElaine on Feb 17^th, 2006, 8:47am

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/gilbertswoman1/greetings/MSets6a.gif

This is the week end to count birds it starts today.
JD and I did it last year and we are doing it again this year. Its kind of fun.
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/learning

http://tinypic.com/e8weoj.gif

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by pattik on Feb 17^th, 2006, 8:51am

Good morning Elaine and all. We have a lot of crane enthusiasts around here, and one of these years, I will participate in the yearly count. Here is one of last years residents.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/northcolor/DSC04992.jpg

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by nani on Feb 17^th, 2006, 8:51am

That's too cool, Elaine! I want to do that, but I know with my pathetic attention span, I'd screw it up. Have fun and get pics. I love birds!
hugs, nani

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by Cathi04 on Feb 17^th, 2006, 9:03am

Elaine, as usual, you are right! I have wasted entirely too much time watching a gnat! >:(
We have a seasonal creek that meanders thru our back yard at this time of year. We have 3 families of Canadian Geese who stop here, rest and gather themselves for the balance of their trip. Each year, someone seems to choose out creek as a spot to begin their family. Along about Easter, there will be baby geese-chicks gallivanting around.
I need to spend more time by the creek.

You and JD have a great day, E!!!

Cathi :-*

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by vig on Feb 17^th, 2006, 9:20am

quack...

http://www.kdlltd.com/vig/mallard2s.jpg

g'mornin' Elaine

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by sandie99 on Feb 17^th, 2006, 10:05am

Good morning to all!
(Well, it's evening in here, but anyway... ;))

I checked that website. Online bird guide, cool! 8)

Sanna

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by nani on Feb 17^th, 2006, 11:19am

on 02/17/06 at 08:51:09, pattik wrote:

We have a lot of crane enthusiasts around herehttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/northcolor/DSC04992.jpg

There's a refuge about 45 minutes south of me. We get the cranes all winter. :) Every November they hold a 3 day Festival of the Cranes. My favorite part about winter is having cranes all around. The alfalfa farmer, whose field is at the end of my road, plants corn at the end of each summer. We get lots of cranes and geese there all winter long.

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by chewy on Feb 17^th, 2006, 11:22am

Avid. Especially the raptors.

Bird count:

12 Garden variety tweetys

and

1 Yellow Tail Hawk.

Oh shit. Make that 11 garden variety.

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by echo on Feb 17^th, 2006, 4:23pm

on 02/17/06 at 08:47:04, LadyElaine wrote:

Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?

I like watching chicks. Does that count?

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by Melissa on Feb 17^th, 2006, 4:27pm

Yes echo. That just goes against everything we've thought about you...

Elaine, we've got Cardinals, Goldfinches, Housefinches, Blue Jays and Junco's here. I love to watch them eat at the feeder!!!

:)mel

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by echo on Feb 17^th, 2006, 4:33pm

on 02/17/06 at 16:27:49, Melissa wrote:

Yes echo. That just goes against everything we've thought about you...

:)mel

Well at least you've thought about me. Life is good.

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by LadyElaine on Feb 17^th, 2006, 5:11pm

Oh what a Day. Go bird watching with a 4 year old.
He talks more than I do LOL. We saw three crows, chicken ok he don't count. We also saw a half dozen wild turkey. We walked up on them in the woods scard the pee out of me. We did see some quil. We scard them . Thats about all the birds we saw today. I even threw bird food in the yard when we came back and we sat in the kitchen to see if any would show.
Any other day my yard would be full LOL.
JD and I had a great time together, even when I went to get some whte clay from the side of the creek and slipped and fell in. JD liked that. That water was COLD! Now JD knows what white wash is. ::)

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by AussieBrian on Feb 17^th, 2006, 7:42pm

My species list for this morning so far -

Osprey
White-breasted sea eagle
Perigrine falcon
Black kite
Torresian crow
Torres Strait pigeon
Bar-shouldered dove
Dollar bird
Sacred kingfisher
Rainbow bee-eater
Yellow sunbird
Greenshank
March sandpiper
Common sandpiper
Mangrove gerigone
Spangled drongo
Shining fly-catcher
Pied heron
Intermediate egret
Silver gull
White-rumped swiflet
Masked lapwing.

Wish I had more time for fun but it's a working day as always.

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by medic1852 on Feb 17^th, 2006, 7:54pm

I say there boy.....

http://marvinmartianri.tripod.com/images/foghorn.jpg

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by Jonny on Feb 17^th, 2006, 8:03pm

Does this one count, E-Baby? ;;D

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d826b3127cce9fbec0ba67ae00000026108AZM2bNk5bM6

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by LadyElaine on Feb 17^th, 2006, 8:15pm

In my Book and your book that Bird counts a lot Jonny!

Hey ya'll need to post on the site what you found !
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/learning

Title: Re: Good Morning! Anyone a Bird watcher ?
Post by chewy on Feb 18^th, 2006, 4:45pm

Just counted 2 cardinals and 14 Juncos.

There is about 5 species of ducks floating around out there to. One of them is a Hooded Merganser. Not sure about the rest.