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Birding
Oct 16, 2016 15:42:09 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 16, 2016 15:42:09 GMT -5
Any birders out there? I just got Sibley Birds East, and I've had periods before when I've gotten small, brief field guides that I've enjoyed looking for birds with, so maybe this time it will stick. I have, so far, seen exactly 30 birds throughout my life that I remember well enough to be confident enough to identify from the book, plus a friend's sulfur-crested cockatoo. So, chat?
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Post by Kuragehime on Oct 16, 2016 17:19:17 GMT -5
I'm a birder! I don't really get to go birdwatching much anymore though since school is keeping me busy. I mainly do it during vacations. I have a Peterson guide, but it's not here with me now so I can't really say how many birds I've been able to identify - I know I've seen quite a few though
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Oct 16, 2016 17:28:51 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 16, 2016 17:28:51 GMT -5
We just got back from camping. I identified: Some crows Some turkey vultures And some pigeons
Mad skills!
The only bird that isn't really common (I think) that I have checked off is a magpie that I saw when we visited the Rocky Mountains. I just set up our bird feeder again. We often do that for a few months before forgetting.
There was a place that was supposed to have a pair of peregrines, so I insisted we hike several hours. I love peregrines. This was a little bit before I got the Sibley. From what I hear, Peterson is good for beginners and Sibley is good for people who know what they are doing. Hopefully the learning curve is steep. I've got a decent camera, too.
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Post by Kuragehime on Oct 16, 2016 17:41:46 GMT -5
Nice!
I recently discovered a family of red-shouldered hawks at my school, the parents circle over the campus daily. I usually hear them before I see them, and I got a picture of one the other day (not a great picture though because it was taken with my phone)
I always have a field day when my family goes camping (up in the Sierra Nevada), there are so many songbirds, woodpeckers, and birds of prey there. Sometimes it's a bit hard to keep track of them all xD
The most uncommon bird I've identified I think is the Northern Goshawk, and a sandpiper I spotted up in the mountains. Spotted Sandpiper I believe, the ranger didn't believe me until I showed him my picture of it lol
I love peregrines too! (well, I love raptors in general xD) They're so cool~ I've seen a few down in San Diego, CA, which surprised me
I've heard different things about the various bird guidebooks, we got the Peterson because it was recommended by a ranger we spoke to about birding a while back. It's been pretty helpful~
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 18:57:26 GMT -5
I love birding!
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Oct 17, 2016 7:57:53 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 7:57:53 GMT -5
I was looking through the Sibley, and I realized that A) I've seen barn swallows, and B) The Snowy Egret doesn't live in Illinois and therefore that was a Great Egret. Maybe we could start a birding club?
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sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾
rood yelling meanie
be cunning and full of tricks
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Post by sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾ on Oct 17, 2016 8:41:31 GMT -5
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Oct 17, 2016 8:43:16 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 8:43:16 GMT -5
Yes. Birds.
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sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾
rood yelling meanie
be cunning and full of tricks
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Oct 17, 2016 8:44:32 GMT -5
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Post by sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾ on Oct 17, 2016 8:44:32 GMT -5
•♕• i live in illinois too! im also pretty versed in idetifying birds so id you have any questions •♔•
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Oct 17, 2016 8:50:16 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 8:50:16 GMT -5
I live in Kentucky. My grandparents live in Illinois. Would you want to be in a birding club?
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Oct 17, 2016 13:32:58 GMT -5
Post by Kuragehime on Oct 17, 2016 13:32:58 GMT -5
I'd definitely be down for a birding club
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sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾
rood yelling meanie
be cunning and full of tricks
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Oct 17, 2016 13:35:06 GMT -5
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Post by sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾ on Oct 17, 2016 13:35:06 GMT -5
I live in Kentucky. My grandparents live in Illinois. Would you want to be in a birding club? yeah! i mean i dont go out with the single intention to bird, but i can share what i saw in the day?
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Oct 17, 2016 13:48:27 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 13:48:27 GMT -5
I'd definitely be down for a birding club :D Nice! I live in Kentucky. My grandparents live in Illinois. Would you want to be in a birding club? yeah! i mean i dont go out with the single intention to bird, but i can share what i saw in the day? Yeah, I don't think I will either, but I'll definitely bring the field guide if I go hiking now.
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sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾
rood yelling meanie
be cunning and full of tricks
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Birding
Oct 17, 2016 13:52:12 GMT -5
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Post by sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾ on Oct 17, 2016 13:52:12 GMT -5
I'd definitely be down for a birding club Nice! yeah! i mean i dont go out with the single intention to bird, but i can share what i saw in the day? Yeah, I don't think I will either, but I'll definitely bring the field guide if I go hiking now. thats good!! thats what i used to do
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Oct 17, 2016 13:58:28 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 13:58:28 GMT -5
And/or my camera. I got the field guide on a camping trip with my dad in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and on the way back I saw a bird in the car that I thought was a crow. Realizing it wasn't, I lunged forwards and barely managed to get an okay look at it from below before we passed it in our car. The camera was put up, so all I know is it was some kind of bird in the falcon family. Oh well.
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Oct 17, 2016 13:58:58 GMT -5
Post by sphagnosidum on Oct 17, 2016 13:58:58 GMT -5
Definitely. My favorite birds I have seen this year: louisana waterthrush, northern waterthrush, mourning warbler, canadian warbler, northern parula!
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Oct 17, 2016 14:05:38 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 14:05:38 GMT -5
I just got my field guide, so I'll probably rack up a lot more now that I'm not attempting to identify things I saw a year and a half ago. I also found out that most of the black-capped chickadees I see are Carolina chickadees. Black-capped don't live in Kentucky. My favorite would be a great blue heron, which made a noise that sounded like a dying bear cub being taken away by a pterodactyl.
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Oct 17, 2016 14:06:46 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 14:06:46 GMT -5
I'm not on my laptop because I left it at home (I'm using a loaner from the school), but I'll do some stuff with the club when I get home.
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Oct 17, 2016 14:09:40 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 14:09:40 GMT -5
We go to the beach each year, but a lot of shorebirds look similar, so hopefully I'll be able to add quite a few next time. The only ones I'm sure about are herring gulls and laughing gulls.
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Oct 17, 2016 14:10:48 GMT -5
Post by sphagnosidum on Oct 17, 2016 14:10:48 GMT -5
I've seen both carolinas and black-cappeds, since I live in both of their ranges. The best way to tell the two apart is that black-cappeds have a bolder white streak on each of their wings. Carolina chickadees have grayer wings.
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Oct 17, 2016 14:15:58 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 14:15:58 GMT -5
Yeah, I just realized that because of the book. I've seen black-capped at my grandma's house in Illinois, though, so I've got those too. Also, the snowy egret doesn't live in Illinois and therefore that was a great egret. Last year I went to the Rockies and saw a magpie, which doesn't live anywhere I go with any frequency. I also saw some swallows, but don't remember them that well. I have seen barn swallows while camping before, though. They look pretty similar to a cliff swallow, but they have all blue backs.
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Oct 17, 2016 18:54:10 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 18:54:10 GMT -5
And today I finally realized those things at my school's athletic complex are Killdeer and also that Killdeer are a gull. Who knew?
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Oct 17, 2016 19:03:07 GMT -5
Post by sphagnosidum on Oct 17, 2016 19:03:07 GMT -5
You probably hear them a lot too, since they are very noisy birds. Although, killdeer are not gulls, but they are a type of shorebird. They're plovers.
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Oct 17, 2016 19:13:45 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 17, 2016 19:13:45 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Oops. They're more gull-shaped than most plovers, though. I was actually thinking tern at first when I looked at it.
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Oct 17, 2016 20:32:50 GMT -5
Post by Dawnrose on Oct 17, 2016 20:32:50 GMT -5
I don't have enough time to do it too often, but I do like looking around for cardinals when I have the time.
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Oct 17, 2016 23:07:16 GMT -5
Post by Kuragehime on Oct 17, 2016 23:07:16 GMT -5
Ahhh now I wish I had my guidebook with me T-T
There are tons of shorebirds where I live, Southern California, I need to get better at telling them apart though... a lot of them look really similar...
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Oct 18, 2016 6:49:26 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 18, 2016 6:49:26 GMT -5
Oh, that's cool. I just came across the red-shouldered hawk in my book. It's beautiful.
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sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾
rood yelling meanie
be cunning and full of tricks
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Oct 18, 2016 9:41:39 GMT -5
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Post by sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾ on Oct 18, 2016 9:41:39 GMT -5
•♕• i love killdeer, they live in the cornfields here and are super cute omg •♔•
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Oct 18, 2016 9:59:39 GMT -5
Post by Πιghtωιηg on Oct 18, 2016 9:59:39 GMT -5
Yeah, they are pretty cute. You know what's more cute? A spoonbill sandpiper.
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Oct 18, 2016 10:02:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 10:02:28 GMT -5
I collect feathers — if that's relevant to the topic — although I can't identify any of them, except for the three I know came from a seagull carcass — RIP ;[ — on the beach.
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