[NorthernWinos]

For all you bird watchers....Check this out...


http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/


We are going to try it this year.....

[zember311]

I love birds,


They taste just like chicken

[NorthernWinos]

First morning of The Great Backyard Bird Count....


Day one...7:30 AM -16.8*F......



Typical amount of birds during peak hours....



Till the ***** blows through....[she thinks her job is to rid the yard of birds...penned her up]



BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE [1 observed at a time]



NUTHATCH [1]



BLUE JAY [8]



DOWNY WOODPECKERS [2]



HAIRY WOODPECKERS [2]



PINE GROSBEAKS [17]



RED POLLS [55] Sorry no close-ups...


SNOW BUNTINGS [15] Only a blurr....


CANADA GOOSE [1]



We drove over to the neighbors minnow pond...There had been 2 living there...only one today.


Hope to see more and different birds tomorrow.



Edited by: Northern Winos

[grapeman]

All my neighbors snag all the birds on me. I put a bird feeding log out at Chrismas and not a single bird has come to it. I actiually saw three Chickadees today though!


When I drive around to the farm though on a sunny day, I can see about 5-10,000 crows though. They come and feed in the farm fields. If you go to town at dusk, they fly there and land in the trees to roost. The street lights make their outlines show up and there will be acres of trees covered with black leaves- the stuff horror films are made of- especially on snowy evenings!

[NorthernWinos]

Keep putting feed out...they should show up...and once they do...they don't leave.


Maybe the crows are scaring them out....? In the fall we get Grackles...by the thousand...They look like a tornado from far...they swirl around like a rotating cloud and land in the Sunflower fields...when they come into your yard the trees look like they have lots of black leaves and you can't hear yourselves talk...Pesky birds.

[swillologist]

There were 25 turkeys in the bean field behind the house this morning.





This picture was taken the first evening I saw then out there. I had to zoom out all the way. The picture is not very good.Edited by: swillologist

[mississippi mud]

Thats some great pictures NW.

[NorthernWinos]

Swill...you should Log On and report your birds...It's fun and they need the input to track each spices.

[mississippi mud]

All I see down here is crows, buzzards and a couple of emus a fella at the end of the road has.

[NorthernWinos]

Warmer than usual this morning and very windy...So bird count was down in our backyard.....


COMMON RED POLL [23] [SIGHTED AT ONE TIME]



PINE GROSBEAK [12]





BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE [1] [DOING DIVE TO THE FEEDER]



BLUE JAY [3]
HAIRY WOODPECKER [1]
DOWNY WOODPECKER [2]
SNOW BUNTING [31] [or so they are fast...just count the blur on the photo]


CANADA GOOSE [1] [THINK IT IS IN DISTRESS...BUT SHE HAD MOVED LATER TODAY, SO IT'S NOT FROZE DOWN]



AMERICAN CROW [1]


TAAA-TAAA-DAAA...THAT'S ALL FOLKS!