Saturday, September 28, 2013

Migration Window Hits

Nashville Warbler
Now that it's migration there has been a few birds hitting the windows. An American Goldfinch hit our window but ended up being okay. Three Warblers hit our window also, an Orange-crowned Warbler, Nashville Warbler and a Palm Warbler. Fortunately all the birds that hit the window this fall have flown away. You can put stickers or hawk decals on your windows to help the birds not hit it. The reason they hit windows is because of the reflection. The windows just look like their habitat to them. Screens are very good for stopped them, because it breaks the reflection and the birds bounce off of it.

Palm Warbler
(It isn't singing)

American Goldfinch




Orange-crowned Warbler

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Feeder Count

This morning I watched the feeders from the window for ten minutes tally marking the visits by each species:

Chipping Sparrow: 6
Black-capped Chickadee: 40
White-breasted Nuthatch: 7
Purple Finch: 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 1
White-throated Sparrow: 3
American Robin: 2


Black-capped Chickadee at birdbath

Downy Woodpecker

American Goldfinch

Hairy Woodpecker

American Goldfinches in sock feeder

Chipping Sparrow

Black-capped Chickadee eating bark butter

White-breasted Nuthatch

Downy Woodpecker

Friday, September 20, 2013

Assiniboine Park - English Garden photos

The pictures Christian sent me in the mail on a disc have arrived. I edited some to make the colors vivid.
The mallards had fall plumage so both males and females were brown. The winter plumage is the same as summer.
Bay-breasted Warbler

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Flowers

Black-capped Chickadee and White-breasted Nuthatch

American Robin

immature Chipping Sparrow

Immature Chipping Sparrow

Black-caped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Flowers

Immature Chipping Sparrow

Nashville Warbler

immature Eastern Screech Owl

Flowers

Yellow Warbler

Canada Geese
Orange-crowned Warbler
Mallard

 Ring-necked Duck

Mallard

Ring-necked Duck diving

Ring-necked Duck diving

Mallard starting to get winter colors



Ring-necked Duck preening

Female Wood Duck
Wood Duck pair, male is preening

Wood Duck pair

Mallard

Mallard, beginning to have winter colors

Mallard

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Female Wood Duck

juvenile Cedar Waswings

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Palm Warbler

Mallard, has some winter colors

Canada Geese lined up

Canada Geese fighting

Eastern Pheobe

Mallard, bottoms up

Mallard

Flowers

A flower

Flowers

immature Eastern Screech Owl

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

female Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Bumblebeee