Birds!!! Counting Birds!!

[dems4me]

Don't they show up about the time the Tiki bar opens?

Or when someone posts a thread about counting birds?

 

[aps45819]

I think I like the white on rice better though Makes more sense

racist
you be dissing brown rice

 

[FireBrand]

Don't they show up about the time the Tiki bar opens?

Yup, and mostly nocturnal

 

[dems4me]

racist
you be dissing brown rice

birds... I'm trying to figure out my brown birds ..

That was a good link btw! Thanks!! By the time I see the bird, then look it up, I'm afraid it'll be gone... if I dont brush up on this today my survey will look like this


2 cardinals (both male)
1 redbreasted woodpecker or was that bigbreasted??
47 unidentifiable brown birds

 

[cattitude]

Mine don't have a red belly just red on his head. What's the downey look like?

That is a red bellied woodpecker..red cap and the black & white stripes. The downey is a little fellow with black and white stipes.

 

[BS Gal]

That is a red bellied woodpecker..red cap and the black & white stripes. The downey is a little fellow with black and white stipes.

Once in a while, we have a Pileated Woodpecker in the back yard. Those suckers are huge!

 

[MMDad]

Get the Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds. You should be able to get it any any bookstore.

http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/BOA_index.html

 

[BS Gal]

Do you have a list with pictures for this area? I can remember that... now I need to sort out all these little brown birds and some grey ones. I've seen a few blue birds too. Is that their technical name? Blue bird? They are round and fat and I think have orangish wings or bellies... I don't remember.

Eastern bluebird. Bright blue with a reddish brown breast and white belly.

 

[cattitude]

Once in a while, we have a Pileated Woodpecker in the back yard. Those suckers are huge!

Yes, they are. I saw one on a wood pile..looked like the real Woody Woodpecker.

We even had a pheasant wandering around for about a week.

 

[dems4me]

That is a red bellied woodpecker..red cap and the black & white stripes. The downey is a little fellow with black and white stipes.

I saw one of those a few days ago... I thought it was my black and white zebra looking friend but noticed it didn't have a red head. I then thought maybe it was the female version or something... how do I tell the difference between the female and males of those?

 

[MMDad]

Once in a while, we have a Pileated Woodpecker in the back yard. Those suckers are huge!

We have a couple of those. Awesome.

 

[cattitude]

Dems, the blue birds your are describing sound like Blue Buntings.

 

[cattitude]

I saw one of those a few days ago... I thought it was my black and white zebra looking friend but noticed it didn't have a red head. I then thought maybe it was the female version or something... how do I tell the difference between the female and males of those?

google is your friend.

There is a red headed woodpecker too, but he doesn't have the stripes...and his whole head is red. The pileated woodpecker is much, much larger than the one you described.

 

[dems4me]

Dems, the blue birds your are describing sound like Blue Buntings.

thanks! I'm writting all this down..... white on rice.... red bellied crested woodpeckers without red bellies, downeys and Blue Buntings!!! got it!!! Thanks!!

 

[FancyBelle]

I saw one of those a few days ago... I thought it was my black and white zebra looking friend but noticed it didn't have a red head. I then thought maybe it was the female version or something... how do I tell the difference between the female and males of those?

Turn it over and look underneath it.

 

[dems4me]

It looks like this... Red Bellied woodpecker

 

[aps45819]

thanks! I'm writting all this down..... white on rice.... red bellied crested woodpeckers without red bellies, downeys and Blue Buntings!!! got it!!! Thanks!!

Don't forget "like flies on sh!t"

 

[cattitude]

This bird was at our feeder at the end of this past summer. It's a Rose Breasted Grossbeak. It's not too common to see them around here.

 

[dems4me]

Aha! found it.. its the checklist ... you type in your zip code and they give you a list of birds in your area... and then if you are not sure... you click on the link... I can study that If anyone else can participate... here's the link for this! http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/checklist

 

[Midnightrider]

That is a red bellied woodpecker..red cap and the black & white stripes. The downey is a little fellow with black and white stipes.

the downey and hairy are identical except for the size. The hairy is slightly larger. Both have horizontal black and white stripes on their back (ladder back type) and the males have a red spot on the back of their heads, female do not.