tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34478401377178246212024-03-14T03:48:23.738-07:00BirdsA blog of bird photos... for help with identification or just for funLinda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-41467246427241939412021-03-27T21:58:00.000-07:002021-03-27T21:58:50.516-07:00Dippers on Six Miles of Agency Creek<p>These are photos taken in 2021 to go with my spreadsheet on Dipper and Dipper nest sightings on 6 miles of Agency Creek, starting from our farm and ending at what used to be called Waterhole 11, a bridge at the far end of what is now Big Buck Campground.</p><p>Most downstream nest on the 6 miles was Rock Wall, at about mp 1/2 from our farm. It has been unoccupied for several years.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSdaO9opqcIquPBAE4yx17Ay1WMvfcI0aoXa07WQsAVwrVNhWBDEnOBTh5vN3BA0srwXNz9JCwJFYCwrrfK_H33w7JI3RerAHO_3ASQAgZV3sVJX1bClKWUqJEB9OLuD-DpRq1AaQA6w/s2048/DSCN6744_1805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSdaO9opqcIquPBAE4yx17Ay1WMvfcI0aoXa07WQsAVwrVNhWBDEnOBTh5vN3BA0srwXNz9JCwJFYCwrrfK_H33w7JI3RerAHO_3ASQAgZV3sVJX1bClKWUqJEB9OLuD-DpRq1AaQA6w/s320/DSCN6744_1805.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The nest was under overhanging ferns to the left of the waterfall.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Mukz2K0XW6VfzrZZHy19ZM-QB2d1hVDCp-jQdLvKn5yRHUlGtfjzeKJ4Q6daCW7R8D3VnDl3vXPxXWThO5UVu44t2f1NgBxLtkWwXmvpF7PFLrJaDovkH7MHDhKwouOQ8iyvBcwWLUQ/s2048/DSCN6748_1809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Mukz2K0XW6VfzrZZHy19ZM-QB2d1hVDCp-jQdLvKn5yRHUlGtfjzeKJ4Q6daCW7R8D3VnDl3vXPxXWThO5UVu44t2f1NgBxLtkWwXmvpF7PFLrJaDovkH7MHDhKwouOQ8iyvBcwWLUQ/s320/DSCN6748_1809.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just downstream from the rock wall with falls was a rapids where the lookout Dipper kept watch and foraged, singing to alert the nesting bird when I was spotted.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p></p><p> Second nest was downstream from The Chutes, about mp 2, an area where the water goes through a narrow rocky canyon. I'll add a photo of that later. Today I took photos of the nest site itself, maybe 1/8 mile downstream from The Chutes.</p><br /><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uqQWcuOJ1w60tML2xqhEhfUaHwIWYTieMOet3eGw9PV2pSBT2fXLJ8R4ULBDZAdled1AaTB557C6jCMRjXxdeBMHmvy4HWdbppNx8SUGePiNBu4ZKRTYMoR1i92sB7naUrtdD7QaolA/s2048/DSCN6750_1811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uqQWcuOJ1w60tML2xqhEhfUaHwIWYTieMOet3eGw9PV2pSBT2fXLJ8R4ULBDZAdled1AaTB557C6jCMRjXxdeBMHmvy4HWdbppNx8SUGePiNBu4ZKRTYMoR1i92sB7naUrtdD7QaolA/s320/DSCN6750_1811.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwCwCaKXAO83UEWNAy1xExP08uiNcRvq9EIlE5ybnlQ3VtUnO4gkomS9W4XnXiz8lYa1ey6VVVSb7_nY00VU8wuAgpJTsa_XfnXHFB0nLNMEDDqYzbd7YilpJEOwelsdHfzoC-tfHNBI/s2048/DSCN6752_1813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwCwCaKXAO83UEWNAy1xExP08uiNcRvq9EIlE5ybnlQ3VtUnO4gkomS9W4XnXiz8lYa1ey6VVVSb7_nY00VU8wuAgpJTsa_XfnXHFB0nLNMEDDqYzbd7YilpJEOwelsdHfzoC-tfHNBI/s320/DSCN6752_1813.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dippers seem to love nesting behind dripping water</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Third nest has been under what we call the Railroad Bridge, mp 2.5. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2vFhXCCGoI6o8EzUBMwf430c6tMo-kFEw_xbcC0b6kMzdWXJdKY-lrgje-m7dUGZykJ2YV4ftfMFckO6qajumyTl0bK8-w4LRs8LtcT07Iv_M6GRQmkPvqVd96vHSVdkWI3c_emUOeM/s2048/DSCN6761_1822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2vFhXCCGoI6o8EzUBMwf430c6tMo-kFEw_xbcC0b6kMzdWXJdKY-lrgje-m7dUGZykJ2YV4ftfMFckO6qajumyTl0bK8-w4LRs8LtcT07Iv_M6GRQmkPvqVd96vHSVdkWI3c_emUOeM/s320/DSCN6761_1822.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Fourth nest locale is under Sharkey's Bridge, mp 3.5. On my spreadsheet, I have grouped these two bridges together because it seemed there were birds nesting under either one or the other but not both any given year. However they are a mile apart so I could be wrong.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCv3Zfa8gXITZOaOhtAhN5sQK4hz2xw55ls8McPQXuSiR4lTcZAOm_kpt63h6Y3DoMciSVnNJZdExhR_NumO3TEbV4SgPCJY_oKuieqcOzUJZZwTWe-V0NyHWrLtwPU6XIEpqayJImWyk/s2048/DSCN6762_1823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCv3Zfa8gXITZOaOhtAhN5sQK4hz2xw55ls8McPQXuSiR4lTcZAOm_kpt63h6Y3DoMciSVnNJZdExhR_NumO3TEbV4SgPCJY_oKuieqcOzUJZZwTWe-V0NyHWrLtwPU6XIEpqayJImWyk/s320/DSCN6762_1823.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejv9Q5vYj7GWk4y8zFLlz6z1lRSntsVAaw2NlZEmEAvl7S69-XAGnew2QRyehY8UMZ1CwkCSwQpgicaMkUAQF5OBDVsDJWxdcaMFeJzlFp8iej_yuvNRAAcI2sh81J7AQKaYGj_QDGfM/s2048/DSCN6764_1825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejv9Q5vYj7GWk4y8zFLlz6z1lRSntsVAaw2NlZEmEAvl7S69-XAGnew2QRyehY8UMZ1CwkCSwQpgicaMkUAQF5OBDVsDJWxdcaMFeJzlFp8iej_yuvNRAAcI2sh81J7AQKaYGj_QDGfM/s320/DSCN6764_1825.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Fifth nest location, at mp 4, is labelled Yoncalla Fire Pit, now just Yoncalla. It is a short distance downstream from the conjunction of Yoncalla Creek and Agency Creek. The nest is under an evergreen that is right on the bank of the road-side branch of Agency. The main branch is on the west side of a large wooded island between the two branches of the creek. The Dippers have been very faithful to this site.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo5WpJhD6_y_NPTdINtY2Nz1oLmgLAN1r7Cy__aw3zqCXlQB-_-UBN01YI_3r7aLig26zqd1nhz7Kc3P3lIZGceY4rAXuxAgYdYdDj0VBya9RwbE_EQcGovrGLE3TL7RO02adBnTQDqo/s2048/DSCN6765_1826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo5WpJhD6_y_NPTdINtY2Nz1oLmgLAN1r7Cy__aw3zqCXlQB-_-UBN01YI_3r7aLig26zqd1nhz7Kc3P3lIZGceY4rAXuxAgYdYdDj0VBya9RwbE_EQcGovrGLE3TL7RO02adBnTQDqo/s320/DSCN6765_1826.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLW8de06tVlF3urEASerBxELTQJ7Ate737nsuU9_dN5TEV_GoywyCD-Cd1Ju1zc_9Cd5uwtnVIsADZ8zwp3sBfH8TcLWTAaI_V_Z-vCFsR1_bsbi-RPQqiyL3iH3vy5l1Y1Q-kb4_JCw/s2048/DSCN6766_1827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLW8de06tVlF3urEASerBxELTQJ7Ate737nsuU9_dN5TEV_GoywyCD-Cd1Ju1zc_9Cd5uwtnVIsADZ8zwp3sBfH8TcLWTAaI_V_Z-vCFsR1_bsbi-RPQqiyL3iH3vy5l1Y1Q-kb4_JCw/s320/DSCN6766_1827.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The 6th nest location has changed over the years. It was in a bank on the far side of the creek at what we called "Stump View", m.p. 4.4. The bank collapsed and the Dippers left. A nest reappeared at mp 4.8 across from what we called the Rock Slide, a very steep rocky cliff. The creek there runs through a deep channel with a steep hill on the road side and a steep rocky cliff on the far side, with lots of logs across the creek. I often heard a Dipper singing there but it was several years before we found fledglings and the next year, the nest. So the Rock Slide birds then became the Singing Rock birds. The Singing Rock nest is at mp 4.75 (upstream from its previous location at "Stump View").</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34NQ2m3_Nvy7A50nsi8nJowN1O3IUN_OV9Odlwo8MCMbazw1Gsen_wSHVbcl1q51Gm2S2uzzDAmrE3DI2AUOQCJKr7x5rJf5rUkIx6ZFFUFNAXxqG7z3VBGLVo150mzVD0N8qTiMeIxc/s2048/DSCN6767_1828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34NQ2m3_Nvy7A50nsi8nJowN1O3IUN_OV9Odlwo8MCMbazw1Gsen_wSHVbcl1q51Gm2S2uzzDAmrE3DI2AUOQCJKr7x5rJf5rUkIx6ZFFUFNAXxqG7z3VBGLVo150mzVD0N8qTiMeIxc/s320/DSCN6767_1828.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAqT6MoFjBH6g3hY0XYd-JYNkpKI1BfNzIzAfb3IL-socaWwSZAhhtOlDEN_-FYV5No3KXVX1lStvciAPPG4MHOkbfooGimQQe8DJNxYQ7TRLJwq2g_hTAJdN7ZzjPmJ1pKHEfNoVhaA/s2048/DSCN6768_1829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAqT6MoFjBH6g3hY0XYd-JYNkpKI1BfNzIzAfb3IL-socaWwSZAhhtOlDEN_-FYV5No3KXVX1lStvciAPPG4MHOkbfooGimQQe8DJNxYQ7TRLJwq2g_hTAJdN7ZzjPmJ1pKHEfNoVhaA/s320/DSCN6768_1829.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p> </p><p>The most faithful and easiest to locate nest is just upstream from Asinine Bridge. I will take a photo of that bridge to include here another time. It got that name because it is curved the reverse direction from what the plans called for and from what it should have been. The cliff had to be blasted away after the mistake to let logging trucks make the turn. Or so the legend goes. Milepost 5.5<br /></p><p>When we first started this survey, the nest was in the cliff across from the road. But the cliff was unstable and the birds had to move... to beneath the roots of a streamside tree. It is quite visible across the creek from a pull-off alongside the road. Although it takes good binocs or camera or a good imagination to see the mossy nest below the trunk. My camera made it visible.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCEa5HxLYel6rg9WXDAAIen1Z_F1BqIfrAhC3cAIgMW2rKw9AiFIaHrxgzyCSJz97UazubU_JNhKDhWWCxxJ5_ijVk0l4us4z2NihfYIuqI4H4FvOIWzdWH3gPGPVtGN3Jnp2axRQDTk/s2048/DSCN6769_1830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCEa5HxLYel6rg9WXDAAIen1Z_F1BqIfrAhC3cAIgMW2rKw9AiFIaHrxgzyCSJz97UazubU_JNhKDhWWCxxJ5_ijVk0l4us4z2NihfYIuqI4H4FvOIWzdWH3gPGPVtGN3Jnp2axRQDTk/s320/DSCN6769_1830.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWAQxuO-e_ytNGLNn6TbCFUeGD5Wy7f7nMcvOMqSiTKW-o-OGUbRsUjt5CvSQXJpKWukgNyshzOB3qGnVOmERmI6E7fVIXW5KhMU5JUTgVg82kU1LEFjoK_IQHZ1F3wMpJJZQBGXekxc/s2048/DSCN6770_1831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWAQxuO-e_ytNGLNn6TbCFUeGD5Wy7f7nMcvOMqSiTKW-o-OGUbRsUjt5CvSQXJpKWukgNyshzOB3qGnVOmERmI6E7fVIXW5KhMU5JUTgVg82kU1LEFjoK_IQHZ1F3wMpJJZQBGXekxc/s320/DSCN6770_1831.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjzQtj8dZmFutlk5mzHHS7K6gP4FRsmsy0QBFYDDRf6Cv9rrjDR9MCrZxYia_Ve7XaSJN18jUGyEyN56HiINDffCiAtSdPAxUprmTVfOdpyRULKqiGLx_Ooz3erOJ_R1ld3vTvnkQxw0/s2048/DSCN6771_1832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjzQtj8dZmFutlk5mzHHS7K6gP4FRsmsy0QBFYDDRf6Cv9rrjDR9MCrZxYia_Ve7XaSJN18jUGyEyN56HiINDffCiAtSdPAxUprmTVfOdpyRULKqiGLx_Ooz3erOJ_R1ld3vTvnkQxw0/s320/DSCN6771_1832.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The last nest before the road leaves Agency Creek is at what used to be called Waterhole 11 at mp 6.5. It is under the bridge that crosses Agency at the end of what is now called Big Buck Campground. From Yoncalla Creek onward is territory owned by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. The portion before that where Agency Creek Rd. takes off from Grand Ronde Rd. is owned and managed by Hampton Timber company. </p><p>The birds that nested at the Waterhole 11 bridge were very faithful until the campground became popular and full of people and dogs. We have not found nesting there for several years. However Covid has closed the campground temporarily and Dippers are in the area again. Perhaps they had found another nesting site farther upstream away from the human congestion.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmtdZl9jMz8FFEW7mdWThXQeqS93JOPYOliQRaN49ZDq062-9L4LtzbYXH-11P-U1n6CPBqhIoFN_xKYV42bLWl1WSiiXg6qkAREIZki2iQaD5-5AJkH0rOWqjSXbs3zRn-g40QswNoo/s2048/DSCN6772_1833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmtdZl9jMz8FFEW7mdWThXQeqS93JOPYOliQRaN49ZDq062-9L4LtzbYXH-11P-U1n6CPBqhIoFN_xKYV42bLWl1WSiiXg6qkAREIZki2iQaD5-5AJkH0rOWqjSXbs3zRn-g40QswNoo/s320/DSCN6772_1833.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-18829331878933369252020-12-31T16:02:00.000-08:002020-12-31T16:02:21.930-08:00Swan<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I took photos today and would vote for Trumpeter by size and straightness of bill but would like some expert input.<p></p><p> <br /></p>Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-28881071264275660652020-11-10T12:14:00.002-08:002020-11-10T16:22:48.669-08:00First Grand Ronde Raptor Route of the Season<p> Kites and Red-shouldered Hawks and a lovely light phase Rough-legged Hawk were highlights of this first route of the Nov 2020-March 2021 survey season. I spent more time than I should have taking photos. Here is the list of birds we found:</p><p>23 Red-tailed Hawks<br />26 American Kestrels<br />1 Northern Harrier<br />1 Rough-legged Hawk, light phase (we see it between Hwy 18/22 and South Yamhill River Rd. most every year)<br />4 White-tailed Kites<br />2 Cooper's Hawks<br />2 Red-shouldered Hawks<br />1 unidentified flying raptor</p><p>And here are some of the photos:</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItQB2SfIeMOEktYoswfKSSHSoOFwZamRGioIUPMRiukN4lwzebX_eyfCQHMCtMQ0iBBPvieNdGvlmx-dkh2UhMuafEMmmaTDl3UhNTleaKdd63E8R6aRFjwySOBoJwdWiqanfw3ZG7-8/s2048/2+kites+in+a+tree.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1616" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItQB2SfIeMOEktYoswfKSSHSoOFwZamRGioIUPMRiukN4lwzebX_eyfCQHMCtMQ0iBBPvieNdGvlmx-dkh2UhMuafEMmmaTDl3UhNTleaKdd63E8R6aRFjwySOBoJwdWiqanfw3ZG7-8/s320/2+kites+in+a+tree.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-tailed Kites<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p></p><p><br /><br /><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkn0e0VdRMBWgd8Y26IeSowfN3Wbf8g9Ou-j_-eOsKf_WCtX7lt1A9HlUaDch1w9r4DO2U6wrzVckL-8ddvka0i61cfQiyGA8mxOn2-K3iN4aBl-CC1whVXdWTMmRvn02-6mkkiXKdHc/s2048/DSCN6043_1046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkn0e0VdRMBWgd8Y26IeSowfN3Wbf8g9Ou-j_-eOsKf_WCtX7lt1A9HlUaDch1w9r4DO2U6wrzVckL-8ddvka0i61cfQiyGA8mxOn2-K3iN4aBl-CC1whVXdWTMmRvn02-6mkkiXKdHc/s320/DSCN6043_1046.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rough-legged Hawk<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbjRPDkbbSdOXtMvRnunYOACARhI5U_umEbpqbRuFQm51BL68ZRga1XgZGk3HfK04OOzrIBObLEPgfYf24XOrB1OxoCBHc5lbgt_UJINalINXn3qSDfoo9znD-65Q8XJrBl9oc51QSzs/s2048/nov+kestrel+gr+route+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbjRPDkbbSdOXtMvRnunYOACARhI5U_umEbpqbRuFQm51BL68ZRga1XgZGk3HfK04OOzrIBObLEPgfYf24XOrB1OxoCBHc5lbgt_UJINalINXn3qSDfoo9znD-65Q8XJrBl9oc51QSzs/s320/nov+kestrel+gr+route+2.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Kestrel<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikioILKi5Ppuc_pIu50RmQEgX72HhtNvWgmmgX_jPr-WqyqBIJbc7R0qObi4XNByWxghCnXvMrWDBrR7biO9Ha7x8ziRR4t2g-F40gAjtsp_e-XGsESRhL5qZRMbMAKNxjmnlGcb44Ydc/s2048/rsha+nov+GR+route.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikioILKi5Ppuc_pIu50RmQEgX72HhtNvWgmmgX_jPr-WqyqBIJbc7R0qObi4XNByWxghCnXvMrWDBrR7biO9Ha7x8ziRR4t2g-F40gAjtsp_e-XGsESRhL5qZRMbMAKNxjmnlGcb44Ydc/s320/rsha+nov+GR+route.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-shouldered Hawk (camouflaged)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p>Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-36193476225765719512020-10-07T15:21:00.007-07:002020-10-07T16:02:06.959-07:00American Pipits?<p> A small flock of what I think are American Pipits was on the beach just north of Cape Kiwanda today, Oct. 7. Would love to have someone confirm or correct. Sorry for the awful photos. My camera has water spots that I have not figured out how to remove... and I was a long way away from the birds. Thanks in advance!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tfJ2POhH2twtEDpQQBSuE6reewHVbhOrX1DV6QoWMQE4ypsgTeb0ZL0lhpTmbh5kva8a5SfYjFeChFbesmxt19f7DMFqOjz7q42BF79i4cRPr9Vw_2vSdwbONsnHWkWZPHmhdX83nb4/s2342/P1310958_821.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="2342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tfJ2POhH2twtEDpQQBSuE6reewHVbhOrX1DV6QoWMQE4ypsgTeb0ZL0lhpTmbh5kva8a5SfYjFeChFbesmxt19f7DMFqOjz7q42BF79i4cRPr9Vw_2vSdwbONsnHWkWZPHmhdX83nb4/s320/P1310958_821.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9y853WLwXhIW-HkHZXIKpP3kIQ6GdDSH5eOhpGbkgQ3u5O-QZVbGIZ6lnkqcEW8ml4HpbYHAiAG5duhrN_NC8rzD11_RDZu4wTCjox3TMOPMTAKkcUOXLnfFY2hTnlLGmxzIVkijS_o/s2048/P1310960_823.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1042" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9y853WLwXhIW-HkHZXIKpP3kIQ6GdDSH5eOhpGbkgQ3u5O-QZVbGIZ6lnkqcEW8ml4HpbYHAiAG5duhrN_NC8rzD11_RDZu4wTCjox3TMOPMTAKkcUOXLnfFY2hTnlLGmxzIVkijS_o/s320/P1310960_823.JPG" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoUorL9ro_Qx0hDq9vGGZPqZsf91Wee4TUDvkvfudC23pbAvpzr9B0Ka41ppGH9RFGLpRUvSn5jTvxd-HbU-_Fm8VD5c6AH148BSFWB9P-lPMSXL9vsqEfRUH9G2DlPc0pof_7k8K5SI/s2048/P1310959_822.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoUorL9ro_Qx0hDq9vGGZPqZsf91Wee4TUDvkvfudC23pbAvpzr9B0Ka41ppGH9RFGLpRUvSn5jTvxd-HbU-_Fm8VD5c6AH148BSFWB9P-lPMSXL9vsqEfRUH9G2DlPc0pof_7k8K5SI/s320/P1310959_822.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOhPeIGIk-e7sg4aAtD2MQl_tNPNqGBzQqwRQ7nVYMuqZK_DiTYQhagGakZ4pVcUV4FpoD8VEPW603Pa_BVza4Puk02UAi3QRaXmBmnyn1BbJoymlIS5jWVLB0mYQFpx9uddQv5Jdi-E/s2048/P1310962_825.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1443" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOhPeIGIk-e7sg4aAtD2MQl_tNPNqGBzQqwRQ7nVYMuqZK_DiTYQhagGakZ4pVcUV4FpoD8VEPW603Pa_BVza4Puk02UAi3QRaXmBmnyn1BbJoymlIS5jWVLB0mYQFpx9uddQv5Jdi-E/s320/P1310962_825.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Yes! The wise folks on OBOL have said these are American Pipits. First I knew they hang out on beaches as well as open fields.<br /></p>Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-49962117912556040572020-08-13T18:11:00.014-07:002020-12-31T20:51:06.343-08:00The Wrentit Hunt<p> </p><p>Yesterday, August 12, while mowing around the South field and stopping periodically to pull tansy, I heard a Wrentit talking by the Ash Swamp. This is the first time in a long time that I have heard one here. But I could not see it, of course. Later that afternoon, I walked around the SW field by the Qi Gong grove near Agency Creek, and heard it again. This time in the hedge row between our property and the neighbor's. Tried talking to it and it talked back but could not see it.</p><p>So I emailed Paul Sullivan and asked if he could come out the next day and try to call it out for me. Paul sounds more like a Wrentit than a Wrentit does. Paul came the next afternoon, August 13, after I got home from my beached bird survey for COASST at Bob Straub Park. We hiked over to where I had heard the bird the day before. No Wrentit answered his calls, but a Warbling Vireo popped up and I got my first ever photo of one. Friend Dawn had managed to get a photo here some years go but I never had. Hooray for Paul's ability to call out birds!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb2wJo749j-6enEEEq1DMvI0PgYc6AUZyqQuBJDnrcth1hB2_c-mdJ4Xo-29TZSWuPmKiLLYW2ExlO40QnlTomFMvz3fxvzeCSRhXiG1fYiVCdWhBjphrvfxVoeyiNiPWOVlmlOQBoL4/s1305/DSCN5462_395.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb2wJo749j-6enEEEq1DMvI0PgYc6AUZyqQuBJDnrcth1hB2_c-mdJ4Xo-29TZSWuPmKiLLYW2ExlO40QnlTomFMvz3fxvzeCSRhXiG1fYiVCdWhBjphrvfxVoeyiNiPWOVlmlOQBoL4/s640/DSCN5462_395.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsf2h01PD4NDmDJ_RP3fcchM7ygQwH5y7jFSUgpmW10baugKX5Ep-hze2VaxQFk9VeWPhFXmmY4ZA-VYDX9FBHg7sR8y1MC0B5ZOfCna2mL3-IyZNXwADCXvNqY2jaCYqGVSYACaK3h0/s514/warbling+vireo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsf2h01PD4NDmDJ_RP3fcchM7ygQwH5y7jFSUgpmW10baugKX5Ep-hze2VaxQFk9VeWPhFXmmY4ZA-VYDX9FBHg7sR8y1MC0B5ZOfCna2mL3-IyZNXwADCXvNqY2jaCYqGVSYACaK3h0/s0/warbling+vireo.JPG" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Paul and I then walked north through fields and woods to the arboretum path, Paul calling along the way. Suddenly, from the hedgerow at the north edge of our property, a Wrentit answered!! Oh happy day. It did pop out to where we could see it briefly but never long enough or clear enough for me to get a photo. At least I know it's still here. Maybe it will eventually follow the hedgerow up to the house where I might have a better chance of seeing it... and getting a photo! Hope springs eternal...</p><p><br /></p><p>Update 12/22/2020: while I was cutting brush by the creek near the barn, a Wrentit popped out and scolded me! I went to the house and got my camera and put it in the EZ Go, positioned where I could see if the bird popped out again. Then I went back to cutting brush. The Wrentit did pop in and out of view, scolding the whole time. I sat in the EZ Go and took photo after photo. In one of them, I actually got a recognizable shot of the bird. Finally!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlBjD8NvtIjztuEuDH5J1LbbZbnUpZUKhA2am_pYkFQvyd4ojlC1ECpU0HKEsGS-gDPNi_iUS32mE7dH62674WlPb8R2Fm-xO2QC9z7SG4TKZlMcUJC3thRlyhY0vCXMa5FC4Wx4eXxY/s990/wrentit.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlBjD8NvtIjztuEuDH5J1LbbZbnUpZUKhA2am_pYkFQvyd4ojlC1ECpU0HKEsGS-gDPNi_iUS32mE7dH62674WlPb8R2Fm-xO2QC9z7SG4TKZlMcUJC3thRlyhY0vCXMa5FC4Wx4eXxY/s320/wrentit.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> <br /></p>Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-39528549442323121702020-05-18T16:30:00.003-07:002022-03-06T17:45:02.155-08:00Birds of Prey on the Fink Family Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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10th and last week 2020<br />
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I have tried and failed to reverse the order of these reports so they start at Week One. Sorry, but you get to read the story from end to beginning unless someone can tell me how to fix it. I tried copying and pasting each week in order but all that did was freeze up the site. Also, my photos are all mixed up date and time wise. I think I need to reset after I put a new battery in. So the photos may not jibe with the description. <br />
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June 14, Sunday<br />
At both 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. (while doing horse chores) I saw a bird on the box and heard begging.<br />
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Although my notes go silent, photos show the (presumably) young female on the gourd at the far side of the field.<br />
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Female. While writing this she disappeared -- into box? No! Onto ground.<br />
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4:52 p.m. she flew to lookout tree.<br />
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4:33 no birds seen<br />
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5:30 still in tree.<br />
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June 17, Wednesday<br />
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9:30
a.m., young female on box and 1 in tree. 1 flew on to box. Lots of
begging. Action came fast and confusing. One flew to box opening then to
tree. One on top flew to one on box opening and flopped to ground and
back up. One at entrance flew to tree.<br />
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In the afternoon, I spent an hour watching for Kestrels. None on box; none in tree. Checked later... nothing.<br />
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Sunday, June 7<br />
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After a morning hoeing the garden, I decided to take part of the afternoon off watching the Kestrel nest box activity. I arrived at my observation chair at 2:25. No Kestrels were in sight. I woke up at 2:50 with Nightingale's big, black beautiful head sniffing me. She moved off a little after she determined that I was awake. But Jessie Anne was right in front of the distant nest box. I just waited until the three horses moved a bit as I was too lazy to move my chair.<br />
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At 3:25, a head poked out of the nest box. I heard begging from the box. I will put the times according to my camera below each photo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:37</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:38</td></tr>
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Then head and bird flew to the lookout tree. More brief begging came from the box.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:39</td></tr>
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The tree bird (female) preened <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:45</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:45</td></tr>
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At one point (3:38 by my watch which is not what my camera would have said), the tree bird flew out of the tree and circled back to it. Remainder of times are from my camera.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:52</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:52</td></tr>
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Male flew to top of box. Female flew off. Lots of begging sounds from box. Male left. My notes say "no one brought food, nestlings begging". But then my notes say: "Male flew into box and stuck head out. "<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:56</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3:56</td></tr>
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My notes say: "one bird on tree". From the photo, it looks like that bird is the male. Don't know how that jives with my notes. Maybe I was still tired.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4:01</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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Monday, June 8<br />
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The next day, while cleaning the horse barn at 8:45 AM, I heard begging . One bird flew in fluttering to another bird on back of box, then flew into box. This got me wondering if the flutterer was a fledgling!<br />
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3:40 p.m. when I quit working in the garden and went out to watch there were no birds present. According to my notes, nothing was happening until 3:45 when a female came out of the box and sat on top. Lots of begging from within briefly. After about 5 minutes she flew to ground and back up to box, without food. Nestlings (or somebody) begged when she alit again on back of box. She looked down, apparently hunting.<br />
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The horses noticed me... <br />
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What follows is, I hope, like a movie frame by frame, since I didn't take a movie but rather stills. The female sat atop the box and looked down, hunting, but not finding. One time she did fly to ground and back up, without food that I could tell. When she got back up to the box, the nestling(s) (or someone) begged. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4:20</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4:20</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4:23</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4:23</td></tr>
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Quite suddenly at about 4:30 she flew off to the west and came back quickly with the male, took something from him, and flew up to the tree east of the lookout tree to eat. Male stayed on box briefly, then went inside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4:33</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4:33</td></tr>
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The female eating whatever the male brought her...<br />
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The nestlings (or somebody) begged when the female flew off the first time and when both landed on the box and when the male went into the box.<br />
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Tuesday, June 9, and Wednesday, June 10<br />
at morning horse feeding (7:30) bird on box with nestling begging sounds that stopped when bird flew off or in. I had no binocs and was only glancing occasionally so don't know which.<br />
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On Wed., June 10, at 10:30 when I let the horses out, again there was a bird atop the box with begging from inside (apparently). Both at 7:30 and 10:30, I thought I could only hear one voice from inside the box.<br />
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Thursday, June 11<br />
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2:10 one on box, flew
to tree, I heard begging sounds from inside box? as it flew. It might
have eaten something while in tree. Another bird was in the tree and
flew off, so in retrospect, I'm thinking the bird that flew from the box
was a juvenile who got a handout from the bird in the tree.<br />
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2:25
Starling landed on the nest box. No reaction from anything inside box
or anywhere else. Could no longer see a bird in the tree. Things got
progressively more confusing.<br />
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2:33 Kestrel flew to box,
went inside. No begging sounds. Came out and sat on top. Flew down to
catch something then up and around and into box. No begging sounds. Now I
was thinking this was a fledgling. I could not tell from my distance if
it was a male or female but definitely not an adult male.<br />
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about 2:45 a large bird landed in lookout tree... band-tailed pigeon
size but I didn't get a good look before it flew. No reaction from any
Kestrel anywhere.<br />
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3 p.m. bird came out of box, flew to gourd post southwest of nest box, preened.<br />
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About
3:10, a starling flew to nest box. (Lots of starlings feeding on bugs
in that field.) The kestrel flew down into the grass near base of gourd
post. Then back up to post. Starling flew toward kestrel. Kestrel dove
and ducked and took evasive action. Starling veered off and left. I
don't know that it was paying any attention to the Kestrel but the
Kestrel must have thought it was. So now I was/am convinced this Kestrel
is a juvenile. When it flew the wings appeared all brown so must be a
female. As soon as the starling left, the Kestrel flew to the nest box
and popped inside. It did not come back out before I left at 3:30. Scary
world out there!<br />
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About ten minutes later, two big birds landed in lookout tree. Band-tailed Pigeons. No birds had landed in that tree while the Kestrels were on duty this last month plus so something has definitely changed. <br />
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Friday, June 12<br />
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Confident that all would become clear this day, I took up position at 12:45 p.m. The action started right away. A female came out of box and flew directly to top of lookout tree, no circling, preened.<br />
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Shortly an accipiter flew across from west to east near me with our resident Red-winged Blackbird screaming and pursuing, from a safe distance. The Kestrel atop the tree paid no attention, but the lookout tree was a long way from the accipiter flight path.<br />
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1 p.m. The Kestrel in the tree circled out and back to the west, met the incoming male, both landed on the nest box, somebody begging the whole time (presumably the female). Female took food and ducked inside nest box.<br />
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The male flew to the tree and preened.<br />
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Female back on box, fluffed up. I could hear begging that sounded distant and did not seem to be coming from bird on top.<br />
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1:15 Bird on tree gone. Bird still on top of box. No begging.<br />
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As usual I was distracted by the horses, this time in the field between me and the kestrel field. Fortunately, Mary soon arrived and helped with the Kestrel sightings.<br />
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1:16 female on top of box flew to ground in front of box and then back up. We heard begging, presumably from inside box. Could not tell she caught anything.<br />
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Female walked to front of box. We heard begging that stopped when she walked to back. She came to front again and we heard begging. she went inside, begging stopped.<br />
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1:20 We heard begging. Female flew from tree to box (according to my notes but I don't have written down that she left the box and flew to the tree. ??). She hung on entrance then went inside.<br />
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1:35 female out of box and flew to tree. Swallow dive bombed Kestrel in tree<br />
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2-2:25 2 starlings on box briefly. Female flew to corner gourd post, as yesterday, worked her way east from gourd post to wood post and back to box, periodically dropping down to the ground but I could not tell if she
caught anything. This was the first time I've seen a Kestrel hunt from
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I heard begging. She flew then back into box. Heard begging when she came out. Male dove into box. Lots of begging.<br />
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Male must have left at some point as my next note says he brought something and dropped it alongside box as female, begging, met him. She went down to retrieve it but could not tell that she had. Lots of wing flapping and begging from female.<br />
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2:26 male flew off to the west. Female went back into the box. Begging stopped. And came back out. More begging.<br />
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Female hunted from fence post to fence post then up to tree<br />
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Rather than having everything figured out, I am now more confused than ever.<br />
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8th week 2020<br />
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Sunday, May 31<br />
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7:10 a.m. 2 birds on top of box, heard begging
inside that continued for several seconds. One bird went close to 2nd
(maybe food hand off?) then moved to entrance of box, hung for several
seconds and then went in. 2nd bird stayed on top for a few seconds then
flew off (no binocs and I'm not sure of the order... just sure begging
inside same time as 2 birds on top.)<br />
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Monday, June 1<br />
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7:45 a.m. One called and must have flown to one on box. Then saw 1 on top ?? (I was cleaning paddock)<br />
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In the afternoon, Mary watched while I fed horses their lunch. Here are her notes:<br />
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2:15pm male on back edge of box.swallows diving.<br />
adjusted a few feathers and flew past lookout tree.<br />
2:20 male on lookout tree.<br />
2:50 male flew to top of box, female<br />
flew out<br />
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I joined Mary about then. Here are my notes <br />
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2:47-2:52
male flew in circle, landed on box, female flew out; male sat looking
in. Male flew to tree then down to evergreen left then back up to
lookout tree. Lots of begging from inside box the entire time.<br />
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2:58
female flew high then dove to box and hung at entrance, then went in...
may have been hunting and brought something back. Male on tree.<br />
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3:30 male to box. Female out of box and to tree. Heard begging from box when female left.<br />
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3:40 female flew around from tree. Heard nestlings. Male still on box.<br />
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3:42 male went into box and quickly out and flew off. Heard nestlings. Female came back and went into box.<br />
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Busy week haying so did not watch again until hay safely in barn<br />
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Friday, June 5<br />
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7 a.m. bird on box while I was cleaning horse paddock<br />
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in afternoon with Mary:<br />
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12:35
heard begging. Saw male on box, female flew in. then male but he came
out quickly. Begging stopped when she flew in. She flew out at 12:44
into tree.<br />
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12:50 male flew to tree<br />
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12:52 female back to box and in<br />
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12:58 male flew from tree (off hunting?)<br />
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The
most noticeable thing about this week was the nestlings sound older and
louder than they have in the past. Mary thinks, by her calculations,
that they should be about ready to fledge.<br />
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I'm hoping to see 3 or more birds at once this coming week!<br />
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7th week 2020<br />
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Wednesday 5/27<br />
7 a.m. and 9 a.m. kestrel in tree<br />
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Thursday 5/28<br />
7:20 a.m. kestrel in tree<br />
1:40-2 p.m. sat watching with friend Mary, no Kestrels in sight or sound<br />
3:20 p.m. Mary and I were back. Bird in top of lookout tree<br />
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3:48 p.m. male flew from tree in a circle, landed on box. Female at
entrance hole, came out to top of box. Saw no food exchange. He stayed
on box. She flew to tree. After a minute he flew to tree.<br />
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They may have
copulated. She flew around field for 6 or 7 minutes, not hunting,
apparently exercising and enjoying being out of the box. She landed in
top of a tree to the east. Then flew to lookout tree and landed with
male there.<br />
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Then she flew to box and went inside. No sounds heard from
box. It was hard to follow this sequence of events. We were mesmerized
by the beautiful flight of the female. She looped and soared with
apparent pleasure. Later I wondered if she might have been a fledgling,
not an adult, exercising her wings. But she landed with no trouble so
probably not. Since it is not possible to tell adult from juvenile
females in the field, there's no way to know which she was.<br />
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8:10
p.m. (at horse feeding time) Kestrel on tree. Kestrel flew to box making
churring sound, almost ran into kestrel sitting on back of box but
circled back to tree. Soon kestrel on box flew to tree, bounced down to
next tree east. ?????<br />
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Friday 5/29<br />
7 a.m. one on tree<br />
8:10 p.m. (while waiting for horses to come in) two came out of nest box
quickly and flew. One to tree. Don't know where the other went. I heard
clucking/begging sounds from inside the box after they left. <br />
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6th week 2020<br />
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May 17, Sunday<br />
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5 pm. one on tree all the time I cleaned horse paddock<br />
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Tues. 5/19<br />
10:15-10:30 a.m.; one on tree; 1 heard begging and immediately tree bird flew into box and quickly out. Begging stopped. How did the chicks know that parent had food? Was the mother bird inside and knew somehow?<br />
5-5:10 p.m.; one on tree at 5 pm.; almost immediately I heard begging and one on tree flew to box. 2 adults on box. I did not see if 2nd came out of box. One was holding something big, flew to tree and began eating. Other hopped into box.<br />
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I took lots of photos this week in an attempt to figure out what was
happening. None of the photos are great and I still don't totally
understand. All I can say is it seems they are still taking food inside
for the chicks and the male is still feeding the female.<br />
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5:13 one on tree flew to tall fir west (where eagles sit) and continued
eating. In a few minutes it flew to the box and went in. Photo shows
that was the female. One flew off to the west; could have come out of
box but I didn't see where it came from.<br />
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In photo below, lookout tree is at far left across field, eagle tree is at far right, high above the other trees. <br />
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Here is the eagle tree somewhat closer...<br />
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...and closer with the Kestrel top right<br />
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Here is the kestrel with food in its talons at the top of the eagle tree...<br />
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Wednesday 5/20 <br />
9:30 a.m. One on nest box (no camera or binocs). Flew shortly or into box?? was gone anyway<br />
2:10-2:30 no birds sound or sight (naturally, since I had my camera this time)<br />
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Thursday 5/21 <br />
7:10 a.m. Bird flew into box, no camera or binocs<br />
4:44 male flew in with food apparently. Female left and flew to
lookout tree and ate. Male sat on top of box for a couple minutes, then
flew to lookout tree. Female moved to next tree east and ate.<br />
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4:52
heard begging from nest briefly. Looked up and female gone from tree so
must have gone into box (blink and a bird disappears)<br />
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Friday 5/22<br />
7:20 a.m. none on tree or box. Adult Bald Eagle on tall fir to west (the one Kestrel flew to on 5/19)<br />
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Saturday 5/23<br />
4:45-5:15 no birds in sight<br />
5:30 on my way back from creek male brought food. Female flew to
tree, ate, then male flew from top of box to tree. After a minute or
two, they moved and sat together. I don't know if there was a food hand
off or what.<br />
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5:40 female flew to box, sat at opening, then flew in.<br />
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May 12, Tues.<br />
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One in tree 7 a.m. during paddock cleaning<br />
2 p.m. one in tree (horses' lunch time)<br />
4 p.m. one in tree, flew. I heard calling at 4:15 and male landed on box. I heard brief begging/calling from inside box when male landed<br />
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5/13, Wed.<br />
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observed from 3:15-4:00 pm.<br />
3:15 none in sight<br />
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3:25 female head poking out of box. Actually if you look closely you can see her feet perched on the bottom of the entry hole.<br />
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3:30 male flew to top of box (female had withdrawn her head) first on the lip (as in photo), then on the back top<br />
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male hopped from overhang to back of box. female came out of box and apparently got something from male's beak; flew to deciduous tree then to lookout tree and pulled something apart with her bill that was being held in her feet. I could not see anything.<br />
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about 3:35, male flew to tree near female. Begging sounds came from box<br />
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about 3:40, female flew to box and went inside. Begging sounds stopped.<br />
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In researching what Kestrels feed their young, I found out that no raptors except vultures regurgitate food for their youngsters. However, Kestrel chicks when quite young cannot digest fur/feathers/etc. so my guess is the female was pulling all the indigestables off the critter before serving it to her chicks.<br />
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May 15, Friday<br />
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6:50 a.m. heard loud begging sounds from fog-shrouded nest box when I broke off dead branches at my observation spot to add a 2nd chair for a friend coming this afternoon (chairs set up 9 feet apart. :-))<br />
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2:50 p.m. observing with friend Mary<br />
none in sight but Mary heard begging sounds from nest. While I had my binocs on lookout tree, Mary watched nest box and saw a bird fly into it. Begging sounds stopped. We watched until 3:30, no more activity<br />
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Saturday, May 16<br />
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6:50 heard begging sounds while cleaning horse paddock, saw bird fly off<br />
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2:50 p.m. heard begging sounds when I put the horses out on grass. Saw 2 kestrels on box. I went for my camera and binocs. No birds when I got back. Watched until 3:50... saw/heard nothing <br />
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4th report 2020<br />
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May 3, Sunday <br />
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6:55-7:20 Two on tree. 7:20 (when I looked while cleaning horse paddock) one was gone.<br />
1:50 p.m. One on tree.<br />
2 p.m. 1 on box, 1 in tree. Box bird flew to tree. 2 birds on tree until 2:20.. 1 disappeared. 1 eating something. Other on tree until I left at 2:30<br />
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Monday, May 4<br />
6:50-7:20 no birds on tree or box<br />
3:45 p.m. no visible birds but at 4 p.m. I noticed a lump lower down, could have been Kestrel hunkered down lower because of windy, cold weather<br />
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Tuesday, May 5<br />
no birds 77-7:20 a.m.<br />
while digging tansy at 2 p.m., 1 bird on tree.<br />
2:20 heard begging sounds possibly coming from inside box<br />
2:40 bird on box and bird with head sticking out<br />
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Both birds flew. Soon both on tree. Photo show small rodent in talons of female (back bird) <br />
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By 3 one on tree; other may have been back inside as begging sounds had stopped. <br />
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Friday May 8<br />
3 p.m. One bird on tree, went hunting. Came back to tree with something hanging out of bill. I moved to where I could see front of box and tree <br />
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Female in nest box hanging head out. <br />
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Female flew to tree, apparently got food and took to box. (I thought I could see something hanging out of lower bird's mouth but does not show up in photos.)<br />
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Timeline: April 26, Sunday, one on tree from about 7:40-7:55 a.m.<br />
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April 29, Wednesday, one on tree about 3:20 p.m. I was northwest of the lookout tree and west of the box. Lookout tree is dead center in this photo. Nest box not visible to the left of the photo.<br />
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A few minutes later, one appeared atop the box. Must have come out from inside it but I was watching the lookout bird. <br />
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It flew down to ground and then up to lookout tree and the pair copulated. The studies say Kestrels copulate often even after eggs are laid and being incubated</div>
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After copulation, they preened. The female apparently had caught something when she flew to the ground from the box as she spent the next fifteen minutes or so picking at something she must have been holding onto in her talons.<br />
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Other bird flew off after five minutes or so and went west out of my sight. I did not see where it went, or if it came back, and never saw one go to the box but it probably did. I was not watching nonstop... I was trying to get a photograph of Black-throated Gray Warblers in trees around me. Never succeeded.<br />
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April 30 Thurs. 5:50 p.m. 2 on tree, copulated. I walked to horse barn at 6, watching the tree and the box periodically. I did not see one fly but shortly there was only one on the tree so the other must have flown... somewhere. I never saw it go to box but I wasn't looking every minute and they seem to be very sneaky.<br />
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Timeline: April 20, at morning horse feeding none visible at first, then 1 appeared atop tree, then one on top of box, then 1 flew inside box - photos. Other stayed on top of box until I left. Gone later.<br />
April 22, Earth Day, 1 on box about 7 a.m. (morning horse feeding), flew off<br />
April 24, Friday, 1 on Lookout Tree about 2:15 p.m. (lunch feeding for horses) <br />
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April 20: kestrel on distant tree,<br />
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Soon after the female flew in to the box (literally... she flew straight in without landing on the box first). I think the male looks a little startled!<br />
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Timeline: April 9, 2 kestrels on nest box, male fed female<br />
April 16, 1 on lookout tree between our field and neighbor's, flew to nest box<br />
April 17, one on lookout tree, one came out of nest box and joined male on tree, copulated, female flew back to box and went inside<br />
April 18, one on tree<br />
April 19, one on nest box, flew to tree<br />
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Photos April 19, showing nest box and lookout tree orientation<br />
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thanks to my Nikon Coolpix camera that brings things up closer than my binoculars do. Photos taken from horse barn paddock<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">those bushes in the background are actually about 1/4 mile away</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nest box pole more visible without fence in the way. lookout tree appears a little closer</td></tr>
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lookout tree brought gradually closer with my Nikon Coolpix camera...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the dot near the top of the lookout tree is the male kestrel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dot is starting to look more like a bird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And there he is, a long, long way away</td></tr>
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The following photos were taken April 17 by my Lumix that does not have as big a lens (but does have water spots that I don't know how to get rid of). I was in the woods, somewhat closer but from a different angle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both were on taller tree at first, apparently copulated, male flew down to lower tree</td></tr>
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-19142342911391997962020-01-27T14:41:00.000-08:002020-01-27T14:41:23.080-08:00Confusing Juncos<br />
After reading Dave Irons article in Oregon Birds about the various subspecies of Oregon Juncos and then reading a few OBOL posts on one of those subspecies, Pink-sided Juncos, I started looking more carefully at the numerous Juncos that come out to eat the seed I throw for them in front of our barn here in southwest Yamhill County. I had never noticed the diversity in colors. One in particular stood out and I wondered if it could be a Pink-sided. I sent the photo to OBOL and was told:<br />
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">"Pink-sided have a darker buff color on the sides that comes farther down towards the center of the breast than this bird does. The cane crossing in front of it does block the sides of the bird but up front looks too narrow for Pink-sided. Pink-sided also are noticeably dark in the lores, between the base of the bill and the eye. There is a darker area but it above the area that would be blacker."</pre>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I took more photos the next day and am amazed at how different are these birds that I had always thought were the same. </pre>
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Below is the paler variety. According to Dave Irons article in Oregon Birds, the brown on the head and lighter gray hood is typical of immatures and females. I do not know if this is the same bird I photographed the day before. <br />
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Nor do I know if it is the bird below on the old wood planter box. (They appear and disappear quickly.) This bird was very shy and hard to take a photo of. <br />
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Below are some of the black-headed males, which I cannot tell apart. There are lots of them. <br />
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And here's a mystery junco in the underbrush, with a hood apparently more brown than black.<br />
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">The only non-Oregon junco I can tell for sure is the Slate-colored, which we have had here on our farm in the past.</pre>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Who knew Dark-eyed Juncos were so diverse! I'll be more observant now, thanks to Dave Irons' article.</pre>
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American Goldfinches are common here on our farm in the summer but seldom seen in the winter. I've sworn I've never seen Lesser Goldfinches here. Dawn V., however, took a photo of a male Lesser here so there was one but I never saw it.<br />
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Today, November 16, 2019, a whole flock of what I think are Lesser Goldfinches spent a lot of time feeding in the birch tree right outside our back door. I took a zillion photos. Will revise this post if anyone explains why I'm wrong.<br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-39442362563152514462019-11-13T17:33:00.002-08:002019-11-13T17:33:37.313-08:00First Raptor Run of 2019/2020<br />
The kites are back! Not everywhere, but in 3 of the sites where we used to see them. We saw a total of 5 kites today, three of them flying about together in one area. The only place I got a photo, of one kite, the landowner said there were usually two kites. Maybe they'll stick around and nest! It was a long look to this kite so my photos are blurry. (that's my excuse.)<br />
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More excitement came from a tip from a friend: an eagle nest we did not know about on our route. An eagle was stationed by the nest today. <br />
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Farther along on our route in the Sheridan area, there is a small dug "fire" pond. Today a Black Phoebe was hanging out nearby, preening.<br />
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It was a beautiful day for a drive but we were still under the weather from the colds we are recovering from. The kites and eagle nest and phoebe were great spirit lifters.<br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-64092280171310323002019-11-07T09:51:00.000-08:002019-12-01T13:15:38.822-08:00Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is back!Lousy photos but if you see all of them you can put the bird together. He (for it appears to be a male since it has a red throat), and yellow-bellied because no red on nape and the red on throat has a complete black border. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. (11/7/19)<br />
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And on 11/17/19 it returned but very camera shy.<br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-29904003890781979342019-04-21T12:36:00.001-07:002019-04-21T15:23:55.892-07:00Warbler but which one?<br />
For those who like photos of just a piece of a bird to try to figure out what it is, this photo is for you. Lots of warblers in our cherry tree this Easter day, mostly Orange-crowned, but this looks different. Very yellow below is all I'm sure of. Any keys, comments, ideas, suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks!<br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-43710003098491993312019-02-11T15:50:00.000-08:002019-11-14T17:42:00.743-08:00Sapsucker... Red-naped or Yellow-bellied<br />
A sapsucker has been mewing on our farm for months. I have not been able to get good photos yet. Listers who have been here insist it is a Yellow-bellied. But Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers do not get adult plumage, according to Sibley, until March. This bird now has a red forehead and red throat. I will post the first blurry photos from January 28, 2019. Clearly a juvenile. It appeared to have, in my brief previous glimpses, a yellowish belly.<br />
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But in this 1//28/19 photo, it appears to have a bit of red at the throat and possibly on top of the head. Possibly. Lousy photo.<br />
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I assumed I was seeing the same bird on Feb.4 when I took these blurry photos. If the same bird, it had changed a lot in 6 days. gone is the brownish upper chest. Now it clearly has a red forehead and at least partial red throat.<br />
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That same day, two listers came out and caught brief glimpses, declaring it a Yellow-bellied because it was still in juvenile plumage this time of year. The bird then disappeared until Feb. 10. Another lister came out, caught a brief glance, and agreed with the first two listers.<br />
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I don't know if the bird of Jan. 28 is the same as the bird of Feb. 4 and 10. I don't know if the bird of Feb. 4 could be considered in "juvenile plumage".<br />
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Any help by anyone knowing about plumage changes in sapsuckers would be most appreciated.<br />
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I am not inviting birders out to view it for a time as it seems shy and easily scared off. I would like it to stick around.<br />
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Thanks to Dave Irons for his reply:<br />
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On 2/11/2019 4:05 PM, David Irons wrote:
Looks like a fair amount of juvenile plumage retained, which makes this a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker rather than one of the other two species. Everything that I can see from the better photos suggests Yellow-bellied. I see no red on the nape.
Dave Irons
Beaverton, OR</pre>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">A first-winter Yellow-bellied Sapsucker could well be molting right now. They usually most late winter/early spring and will look like adults by March or so.
Dave </pre>
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On 2/15/19, the bird returned and mewed all morning from trees next to our house. I took these photos:<br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-76541669781463196972019-01-20T14:20:00.000-08:002019-01-20T14:20:40.839-08:00Snow Geese<br />
Johnny called on his way to church this morning to tell me that there were 2 white geese with the Canada's in the green field one mile from here, so I drove down and took photos before milking goats.<br />
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The geese were way off in the field with the two white ones behind them, eating and seldom lifting their heads. They were not very cooperative for photos but I did get distant shots of one of them up at a time. I think the other geese are Cacklers as they seem to have a purplish sheen to their breasts and are smaller than the Snows.<br />
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I called Paul Sullivan while I was looking at them and he came out and checked off his first Yamhill County Snow Geese of 2019. I wish they would come land in one of our fields so I could add them to my farm list.<br />
<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-40992999424686933792018-12-24T15:00:00.000-08:002018-12-24T15:00:18.655-08:00Eagles on the Farm<br />
This morning, the day before Christmas, while feeding horses in the early morning darkness, I kept hearing what sounded like a calling eagle. Over and over. It was too dark to see anything on tops of the tall firs, so I was left to wonder until later, when I went back to milk goats and let the horses out for the day. It was definitely an eagle and I could see it from the goat barn ramp, still calling now and then. I took photos. It is directly above the peak of the machine shed roof in the photos below, lost in the sky until zoomed in.<br />
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By the time I let the horses out, I could see the eagle from their paddock so I took photos from there, too.<br />
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At some point, I realized that there was a second eagle not too far from the first, to the right. It is, in fact, in the photo below, on the left side of the fir directly above the edge of the machine shed roof.<br />
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Both eagles are in the photo below, the first one at the far left atop the fir and the other one at the far right. How I missed that dot of white originally, I don't know.<br />
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Those two eagles sat in their separate locations all morning. At noon, they were still there with one occasionally calling. (I never could tell which one or if they took turns.) At 2:30, when I checked again, I could no longer see the eagle on the right but the original eagle was still there. I watched it fly off in a circle over the horse field, then back to land in the same place.<br />
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We have had an eagle here off and on many times, but never to stick around for so long and never to call.<br />
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Two days ago (Saturday morning), friends saw two eagles flying over nearby Spirit Mountain, circling together with a talon out display that could have been a mating ritual? I'm guessing the two eagles here today are those two. Time will tell if they nest somewhere around. I'll be watching for an eagle carrying a big stick somewhere.<br />
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This Monday eagle visit has made for a fun day-before-Christmas happening. <br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-20523880588464285262018-11-30T23:30:00.003-08:002018-12-02T09:25:00.901-08:00Accipiter Conundrum<br />
These photos were taken in September of 2018, here on our farm. When I first saw this bird, it seemed very big to me and I wondered if it could be a juvenile Goshawk. But I'd never seen one anywhere around here before and this bird was amazingly unafraid of me. It sat on top of the chicken yard fence as though it was quite accustomed to being there. We had lost a couple chickens not long ago... After taking a zillion photos and studying them, I decided it was just a very big female Cooper's. But while gathering photos for family calendars I make each year, I came across these photos and started wondering all over again. The National Geo field guide says that Goshawks have thin, pale, wavy bands bordering the dark bands on their tails. So, in spite of that suspicious pale supercilium, I guess this is a Cooper's Hawk. Comments welcome.<br />
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Paul Sullivan confirmed Cooper's Hawk with reasons:<br />
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">This bird's head does show a supercilium, but it may not be enough to make this a Goshawk. The National Geographic guide shows an immature Cooper's with a similar supercilium.
The breast (photo #1) looks white, with fine dark spots. More white than dark. That points toward Cooper's.
The width of the dark and gray tail bands are roughly equal which points toward Cooper's. </pre>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I don't see any thin whitish lines dividing the dark tail bands from the gray bands. </pre>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">The tail bands aren't wavy.(photos 3, 4, & 6)</pre>
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Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-68256867730206383822018-10-24T19:00:00.000-07:002018-10-24T19:00:28.179-07:00Two White-throated Sparrows<br />
We used to have a White-throated Sparrow join the Golden-crowned Sparrows every winter, but last year it did not return. This year, however, one showed up on Oct. 23 and today, Oct. 24, another. At least, I think that's what happened. Yesterday's bird was a white-stripe variety while today's bird is tan-stripe. I think. But I attempted photos of both today and both birds I got photos of look like white-stripe. To add to the confusion, the photo I took yesterday has another bird out of focus to the right that looks like a white-stripe white-throated sparrow. Might I have 3 white-throated sparrows and not yet a photo of the tan-stripe version? It's a mystery...<br />
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Yesterday's photo...<br />
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And another photo from yesterday with a mystery bird at the right...<br />
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Mystery bird zoomed in (and out of focus)...<br />
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White-throated Sparrow photo taken today that looks like a white stripe although I had first seen a definite tan stripe and assumed that's what I was taking a photo of. Maybe this is a tan stripe brightened by the sun? I'll try again tomorrow, maybe, if I don't get rained out. Our unseasonably dry weather is supposed to end.<br />
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Today's white-striped White-throated Sparrow<br />
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And here it (or one, at least) is from the back...<br />
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I also took photos of the other birds in front of the barn, as I sat in a chair watching for half an hour. One Mourning Dove was quite compatible with the California Quail, who seem quite compatible with everybody.<br />
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I missed getting photos of the fast disappearing Downy Woodpecker and Dark-eyed Junco. And never saw the talking Bewick's Wren, Black-capped Chickadees or Red-breasted Nuthatch.<br />
<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-86460396046633914082018-08-20T17:24:00.000-07:002018-08-20T19:37:55.808-07:00Baird's Sandpiper?<br />
I'm calling it a Baird's on the basis of wings longer than tail and back pattern and dark legs. A juvenile maybe? Would love to hear opinions from shorebird experts, which I am, obviously, not. It was alone on the beach north of Cape Kiwanda on 8/20/18 afternoon, wandering around, never flew while I watched.<br />
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The experts have spoken and it is, indeed, a Baird's Sandpiper. Cool!<br />
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High, frequent call note. Looked like it just had a bath in the brushy creek by the willows which is next to a pasture on our place. Was not shy. There were two of them hanging out together, sort of.<br />
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Unanimous opinion of Those Who Know is Savannah Sparrow. Why I didn't think of that is a mystery. Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-62589730112173718112018-05-19T19:24:00.000-07:002018-05-19T19:40:25.158-07:00Odd GullWondering if these very poor photos can make this strange white gull identifiable to people who know gulls. It was at Road's End on May 17, all by itself.<br />
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Jeff Gilligan very quickly identified it as a pale, immature Glaucous-winged Gull. Thanks, Jeff.<br />
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I think this gull should learn to sit on light-colored rocks instead of black ones before it becomes dinner for an eagle. I've watched eagles dining on gulls here.<br />
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Another Zooniverse project (besides Numbat Discovery in Western Australia) is to detect animals ingesting oil from oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon. I started this project but either my computer or my eyes don't have good enough resolution to see what I had to see. Before I quit, I found one bird I could "collect" and identify.<br />
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Speckled Chachalaca...<br />
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Another Zooniverse project I am working on is in Kenya. I have found quite a few "collectable" birds. I think it this one is an Egyptian Goose.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vulturine Guinea Fowl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow-necked Spurfowl</td></tr>
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More Kenyan birds... would love help identifying them...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My guess is Laughing Dove</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blacksmith Lapwing (one of the moderators id'ed this one)</td></tr>
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And then there's the oxpecker, who spends its time picking ticks off large animals. I think this is the red-billed oxpecker, who spend nights sleeping in giraffe's groins, apparently because giraffes don't lie down and squish them.<br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-77335521351590212832018-03-10T21:32:00.003-08:002018-04-15T23:04:21.491-07:00Birds of Western Australia<br />
These are all video captures from a Zooniverse project I'm helping with: Numbat Discovery. I find very few of the rare Numbats, a colorful anteater, in these videos but quite a few birds.<br />
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With luck, some more exotic Western Australia birds will turn up. I will add them as they appear.<br />
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Thanks to Fred Ramsay for this identification:<br />
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"The bird with the white back - is an Australian Magpie (<i class="">Cracticus tibicen</i>).<br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-19095126419618103352018-02-21T14:52:00.001-08:002018-02-21T16:25:58.499-08:00Really Blurry Redpolls?? Or???Today, Feb. 21, I walked through our woods in the sunshine. I heard a flock of very chatty little birds very high in the alders above me. I finally saw them and took very bad, very distant photos. The birds were preening at the time I took the photos. And talking nonstop. At first I had thought they were Pine Siskins since the Siskins have been at my sunflower feeders en masse. But there were no upward ssss as I am used to with flock of Siskins. Just non-stop rapid high single notes. I managed to get my binocs on one and thought I saw a red cap, definitely saw a white front bordered with stripes, so Redpoll jumped into my head although I have never seen Redpolls on our southwest Yamhill County farm. Please help! (First and last photos are the same shot with last one lightened.)<br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-44440634550615458282018-01-23T07:16:00.000-08:002019-07-15T10:46:07.676-07:00Red-shouldered Hawks on the Farm<br />
In spite of all my excitement at having Red-shouldered Hawks hanging out here this summer and fall, I never wrote a blog about it... and now they are gone. I'm hoping they come back and I can add to this story.<br />
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The first RSHA seen here was a first year bird back in 2011. It was here briefly one day and then gone. I took a very poor long distance photo.<br />
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RSHAs began appearing in the Grand Ronde area near our farm several years ago, off and on. <br />
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But not until 2017 did they make an appearance here. I wrote this on Sept. 17 to Jeff Fleischer, the wintering raptor project coordinator:<br />
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"I have heard one screaming off and on for several weeks but never could
see it until yesterday, when it had a screaming match with another
Red-shoulder, all out of my sight in the woods. Finally it fly into the
top of a tree very briefly then flew at something. Eventually the
something turned into two Red-shoulders being chased by the evidently
resident Red-shoulder. The resident landed inside the top of our big
poplar. The other two flew right over my head toward Agency Creek. (I
was in our South, unpastured field trying to see what was going on).
After awhile, the alleged resident came out of the foliage and also flew
to Agency but went downstream where the pair had gone upstream.
Naturally I was clicking photos like crazy but all are blurry and not
very recognizable.
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Today, however, was a different story! I was brushing out one of our
trails by Agency when a Red-shoulder started screaming from somewhere. I
walked out into the field (same field the action had taken place near
the day before) and an adult Red-shoulder was sitting near the top of a
tree where a Red-tail often sits by our swamp, far SE border of our
property. I took photos, then walked slowly through the field, stopping
to take photos periodically. When I had gone not very far, a hawk took
off from a tree behind me. It must have been right over me when I was at
the edge of the woods! It flew into the swamp and disappeared. Meanwhile
the screaming hawk stayed on its tree and kept screaming. I did get a
photo I can use in my FFF Bird List blog, not the best but better than
any I've had before.
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Then they disappeared for awhile, with a juvenile appearing on Nov. 11 and hanging around for some days after that. That's when I got this photo...<br />
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Now I'm waiting and hoping one or more return in 2018. <br />
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<br />Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-51885957826553328372017-11-26T19:15:00.000-08:002020-01-15T10:47:54.662-08:00White WingToday, Nov. 26, 2017, for the first time in months, we saw White Wing, the mostly white Red-tailed Hawk with a lovely red tail that hangs out in the Grand Ronde area, west of Grand Ronde Rd and north of the Salmon River Hwy (Hwy 18). It seems to hunt along the power lines there. It was raining today and my camera turned the raindrops white.<br />
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I thought I'd try to find past photos of White Wing with dates and see if he (she?) has changed over the years. This will be a work in progress...<br />
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The first email I saved about this hawk was in March of 2005 but I did not say when we had first seen it. In April of 2006, Mary Ann Sohlstrom wrote to tell me about the leucistic Red-tail she and friends saw on the wire by the Nazarene Church in Grand Ronde. That has been a favorite spot for that hawk over the years.<br />
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On Aug. 8, 2007, I wrote this email: <br />
<pre wrap="">Today I saw White Wing on a low evergreen pretty close to the</pre>
<pre wrap="">Nazarene Church in Grand Ronde. A bit farther away, on one of</pre>
<pre wrap="">the power line poles, was another Red-tailed Hawk. This was the</pre>
<pre wrap="">one Carol Karlen and Marilyn VanDyk spotted in the same location</pre>
<pre wrap="">yesterday and called to tell me about. It looks like a normal</pre>
<pre wrap="">red-tail from the front, but from the back, it is quite</pre>
<pre wrap="">different. It has a wide, white chevron, white eyebrow, and</pre>
<pre wrap="">white terminal tail band on a red tail. Pretty bird. It's
an adult so I don't know if this is a White Wing parent,</pre>
<pre wrap="">sibling, or offspring.</pre>
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I have saved no other emails but we have seen White Wing every year since, so it is at least 13 years old.<br />
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February 2, 2018, White Wing was sitting in a distant tree. My photo is not good. Shortly after, it took off and was joined by a second red-tailed hawk. They soared together. I think White Wing has a mate! With luck we'll see them sitting side by side sometime so we know, by size, if White Wing is a male or female.<br />
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