[Cedars]

This may have been posted before, but I do not remember seeing it.

The Internet Bird Collection is host to user submitted videos of world birds. Though I have just discovered this site, so far, the videos I have watched have been of very good quality. A significant number of the videos will also have the bird calls going on which is an added bonus.

the Internet Bird Collection

Enjoy!

[Cedars]

Originally Posted by Hill

I did take the photo. Here is another with a closer look at a few of the Condors, two immature and one adult. All have tags identifying them. No more thumbnails - I'm out of space. The "little bird" is a Raven for scale.

Having your own personal condor pics must be a highlight of your photo collection!

PM Tormod or one of the Admins of the site and ask them if they will expand your pic space.

[Hill]

Originally Posted by Cedars

This may have been posted before, but I do not remember seeing it.

The Internet Bird Collection is host to user submitted videos of world birds. Though I have just discovered this site, so far, the videos I have watched have been of very good quality. A significant number of the videos will also have the bird calls going on which is an added bonus.

the Internet Bird Collection

Enjoy!

Looks like a good site. Thanks for the link.

[DougF]

Thanks Cedars
For "The Internet Bird Collection" site, I will enjoy it.

PS. Very nice pics Hill, Good job.

[Turtle]

Birds are slowly appearing at the feeders. Just now a single House Finch (photos later), a single bedragled Black-capped Chickadee, and a wary Dark-eyed Junko male.

Regrettably I am too irresponsible & reclusive to participate in organized counts. Who ya gonna call?

photo now:

[Hill]

Regrettably I am too irresponsible & reclusive to participate in organized counts. Who ya gonna call?

Then I strongly suggest eBird || North America's destination for birding on the Web You can be as reclusive and irresponsible as you want, but still keep records in all kinds of ways. You can also see what others are finding by looking at the public areas, and if you decide to, you can share your counts and photos.

Here's a Mountain Chickadee shot near sunset today. Not as sharp as I'd like but the background really makes it "pop".

[Cedars]

We had some very warm weather a few days ago which brought in large numbers of migrants. I had a very large number of migrating Robins feasting on the wild grapes. An estimate of 70 or so of these birds in the yard one morning. They have moved away now.

Large numbers of Golden-crowned Kinglets were here also over the weekend. I couldnt look out a window without seeing some.

Other birds include the Yellow-rumped Warblers, and another yellowish warbler(s) I wasnt able to identify (possibly female and young Blackpoll and /or Pine Warblers) for an all around idea of the look.

A possible Ovenbird but it seems too late for one of those.

The Red-breasted Nuthatch is still enjoying sunflower seeds and has been around for a week now.

The Brown Creeper that was here over the weekend seems to have moved away.

A mix of Purple and House Finches were here in numbers the last few days. Only a few Purples and mostly House Finches.

The Goldfinches have lost their summer colors and just hold a small hint of yellows underneath the drabber browns of winter.

Cold air and high winds seem to have driven many of these guys away. The last few days there has been a large flock of White-throated Sparrows but this morn, they seemed to have grown tired of the weather and I dont see them foraging in the berry bushes.

[orbsycli]

YouTube - Falcon Attack: Peregrine Divebombs...

[Turtle]

One of my roomies happened on this scene along Marine Drive in Portland Oregon this afternoon. He pulled off to get the shots of the Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) on the wire, when it flew down within 20 feet of the car and took the mouse. Swell bit of seizing an opportunity on more than one count!

YouTube - Red Tailed Hawk eats mouse

[Cedars]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

- Falcon Attack: Peregrine Divebombs Flock of Starlings

I dont know if they were starlings or blackbirds. I do love watching swirling blackbirds, and often wonder why more of them dont collide while moving so. I love how the vid shows them almost vanish then reappear in a cloud of black.