Birders' Nest

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Egret

[Kalevala]

Some good news!  Big Red and her partner Arthur (the red-tailed hawks at Cornell) have had three chicks this year.  She laid three eggs and the third one hatched today.    They're the "O's" [O1 is the first born, etc.].  You can watch a live cam (two different views too).  Just type in something along the lines of Cornell and hawk cam.  Keeping my fingers crossed for the little ones.

K

[Kalevala]

Oh, no!  O3 apparently died later in the day that it hatched.  Not certain why:

"https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/sad-news-red-tailed-hawk-chick-dies-shortly-after-hatching/

K

[Kalevala]

Enjoying watching the two O's mature; they are very close to fledging.  It's awesome to see them flapercizing and hopping around.  Wish that I had wings.

K

[Kalevala]

Woohoo!  O2 just fledged!   

K

[Wendell_E]

I recently grabbed the Merlin app for my phone and it really works well.  I was taking a walk yesterday morning and recorded like 30 seconds and it identified four different birds.  It is free with no BS run by Cornell.  If you're curious give it a shot. 

It sounds like most of you way ahead of the learning curve from where I am though!

Curious about the birds I was hearing on my morning walks, I downloaded it and in just the five days I've been using it it's identified:

American Barn Owl (ra)
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood-Pewee (ra)
House Sparrow
Mississippi Kite
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Purple Martin
Tufted Titmouse
White-eyed Vireo

The ones with (ra) after them are rare, according to the app.

[Kalevala]

Curious about the birds I was hearing on my morning walks, I downloaded it and in just the five days I've been using it it's identified:

American Barn Owl (ra)
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood-Pewee (ra)
House Sparrow
Mississippi Kite
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Purple Martin
Tufted Titmouse
White-eyed Vireo

The ones with (ra) after them are rare, according to the app.

Excellent!

I've really enjoyed and appreciated the interactions that I've had with the folks from Cornell.  They've been kind enough to answer a few questions for me.  Their websites are also very helpful.  All About Birds is very helpful to learn more about various birds.  You can do things like compare species to understand the differences between them and also to aid in identifying which bird that you saw/heard.

K