Any birdwatchers here?

[US Conservative]

I built some houses a few years ago, and a house wren moved right in. These are funny birds. The male makes a nest and then sings his heart out to attract a mate. She shows up, immediately starts undoing most of his work, and makes the nest more to her liking. Not a whole lot different than humans.

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I understand starlings can sometimes chase wrens from their homes, they are very aggressive.

We've got some owl boxes nearby with the great horned owls judging by the hoots. Owls are the most elusive species for me because they are mostly silent and rarely are out in the daytime.

There are still a few places around that have the burrowing owl, they come out in the daytime.

[Abby08]

I love watching birds. Here, qe have Thrushes, Cardinals, Cactus Wrens, Roadrunners, and lots of Doves. The other day we spotted an unusual color, Ll white with a couple of gray spots, the only one like it I've seen. The other day, there were 4 Hawks in a tree, we needed the binoculars to get a closer look, it was probably a mated pair and, 2 offspring .

My other place, Orioles, Chickadees, Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Ravens, Hawks, Eagles, an occasional Perrigrine Falcon, at night, you can hear the Owls.

It seems I'm always spotting a new bird and, have to go get the book.

[Abby08]

I understand starlings can sometimes chase wrens from their homes, they are very aggressive.

We've got some owl boxes nearby with the great horned owls judging by the hoots. Owls are the most elusive species for me because they are mostly silent and rarely are out in the daytime.

There are still a few places around that have the burrowing owl, they come out in the daytime.

Oh yeah, we have those around here.

[US Conservative]

This is one of my locals, the California gnatcatcher which are quite rare. They jump and twist through the air just above the ground when feeding.

[US Conservative]

Oh yeah, we have those around here.

Going by your location you probably have these too...

[US Conservative]

I love watching birds. Here, qe have Thrushes, Cardinals, Cactus Wrens, Roadrunners, and lots of Doves. The other day we spotted an unusual color, Ll white with a couple of gray spots, the only one like it I've seen. The other day, there were 4 Hawks in a tree, we needed the binoculars to get a closer look, it was probably a mated pair and, 2 offspring .

My other place, Orioles, Chickadees, Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Ravens, Hawks, Eagles, an occasional Perrigrine Falcon, at night, you can hear the Owls.

It seems I'm always spotting a new bird and, have to go get the book.

We've got several of the same raptors around it sounds like.

Its a challenge differentiating the red tailed hawk from the golden eagle if they are perched. Usually they fly off if you get closer than a few hundred yards.

One of the rarest birds around here are the bald eagle. Very common across much of the country.

[US Conservative]

I have different birds depending of the season where I am
North-East

That's one part of the country I haven't been to. Furthest northeast I've been is the Chesapeake bay area.

[Abby08]

Going by your location you probably have these too...

I love Roadrunners. There's a pair that hang out around the house.

[US Conservative]

I love Roadrunners. There's a pair that hang out around the house.

Its neat to watch them hunting, they have to cover a lot of ground.

[Abby08]

Its neat to watch them hunting, they have to cover a lot of ground.

They're very entertaining, they run around my yard, turning over rocks looking for lizards.