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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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![]() I know I don't need any more incentive--I can't believe I've put it off so long--I don't think I realize what a difference it will make. Once it is done I'll wonder what took me so long. I think wanting to make it "perfect" has held me back. I had a plan, but not all of the materials (rocks of the right sizes and look)...then advice from various folk made me question my plan. In my head, I've been trying to incorporate the advice without losing my original vision. I finally realized that I will have to just do it and make adjustments as I go. Honestly, I didn't plan on bringing up the water feature here again until I'd finished the first stage and had pictures to show for it.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Google Image Result for http://sdakotabirds.com/species/maps/american_redstart_map_small.jpg
Appears like it to me....One I've never seen in the area although the chart above shows they are!
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Burlington, VT
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I totally understand about the water feature, and I won't mention it again.
I did however do some searching for juvenile male redstarts and found this: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v108n04/p0872-p0879.pdf Quote:
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Heron
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Minnesota
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Dapjwy, the redstart song is very clear and they sing a lot. We were camping last weekend and in the morning the redstarts were singing in the treetops, repeatedly. Then we saw the male flitting about in the sugar maple above our tent, we watched him for a while through binoculars. Have you heard their song in your trees? American Redstart, Sounds, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Then you'd know for sure.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I guess that goes to show, even a blurry picture can be worth sharing. ![]()
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I'm not so great with birdsongs...unless it is pretty distinctive, I don't think I recognize very many at all. I should look into them more. Thanks for the link...the songs were much clearer on this site than the other site I tried. I can't be sure, but I'd have to say that the third one that they seem to call Quote:
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Today I walked 4 miles--2 miles out from my home then turned around and came back (too bad there isn't a loop I could make...or less busy roads, but I digress). On the way back, I spotted an oriole along the side of the road. I'm still not sure which bird I saw chasing off the crow, the redstart or an oriole. It all happened so fast...and being that I never knew about the redstart, I wonder if I mistook it for an oriole, but they really don't look that much alike (unless they are flying viewed from the back, then they do...at least to me).
Anyway, it appears both species are around, so that is good.
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Salamander
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Grimes County,Texas
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That's exceptional! As I understand it, Redstarts are getting rarer, and I have never seen one...they certainly need all the help they can get. One of those rewards for years of diligent habitat work! ![]() |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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![]() Thanks, I've only been at this for 3 1/2 years (on our current property...before that my natives were all in pots--er I mean they were a "container garden"). I think in the next couple of years things I planted ealier will really start to take off...then, if I ever get my meadow planted (I'm starting to think about buying a seed mix of PA ecotype seeds...and make my own custom mix...lots of grasses (especially little bluestem), and then a good bit of wildflowers too) that should help a LOT! Thanks for the cheer! ![]()
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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...Well, another two. I took these the same day...from even more of a distance. These are not clear either, and I have an idea what they could be, but I'd love to get your opinions as well.
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