Bird I.D. Requested - Page 4 - Wildlife Gardeners

linrose · 09-10-2014, 06:45 AM

Oooh, sorry about your camera, it's great that you take it with you just in case though. I always have mine around my neck when I'm out in the field and swivel it around to my side until I need it. I take quite a few picture through glass too, sometimes you get a haze or glare but a few do come out very clear. Gotta love digital cameras!

I thought my bird might be an orchard oriole too at first but the wing patterns weren't there and the beak was different. Yours must have been admiring its reflection in the glass. (BTW I use Dr. Bronner's too - good stuff!)

Birding Bunch · 09-10-2014, 10:05 AM

Thank you, Ellen.

Linrose, I use Dr. Bronner's a lot with baking soda to scour the sink. I have the Tea Tree oil variety now, but sure liked the smell of mint better.

We're going on a field trip Saturday, I sure hope the camera is dried out by then and still works! Something could be rusting on the inside.

gymell · 10-02-2014, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by linrose

Thank you BB! I was struggling trying to ID this one. This must be a female as the males are bright red. She's a beauty, probably migrating or else I haven't seen her all summer but they tend to stay high in the tree canopy. I read they are bee and wasp specialists, so cool! There's a dish of water that the wasps come to drink from on the table nearby, maybe she was hunting.

They love oranges, if she's still around try cutting an orange in half and set it out for her.

Arey · 10-02-2014, 10:34 AM

Today on my way home from grocery shopping I saw an Imm. Peregrine Falcon. It was standing in the midle of the street finishing whatever bird it had caught. I stopped my car, got out my binoculars (of course I carry a pair in my car) and then backed up a bit to view it through my windshield since I was too close to it when I first stopped. It looked in my direction a couple of times, but didn't seem at all concerned about me. When it had finished eating it hopped up onto the grass between the curb and the sidewalk and started wiping its beak. I pulled up closer to view it through the side window, but when another car came along and passed me on the right (obviosly not a birder) the falcon flew off and landed on a nearby rooftop. I had been concerned that it might have been injured or unable to fly, but thank heavens it wasn't. When I started bird watching in the early 60's seeing a Peregrine in So. Jersey would have been rare and exciting event and when you did see them, it certainty wasn't standing in the middle of the street eating its breakfast.

EllenW · 10-02-2014, 07:10 PM

Glad you got to see the Falcon Arey and that it was alright.

09-10-2014, 06:45 AM	#31
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Oooh, sorry about your camera, it's great that you take it with you just in case though. I always have mine around my neck when I'm out in the field and swivel it around to my side until I need it. I take quite a few picture through glass too, sometimes you get a haze or glare but a few do come out very clear. Gotta love digital cameras! I thought my bird might be an orchard oriole too at first but the wing patterns weren't there and the beak was different. Yours must have been admiring its reflection in the glass. (BTW I use Dr. Bronner's too - good stuff!) __________________ “To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.” ― Terry Tempest Williams

10-02-2014, 07:10 PM	#35
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	Glad you got to see the Falcon Arey and that it was alright. __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

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09-10-2014, 10:05 AM	#32
Birding Bunch Salamander Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Iowa, USA	Thank you, Ellen. Linrose, I use Dr. Bronner's a lot with baking soda to scour the sink. I have the Tea Tree oil variety now, but sure liked the smell of mint better. We're going on a field trip Saturday, I sure hope the camera is dried out by then and still works! Something could be rusting on the inside.

10-02-2014, 10:34 AM	#34
Arey Grub Join Date: Oct 2013	Today on my way home from grocery shopping I saw an Imm. Peregrine Falcon. It was standing in the midle of the street finishing whatever bird it had caught. I stopped my car, got out my binoculars (of course I carry a pair in my car) and then backed up a bit to view it through my windshield since I was too close to it when I first stopped. It looked in my direction a couple of times, but didn't seem at all concerned about me. When it had finished eating it hopped up onto the grass between the curb and the sidewalk and started wiping its beak. I pulled up closer to view it through the side window, but when another car came along and passed me on the right (obviosly not a birder) the falcon flew off and landed on a nearby rooftop. I had been concerned that it might have been injured or unable to fly, but thank heavens it wasn't. When I started bird watching in the early 60's seeing a Peregrine in So. Jersey would have been rare and exciting event and when you did see them, it certainty wasn't standing in the middle of the street eating its breakfast.