Previous thread here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1130108/
Had a rare visitor over here last week, a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. It should be in Australia. It turned up in England, and stayed 2 days before realising its mistake. Inevitably, it attracted a huge crowd of birders, me included. Hardly need add, a new one for me.
Resin
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, pic #2
Pied Flycatcher, juvenile on migration
and a Spotted Flycatcher, also on migration
Resin
Congrats Resin!
Very nice, Res!
Hack, no problem. I am fortunate to live on the I-35 corridor where the Rubys and Black-chins overlap. I hadn't seen a Black-chin in a while, but that gorget was unmistakable. Very difficult to tell them apart with seeing it, you are correct.
Congratulations Resin! I'll bet that did draw a big crowd. Love that Pied Flycatcher too! Thanks for starting the new thread!
A Swainson's Warbler was captured and banded near Cape May State Park yesterday and a Western Kingbird was also seen.
http://cmboviewfromthecape.blogspot.com/
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Swainsons_Warbler/lifehistory
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Kingbird/lifehistory
Resin - Thanks for the thread start and congrats on your Lifer - must come few and far between for you. lol
pelle - the Black-throated Blue Warblers in the first link is the one I think is prettiest.
Hey Burd, all those pics on the last thread were great, especially the Brown Creeper and the Chickadee having a moment alone on your bird bath.
Hack
Nice shots Resin! Congrats on the new bird! I,m sure you have a large list.
Thanks for the Cape May updates Pelle!
Hack, thanks! Rain the next couple of days...look's like later in the week I can get back to the marsh...hope the Warbler's are still in numbers.
Thanks all! #406 on my UK list.
Little Egret
Resin
Great start Resin and a new to boot!! Congrats!!
Well I made over to Depauw University today. It was afternoon and I didn't get to stay long but I will be going back!
This is impossible for me to ID but just walking along I got this pic of some warbler.
A Mrytle Warbler.....
LOTS of Turkey Vultures around, which was very cool!!
In the trees....
on the cliff off the stone quarry...
and in the sky......
Juvie Turkey Vulture passin' by!
I would have to agree Resin! :)
Woohoo Resin, congrats on the new lifer. # 406!!! How many years did it take to reach this?
Burd, you have a great variety, in your yard. Love the Brown Creeper, and Nuthatch.
Nanny, I like seeing your Vultures. Don't have those here.
Some American Goldfinches.
What a bad boy, he makes a mess, and has the gull to stand there and admire it.
Bad Mourning Dove.
Black-capped Chickadee.
Oak Titmouse is still here, and has made county record. So folks, keep taking pictures, keep sharing them, and learn who you should report unusual sightings too. Even if your images aren't the best, but you're able to ID, save them. I trashed my Great-tailed Grackle shots a few years back. That bird would have made record too, had I saved the lousy photos for documentation.
The following is a communication from a records keeper birdwatcher about the titmouse.
"Yours are the first verified records for Douglas County and, as such,
represent a range extension to the north of perhaps 30-40 miles. There are
no previous documented records for the Umpqua drainage; all known range has
been in the Rogue Valley, north to the foothills above Sams Valley and north
to the vicinity of Sexton Mountain."
Edited to mention that the Rogue Valley is south in Jackson County which borders California.
This message was edited Sep 27, 2010 8:29 PM
Very good tiger, nice shot!
Sweet Goldfinch burn!
Ooooohhhh bad dove!! lol
Great job Tiger!
Resin, thanks for the new start and congratulations on your rare sighting.
Great photos everyone, I've way behind and trying to catch up.
Tigerlily, congratulations on your titmouse! I'm surprised that you're so close to the border of our state. I'm in Lake county which is a few hours south of you. I'll tell more of my little ones to visit their cousins at your house.
Here's a Lesser Goldfinch that has just been eating some seeds from my coneflowers.
Doesn't it look like this bird is licking her lips?
I think this is a rose-breasted grosbeak fighting with the cardinal over their rightful spot on the feeder. Chickadee doesn't care...
He decided to pose for me. Yeah! I think he is a juvie by the streaking. (?) I haven't seen one in the fall before.
Duc, Good catch on the Goldfinch tongue!
Julie, Love the second pic!
Julie, your juvie is adorable!!
Nice shots all!! Have a shot of a Black-capped Chickadee....my Red-breasted Nuthatches arrived today...wasn't fast enough to get a shot (grab and go). lol Junco's or Elvis next?
don't ya hate it when you click and immediately you know you forgot the shot. lol
Hey Resin - I like the Little Egret pic
nanny_56 - I see all the Turkey Vultures, was something dead in the area?
Goodness burn - Those Goldfinches have covered you up. AND the pic of the Black-capped Chickadee is really nice.
tigerlily - Now that is cool, your Titmouse extending the sited range.
ducbucln - maybe you ought to stick a tube of Chap stick out for that Lesser Goldfinch, I bet its got chapped lips from licking them. lol
JulieQ - that 2nd pic of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak is great.
Burd_Fotos - that's a nice pic of the chickadee.
Hack
I have a few to share from Monday. Nothing from today.
I thought this was s pretty female Cardinal
Hack
This male Cardinal looks nice, too.
Hack
This male House Finch was basking in the sunlight.
Hack
While other HOFINs fed.
Hack
