Birds survive super storm
Hello fellow Birders! Our next post is going to be on our first trip out with a renowned Birder, but this opportunity popped up with the snow.
If you are like us, when you are out you have your eyes in the trees and ground and your ears open for sounds. We are beginning Birders, so all the chirps and songs sometimes sound alike. But when you dig a little harder, you start to recognize the sounds of certain birds. This makes finding them a bit easier.
And it's fun. We have Peterson's Field Guide: Birding By Ear - Eastern/ Central. You can pick up one at your local birding store or click on the Fat Robin link to order one online for your area. Finding birds by their song is a bit easier because you know what bird you are looking for. We know some, don't know lots!
January 27th was the day after the blizzard. New Haven and Wooster Square, where we live, got about 8.5 inches. A far cry from the storm of the century but we will take it! In the case of snow, less is definitely more! I went out to take some photos for the Wooster Square Blossom Blog, when I looked high in the canopy of a tall evergreen. There is a large nest on top of the tree, I don't know what kind.
However I looked up and saw something looking back down at me!
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Coopers Hawk Peering down
How did we know it was a coopers hawk?
Good question. I know it wasn't a red tail, because
of the black stripes on the tail. And the Hawk is
not overly large, with rounded wings.
Their diet? Mainly birds! This Coopers Hawk is in
a tree across from two bird feeders.
Looking for prey.
Look at those talons. Cooper's Hawks
kill their prey by squeezing them to
death. Sometimes they have been
know to drown their prey.
Birding is not for the feint of heart!
This photo shows the tail
and the rounded shoulders of the Cooper's Hawk
Then on the way home I caught these two birds.
Tufted Titmouse in a Cherry Tree
Is this my better side?
Then I heard the clicks of a nuthatch. Identifications of nuthatches are fairly simple. They're "creepers",
meaning they creep up and down the tree very
athletically! But their are two kinds around
here and they can seem the same.
Telling them apart is fairly simple. Even though
the White Breasted Nuthatch has some
red or scarlet the breast...
White Breasted Nuthatch
Yoga stretch
The Red Breasted Nuthatch has indeed more
red on it's breast. And it has a tell tale black
line or mask on. This nuthatch is also smaller.
Red Breasted Nuthatches
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Birds Rule!
Bart Connors Szczarba
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