Weekly What Bird Wednesday

Here is my first WWBW post in a very long while. Last month's was a Vesper Sparrow. Here is this weeks:

Post your guesses in the comments below.

Other W.W.B.W. posts*:
Birds In Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds

NEW NAME

After my partner left JC Birds, it just wasn't JC Birds anymore. So just letting you know that I am now calling this blog JG Birds. You may also have noticed the slight changes in the logo. Again a reminder to check out C's blog here. (You will see on the far right of the tabs bar)

Thanks, Joel

Feathers on Friday (All of Sept and Oct)

Here is my massive FoF post... enjoy! We will start with the lunar eclipse!

It all started with a super Moon...

...and ended up as a Blood Moon

Of, course lots and lots of geese photos.

A neat shot of sunset through a wet window.

A small flock of Sandhill Cranes. Sometimes we saw as much as 70 at a time.

Lone Canada Goose.

Portion of flock in field.

Portion of flock in field with hundreds more coming in to land.

The sky peppered with geese.

Incoming!

Canada Grazing, notice the occidentals subspecies.

Fiery Sunset

Grasshopper Sparrow

Lone snow goose.

Flying snow goose flock

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The reason that the Snow Geese took off.

Other FoF posts:
4forfeathers (NEW!!!)
Birds in Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds

Prairie Birder

Breaking News!

It is will sadness and regret that I have to announce that my friend Colin (C) has lost interest in this blog. So if you want to see his new blog, here is the link.

Weekly What Bird Thursday

Here is my W.W.B.W. post: Last week the correct answer was a female American Goldfinch after a late snow. Here is this week's picture and be sure to guess in the comments below!

Other W.W.B.W. posts*:
Birds In Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds

*Posts may not be up yet.

Feathers on Friday

Here is my F.o.F. post: At this time of year we get the vast flocks of gulls that descend on the fields and yards around. It is still early in the season so they aren't quite at their full numbers. After a recent rain, though, they loved the water, and we had lots.

Other F.o.F. posts:
Birds in Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds

Prairie Birder

Weekly What Bird Wednesday

Here is my W.W.B.W. post. Last week we had two guesses. It was actually a Savannah Sparrow! Here is where it was:

Here is this week's:

Other W.W.B.W. posts*:
Birds In Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds

*Posts may not be up yet.

Feathers On Friday

Here is my FoF post. I am still excited about the dove... please put up with just one more post. They have now decided to become feeder birds, not just sit there and preen. Before, if they came, they would stand by the feeder and not eat a seed, just preen. However today, they ate. I also discovered that these generally peaceful birds are bullies; scaring away the feeding birds.

I also had an interesting experience with doves yesterday. I observed one eating sunflower seeds whole. Intrigued, I kept watching and slowly but surely it's throat expanded as it held the seeds in there for the young doves.

Other F.o.F. posts:
Birds in Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds
Prairie Birder

Weekly What Bird Wednesday

Here is my W.W.B.W. post. Last week we had one guess with the correct answer being Gray Catbird. Here is this week's post.

Other W.W.B.W. posts*:
Birds In Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds

*Posts may not be up yet.

Feathers on Friday

Here is My F.o.F. post. A new bird that is now living in my yard are Mourning Doves. Just recently they came to the feeders. Here are some shots.

Strutting about

Pecking at a seed

Other F.o.F. posts:
Birds in Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds
Prairie Birder

Weekly What Bird Wednesday

It has been a busy summer and I have been quite preoccupied from the blog so I will try to get back into it. Here is my very late W.W.B.W. post. By the way, the last one was a Black-Billed Magpie.

Other W.W.B.W. posts*:
Birds In Your Backyard
Bird Boy
The Cats and the Birds

*Posts may not be up yet.

Closeup Monday

Here is a late C.U.M post. A few most recent pictures include exciting goldfinches at my feeder for the first time due to new trees in the area! A few pictures from the past week as well as a few from The Forks. See all the Forks pictures here.

Western Meadowlark

Brown-Headed Cowbirds showing off

Brown-Headed Cowbird

American Goldfinches and Cowbird

Cowbird