I'm going birding

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 6:44 pm

With a birder!
I'm so excited, but also I have to totally play cool and stuff
you know,
so not to scare the birds away.

You can participate in your own backyard and record how many and I guess what types of birds you see.
https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

We are going by the Columbia river.

She takes her birding very seriously I think so I will mostly observe and follow her cues.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:20 pm

Will you be in my neck of the woods?

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:49 pm

No. It is just 20 miles away.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:09 am

Outrageous!

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:19 am

Birding?
Bird peeping?
Bird stalking?
Avian reconnaissance?

IF YOU AND A BIRD GET INTO A STARING CONTEST, WHO WOULD WIN? WHO? WOULD? WIN?

CaptainWacky · Post by **CaptainWacky** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:24 pm

Don't go goosing.

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:34 pm

We counted 20 species in our main count which lasted about 1.5 hours 2.5 miles along the Columbia.
And then we stopped by this place where the DOT drops off dead deer/animal carcases from the road kill-and that is where the eagles and ravens hang out.
And then we stopped by a city park and counted duck species and other water fowl. I never knew there were so many species in our area. She only hushed me once!

Also we saw an injured deer swimming, it made it to shore and we could tell its front leg was broken. : ( Probably got hit by a car.

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:35 pm

Eggs Loki wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:19 am Birding?
Bird peeping?
Bird stalking?
Avian reconnaissance?

IF YOU AND A BIRD GET INTO A STARING CONTEST, WHO WOULD WIN? WHO? WOULD? WIN?

I think it could go either way. I've stared down a couple of ducks in my time, and maybe a chicken or two and a parrot. I think they always turn away first!

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:52 pm

My complaint is IGNORED!

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:13 am

That is outrageous for sure. Outrageous that I don't have more time to come to your neck of the woods and go birding.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:59 pm

So outrageous!

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:56 am

I have an app on my phone that records birds sounds and will tell me what type of bird it is. I can then save them to my "found birds" log or library. I don't usually save them unless I can verify it or if I also see it.
Tonight I heard a robin, but there was also another sound so I turned the app on and it picked up a bird called "Hairy Woodpecker" !!!
The cool thing about the app is it has a description of the bird and various sounds it can make-indeed it def sounded like the bird I heard, but I would like to see it before I record it.

I have some bird favorites now just by thier sound.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:31 am

hehe "hairy woodpecker".

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:09 pm

That was my porn name for a while (in my youth).

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:00 pm

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:14 pm

For real?!

I srsly don't know what i would do if I saw one. I would be like, "Wow, you are a hairy woodpecker." And thats it.