A lot of those organisms are very common species here in Arkansas! I’ve seen thirty-three of them right here! You should come visit!! :)
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As a Canadian who has driven through a few miles of moose country, I can tell you that you really don’t want to see one – when you’re driving.
I’ve seen tractor trailer fronts pretty much destroyed by moose encounters. And every so many hundreds of miles you’ll see a very large, dark red stain on the pavement.
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Agreed.
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Today I started off my year with a visit to a local birding spot called Payen Road. A friend had reported a cow carcass being visited by 3 adult Bald Eagles and other scavengers. Luckily the eagles were still around. Bald Eagle
Also nearby was a Rough-legged Hawk and a Prairie Falcon. Very nice finds to get my new year list started.
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Happy new year everyone! Who stayed up till midnight? I certainly did!
Looking forward to another great year of birding. I’ve already seen 3 bird of prey today!
Last year ended great too. My dad took me out I on a motorbike ride and when we got back home, standing outside, we saw a wedgie (Wedge tailed eagle) not far away. The best part, was that the wedgie flew right over us!! It was so close, I could see the details of its feathers, and the golden bits caught in the sunlight. Underneath, it was stunning and I wish I had gotten a photo!
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I stayed up until an hour before midnight!!! It hadn’t been my goal, but everybody else was around on iNat, so I stuck around for a while too!!
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I am going on a Christmas bird count tomorrow so I hope I get some good birds! Although it should be cold.
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I’m super excited for my Christmas Bird Count tomorrow in the middle of nowhere, Ohio. Last year I found a White-winged Scoter and a Surf Scoter hanging out together, and in 2020 I found a Long-tailed Duck. All three of these were new birds for the count, which has been going since 1958.
The circle is mostly farm fields, but there are two reservoirs that can attract a wide variety of waterfowl. There were Snow, Ross’s, and Cackling Geese at one of them in the past few weeks (reported by others on eBird), so I’m hoping to get lucky, too. Cackling would be new for the circle. Black Scoter would be new the for the circle, and they’ve been seen at one of the reservoirs before, just never on a CBC.
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My circle is a bit more urban than that but it includes a wooded park and an area with some water so hopefully I see some cool birds!
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Finally settling down after a long day on the Christmas Bird Count. Highlights of the day were a Barred owl, Carolina wren, Redwing blackbirds (because there are fewer in winter), a Brown creeper (because they are secretive) and 4 Red breasted nuthatches.
I had not seen them in a while, only heard them so I was excited.
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Is there many people down south seeing many migrating birds
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Hey! Welcome!
By “down south” do you mean in one particular country or down in the southern hemisphere like here “down under”?
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Welcome to the forum! I have seen a lot of birds like dark-eyed juncos, winter wrens, white-throated sparrows, swamp sparrows, etc. They will be over-wintering here in Arkansas. I’m assuming you’re talking about a lower section of the North American continent.
I just got back from Algonquin Park. Here are some of my favourite bird photos from the trip:
Evening Grosbeak:
Canada Jays:
Wild Turkey:
Spruce Grouse:
For my best photo of the entire trip (it’s not a bird), check out my reply in “Your Best Photos of the Week!” (https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-best-photos-of-the-week/64394/753?u=whistlingduck)
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It was back in 2020 that I saw a Indian Golden Oriole, I finally saw one again a few days ago after 5 long oriole-less years, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332703291. I was in a moving car but the colors completely made sure that I couldn’t miss it.
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We had a good day at the CBC. I think the final count was just below 50 species, which is about average for the circle. We didn’t get any interesting waterfowl - the reservoirs were basically frozen over - but we had good counts for Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and a Winter Wren, which was unexpected.
The most exciting bird was Black Vulture, which was new for the count. I found a small flock of 18 hanging around a cemetery. Apparently they have been hanging around the nearby town for a few years now, just not seen before on the Christmas Bird Count. This is my fourth time joining the Plymouth Count, and my fourth species added to the circle!
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That is great!
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Happy national bird day everyone!
Edit: technically, this is only a holiday in the US, but given that birds are found globally, I think it can be celebrated worldwide.
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Awesome photos! You’ve probably mentioned it before… But what camera do you use?
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Yay! So I get to celebrate it today too?
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