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Windemere ![]() Knight ![]() ![]() Joined: 09-Oct-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 65 |
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Eaglecap, you were right in identifying the bird as an Arizona Cardinal, though. I just googled it, & it turns out that there actually is a subspecies of Northern Cardinal in Arizona that's slightly larger than the Northern Cardinals in the rest of the country. It's known as Cardinalis cardinalis superbus.
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King John ![]() Immortal Guard ![]() ![]() Joined: 01-Dec-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1368 |
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The unnamed owl in the post two posts above this looks like it could be a Great Horned Owl. But it's an awesome picture.
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Carcharodon ![]() Baron ![]() Joined: 04-May-2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 479 |
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Here is a little film with the Eurasian Eagle Owl (Berguv in Swedish) in the province of Halland in the southwestern part of Sweden:
Here you can hear the lovely song of our national bird, the Common Blackbird:
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Carcharodon ![]() Baron ![]() Joined: 04-May-2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 479 |
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And here is one of my favourites, the male of the big Wood Grouse (Tetrao urogallus) a magnificent bird that I a couple of times have been lucky to meet in the forest:
![]() Tjäder ((Tetrao urogallus)
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Emperor Barbarossa ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() Joined: 15-Jul-2005 Location: Pittsburgh, USA Status: Offline Points: 2882 |
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Yes, those are grackles. They are actual related to crows. As for the Istanbul crows, I find that interesting, the geographic variation of a species. Maybe those black birds were orioles (there is a species of orioles that are black with a yellow head, I saw them in Maryland a few years ago). |
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eaglecap ![]() Tsar ![]() ![]() Joined: 15-Feb-2005 Location: DesertSouthwest Status: Offline Points: 3264 |
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The red cardinal- I have not seen one of those yet in my yard but I have seen the following; cactus wren, road runners, white and red crowned sparrows. turkey vultures, grackles, ugly English sparrows, crows, oriels, some unknown hawks possibly red tail, but some I do not know their names like- there is a big gray bird that looks like a cardinal and has a bright red chest and some other small dark bird with a funny crest. I need to get an Arizona bird book. I have not seen any Oregon juncos here but oh yes some type of thrasher which has a long beak that points downward and they forage around in the bushes looking for critters to eat which probably include insects and small lizards- plenty of those here. Cactus wren- I see a lot of them in my yard. I gather it is the Arizona state bird. ![]() sdakotabirds.com the Curved billed AZ thrasher ![]() gimlack flickr.com Road runner: I see them all the time. ![]() Swanee 3 flickr.com Turkey vulture a common sight soaring in our all too blue skies. ![]() Ardeola flickr.com Edited by eaglecap - 10-Jun-2009 at 19:46 |
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Well then, brothers and fellow citizens and soldiers, remember this in order that your memorial, your fame and freedom will be eternal.
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ulrich von hutten ![]() Immortal Guard ![]() ![]() Court Jester Joined: 01-Nov-2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 3666 |
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Bird watching - different |
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Carcharodon ![]() Baron ![]() Joined: 04-May-2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 479 |
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Then we of course have the beautiful cranes that every spring congregate at Lake Hornborga in the province of Västergötland. It´s a fascinating spectacle to see and hear thousands and thousands of these birds in one place:
![]() Cranes (Grus grus). This year 18 500 cranes aggregated at lake Hornborga.
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eaglecap ![]() Tsar ![]() ![]() Joined: 15-Feb-2005 Location: DesertSouthwest Status: Offline Points: 3264 |
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Now I would love to fly to Sweden just to see that!! I know the Turnbull wildlife refuge, near Spokane, had a lot of water fowl and I use to love to go out there and bird watch via my mountain bike. I am amazed how some bird here land on the cactus to feed on insects with getting injured at all. Many of them have barbs which hook right into your skin. see cactus wren above I still have not found out the name of that bird I see here that resemble a cardinal but is mostly gray with a bright red chest. We also have a lot of turle doves here which I think are beautiful birds and taste good also- ![]() ![]() we have lots of quail also ![]() marksontok flickr.com Now they do taste good!!! |
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Carcharodon ![]() Baron ![]() Joined: 04-May-2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 479 |
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Nice looking birds. Nearly to nice to eat
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Carcharodon ![]() Baron ![]() Joined: 04-May-2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 479 |
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By the way here is a video with the Cranes at Hornborga lake. this day there was only 13 200 cranes at the lake but later this spring they would reach the number of 18 500.
It seems that the weather was a bit rainy and grey the day this video was filmed. That means that the brilliance and colours of the birds doesn´t show fully. When the sun is shining the spectacle is really overwhelmingly beautiful.
Beides the cranes there are many other species of birds at Lake Hornborga, for example a lot of Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) the large white birds you can see here and there among the cranes.
Here you can read about, and see many amazing pictures from, Lake Hornborga:
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Carcharodon ![]() Baron ![]() Joined: 04-May-2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 479 |
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Panoramic picture from a channel at Lake Hornborga:
![]() Flying cranes at Lake Hornborga
![]() Close up of a crane
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DukeC ![]() Arch Duke ![]() ![]() Joined: 07-Nov-2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1564 |
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I too also have to admit to a strong "attraction" to birds.
![]() Some of my favorites are Evening Grossbeaks, Rufous Hummingbirds, Mountain Bluebirds and Western Tanagers.
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eaglecap ![]() Tsar ![]() ![]() Joined: 15-Feb-2005 Location: DesertSouthwest Status: Offline Points: 3264 |
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Canada is incredible for bird life. I use to live just two hours south of BC and did a lot of wilderness trips there. We have an area owned by the Nature Conservancy in the Huachua moutains, on the edge of Coronodo National Forest, that I think has over 300 species of birds. I think it is the largest concenstration of song birds in the USA. It is mostly dry oak forests with cactus and a nice year around creek. I hear those grackles everyday from my house and some pretty birds sit by my window most every morning and sing. |
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DukeC ![]() Arch Duke ![]() ![]() Joined: 07-Nov-2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1564 |
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Sounds like heaven.
One of my favorite places was the Stanley Park seawall in Vancouver for the seabirds like Oyster Catchers, Pelagic Cormorants and Harlequin Ducks. It's amazing to watch a seagull swallow a starfish whole. Edited by DukeC - 13-Jun-2009 at 20:43 |
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eaglecap ![]() Tsar ![]() ![]() Joined: 15-Feb-2005 Location: DesertSouthwest Status: Offline Points: 3264 |
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hmmmm that would hurt!! I have been to Vancouver, WA but never to the BC version but I have come close when I backpacked in Manfield Provincial Park down the Pacific Crest Trail intto the Pasaytan wilderness on the Washington State side, awesome country!! Yesterday I saw five turkey vultures soaring in the sky but then I saw the road kill they were eating. It is part of their niche in nature I suppose- yuck. ![]() Edited by eaglecap - 15-Jun-2009 at 17:18 |
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DukeC ![]() Arch Duke ![]() ![]() Joined: 07-Nov-2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1564 |
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No vultures up here, but the ravens and crows fill in for that niche. The Similkameen country where you hiked is pretty spectacular, but can get very hot in the summer. Not far to the east around Ossoyos is a small desert and the only scorpions found in Canada IIRC.
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