What Bird Did You See Today?

[sundaydoug]

Too late to video last night:
A couple of Great Horned Owls were communicating between my yard and @Roadie's.
They eventually hooked up after 30 minutes or so - then flew off.
Might need headphones, my build-in speakers wouldn't reproduce it.

Very cool. One of my favorite things about night riding in the winter is stopping to hear the owls

 

[bergsnj]

Saw these things at wildcat last weekend. Anyone know what they are? They were pestering everyone in the parking lot. I guess people feed them

 

[roc]

Saw these things at wildcat last weekend. Anyone know what they are? They were pestering everyone in the parking lot. I guess people feed them

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turkeys?

 

[Patrick]

Guinea Fowl.
They are someone's "pet" - i don' think they can survive the winter here.

Saw these things at wildcat last weekend. Anyone know what they are? They were pestering everyone in the parking lot. I guess people feed them

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[Mahnken]

Saw these things at wildcat last weekend. Anyone know what they are? They were pestering everyone in the parking lot. I guess people feed them

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There's a group of about 10 of them in my neighborhood. No clue who they belong to, but my kids chase them around all the time. They run pretty fast.

 

[JDurk]

There's a group of about 10 of them in my neighborhood. No clue who they belong to, but my kids chase them around all the time. They run pretty fast.

They're also very good at controlling the tick population.

 

[Kaleidopete]

Saw these things at wildcat last weekend. Anyone know what they are? They were pestering everyone in the parking lot. I guess people feed them

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guinea hens

 

[MMuller]

I know, just a basic hawk here in Shark River Hills. Tough to tell from a picture but when you see how high up it is you realize how enormous it is. 2 mile walk with the dog and I felt it was tracking me waiting for me to keel over.

 

[roc]

Owl at loantaka. So cool.

 

[Turbotrix]

It's really hard to appreciate the size of this black bird from the photo. The biggest one I've ever seen. This guy was stalking my wife and I for a while...probably waiting for one of us to die

 

[MMuller]

Lil hawk in our backyard looking for a little takeout from our bird feeders.

 

[Patrick]

Mr Hare must have been grazing under the bird feeder, thinking the tree would hide him.
This hawk comes through all summer long harassing the birds that are there.
Probably never saw him.
Hope he takes it with him.

 

[roc]

Mr Hare must have been grazing under the bird feeder, thinking the tree would hide him.
This hawk comes through all summer long harassing the birds that are there.
Probably never saw him.
Hope he takes it with him.

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I’ve lived in my house in Motown for about 20 years, I’ve still never seen a bunny. We see hawks everyday, that may have something to do with it.

 

[MMuller]

I’ve lived in my house in Motown for about 20 years, I’ve still never seen a bunny. We see hawks everyday, that may have something to do with it.

It's duck season....

 

[Patrick]

It's duck season....

rabbit season.

 

[roc]

It's duck season....

I have seen a few of those. not one rabbit in 20 years! It’s crazy, I’ve seen bears, too many deer, squirrels and chipmunks to count, fox, coyote, racoons, but no rabbits.

 

[serviceguy]

We haven’t seen the rabbits in our yard for more than a year now. Since we occasionally have to dispose of a dead body abandoned in the back yard ( vultures have got lazy lately, probably due to the abundance of road kill) I guess hawks are doing their thing.

We resumed filling the bird feeder regularly and the birds are coming, the usual crew. Yesterday there was a welcome addition of a posse of bluebirds, never seen them around here before. No pics.

 

[MMuller]

Dual meaning to backyard bird feeder.

 

[Kaleidopete]

Da Owl


my artsy in flight photo

 

[stilluf]

A bit late with this but in Mid-December saw a pair of Bald Eagles flying over my house in Westfield. I'm guessing it's the pair nesting in Linden. Birds were BIG (noticeably bigger than the typical red tail hawk) , and one was low enough for me to clearly see its big white head. Soared away quickly so no pictures, unfort.