Bob-white/144 species on my life list...

This morning I was outside filling my bird feeders. I had just finished putting the bird seed away, and was getting ready to come back in the house when I thought I heard a Bobwhite. A lot of other birds were singing at the same time, so I wasn't sure. I decided to try calling so i did the Bobwhite call and I heard it again. This time i was sure it was a Bobwhite. Since I had never seen or heard a bobwhite before (except in captivity) this is a new species for me, when i add it to my life list, I will have seen 144 species since last may! ;)

-the birdman-

a new bird website...

Here is a new bird website that I found the other day. It has information,pictures, and movies of birds and how to attract them.

-the birdman-

bird of the week... pileated woodpecker

The Pileated Woodpecker (this is the kind of woodpecker my blog woodpeckers are) is one of the biggest woodpeckers in the USA. The very endangered Ivory-Billed woodpecker is the only one bigger. When this woodpecker calls it sounds like it is laughing. You can hear them pecking a quarter of a mile away! here is some information about them. Here is a video and a photo of males.
here is a picture of some Pileated woodpeckers and here is a coloring page just like it.

-the birdman-

neat thing about Titmouse name

This is a neat thing I found out the other day about the Titmouse name. The word Titmouse comes from the old Icelandic word mase wich means small and the Anglo-Saxon word tit which means bird. So, the name Titmouse literally means small bird.

-the birdman-

wing banded ring-billed gull

Back in January we saw a wing banded Ring-Billed Gull in the Walmart parking lot. I entered it on a banding website. Today, I got a certificate of appreciation for entering the information. It was banded in Worcester County, Massachusetts a year ago today (3/26/08). It hatched in 2005 or earlier,they do not know the sex of it.
If you ever see a banded bird, write down the band number and the species,location, etc. Then, go to this website and enter the information. They will send you a certificate with all of its info. This is not just for fun, it also helps scientists track them. Scientists can learn important stuff about birds behavior,movement and other important things.

-the birdman-