What birds can you see out your windows?

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Permalink Reply by jadeast on March 25, 2008 at 3:17am

Immature Bald Eagle from my sunroom window

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Permalink Reply by jadeast on March 25, 2008 at 3:19am

Pileated Woodpecker from my sunroom

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Permalink Reply by Elmer on March 26, 2008 at 8:41am

Thanks for the post jadeast. Not seen very often but heard all over the east and Texas. Believe it or not, there was one in east Texas where I hunted who had developed a curved beak that he used to flip bark from pines. I watched him for two years and I always found him in the same area each time I went there. He was in the north (80,000 acres) of the Davy Crockett Natl. Forest. We do have many here in Maine.

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Permalink Reply by Diane Phillips on April 1, 2008 at 4:28pm

Ooooh I am jealous. A sunroom window AND great birds to look at! I am traveling to the Mississippi this weekend with a group from our local Audubon chapter. I only have a zoom 300mm - (wish list longer zoom and/or scope). Hope to get some good shots. Supposed to get up in the 50's and partly sunny. We still have snow in yards and fields here in Northern Illinois. But the robins and red-winged blackbirds are back and there should be a good amount of migrating birds to see on the Mississippi.

Does anyone have a special set up in their yards for bird photography?

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Permalink Reply by Elmer on April 1, 2008 at 5:39pm

Diane, Something else I did was cut out heavy cardboard to fit into a window slide. Then, I cut a hole in the center and used an empty toilet tissue roll and used duct tape to tape it to the card board. With the feeders just outside, I could place my camera up to the tissue roll and I could move side to side and up down. Got some pretty neat pics that way. As the old saying goes, "do whatever it takes." OR "Where theres a will theres a way." (.-)

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Permalink Reply by Diane Phillips on May 6, 2008 at 4:46pm

Hi Elmer!

Hey this is interesting. We have feeders right outside the kitchen window. I will try this next week or so . . . but I'll have to sit on the countertop or in the sink for the shots! We have a good variety of migrating birds right now . . . but I am in finals week . . . maybe I could try it on the bathroom window . . . at least I could just stand in the bathtub!

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on March 25, 2008 at 3:31am

I live on the river so here are a few of mine

Canadian Geese

Cardnal

Mallerd(sp)

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Permalink Reply by Elmer on March 25, 2008 at 6:59pm

Great start you all. Mike and Michael have some great shots on their sites as does Trish. All I see out my window is this dadgum snow. For the first time in my life I wish it gone. I did see some ravens today.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on March 26, 2008 at 1:32am

Hang in there Elmer our snow is slowly going away to slow for me, but I did see two robins the other day that and the geese in my part of the country is a sure sign that warmer weather isn't far away.

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Permalink Reply by Elmer on March 29, 2008 at 10:00am

Did get out some today. Snowing again! This was about 15 wild turkeys west of my house. They went out of sight too quickly.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on May 5, 2008 at 7:45am

Happen to go on a hike the other day and caught this guy enjoying his breakfast

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Permalink Reply by Elmer on May 5, 2008 at 6:15pm

Great photo Jeff. Glad your getting out. Its still a little early for a good many birds. There are some robins, wrens, chickadees, and ducks and geese. Probably wont see many until June.

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