Giving wuap the bird - the official bird ID thread

[Moliere]

Cardinal, right?


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[wuapinmon]

Cardinal, right?


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Yep! Male even. They love oiled sunflower seed!

[wuapinmon]

I went out before sunrise this morning to look for American Woodcock (stfu!), and I was lucky enough to get the 176th species of bird that I've heard/seen in my county, the Great-Horned Owl was singing on Country Squire Rd, about 15 minutes after first light, and there were a pair, likely brooding at this time of year, who kept answering one another for a good 25 mins. We never saw them, but their unmistakable hoots rang out among the cacophony of Horned Larks, Killdeer, Field Sparrows, Eastern Towhees, Northern Cardinals, and White-Eyed Vireos that were up and singing at dawn. I've had Great-Horned Owls in all the surrounding counties, but never in my home county, and getting that this morning was a real treat.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S83291485
https://ebird.org/checklist/S83301037

I had 61 different species today; not bad for this early in the year.

[BigPiney]

I saw a mountain bluebird last Sunday but wasn't able to get a picture, sorry.

Saw it here: 37.1601781, -118.3490989

[wuapinmon]

I saw a mountain bluebird last Sunday but wasn't able to get a picture, sorry.

Saw it here: 37.1601781, -118.3490989

That color of blue in Mountain Bluebirds is just incredible.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I went out before sunrise this morning to look for American Woodcock (stfu!), and I was lucky enough to get the 176th species of bird that I've heard/seen in my county, the Great-Horned Owl was singing on Country Squire Rd, about 15 minutes after first light, and there were a pair, likely brooding at this time of year, who kept answering one another for a good 25 mins. We never saw them, but their unmistakable hoots rang out among the cacophony of Horned Larks, Killdeer, Field Sparrows, Eastern Towhees, Northern Cardinals, and White-Eyed Vireos that were up and singing at dawn. I've had Great-Horned Owls in all the surrounding counties, but never in my home county, and getting that this morning was a real treat.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S83291485
https://ebird.org/checklist/S83301037

I had 61 different species today; not bad for this early in the year.

61 in one day? Good heavens.

We need to go birding together sometime.

[wuapinmon]

61 in one day? Good heavens.

We need to go birding together sometime.

Check out this list, my best in the USA. It also had the first-ever record for a Trumpeter Swan in South Carolina. https://ebird.org/checklist/S53616690

I'm happy to go birding anytime, but you've got a professional naturalist/biologist in Dwight Schr-ute much closer than I am.

[jay santos]

Really cool. I hear a sound often here in the Springville area that sounds like an owl. Like at least once a week regularly. I'm not sure what it is.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Two great horned owls have built a nest just up the street. Can’t wait to see the chicks this spring.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Two great horned owls have built a nest just up the street. Can’t wait to see the chicks this spring.

They hatched!

[Bo Diddley]

Really cool!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Here’s another photo. Wuap, I need your help. This duck looks like a mallard but the front was totally white. I don’t recall ever seeing a mallard like this. Any ideas?

[smokymountainrain]

i think it's just a bibbed mallard, jl.

[Pelado]

i think it's just a bibbed mallard, jl.

kevin-feterik-byu-bibs-528x400.jpg

[Jeff Lebowski]

i think it's just a bibbed mallard, jl.

Aha....

Probably domestic. Someone was telling me that there are some domestic ducks on that part of the river.