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Thursday Doors- Sparrow Pole Bungalows

April 11, 2024Posted in Thursday DoorsTagged Birdhouses, Birds, Blue Sky, Douglas County, Male Birds, Nevada, pole, Portals, Sparrows, Thursday Doors, vine44 Comments

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This post is part of the Thursday Doors group hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities which you can click on to see other doors from around the world-https://nofacilities.com/2024/04/11/alumni-doors/

Nikon D850| Nikkor 500mm PF-e| PS CC 25.5.1

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Friday’s Feathered Friends-Golden-crowned Sparrow

January 26, 2024January 24, 2024Posted in Birding in Nevada, Friday's Feathered Friends, Nikon, PhotographyTagged Birding, Birds in the Wild, Golden Crown Sparrow, Gray cloudy Day, High ISO, Male Birds, Nature, Nikon, Sparrows, Willow49 Comments

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I last shared this Sparrow in 2015. I don’t see many of them and I only see them during the Winter migration hanging out with the White-crowned Sparrows, but sadly, never at my feeder. Last week I saw this one.

He was pretty skittish. Every time I tried getting closer he flew further away so these are pretty well cropped.

Fun Facts:

- This sparrow is one of the least known of our songbirds, particularly on its northern breeding grounds. It has been the subject of only a few laboratory and field studies, so most of what we know about it comes from scattered notes in scientific journals.
- Miners in the Yukon at the turn of the twentieth century woefully referred to the Golden-crowned Sparrow as the “no gold here” bird, because its song resembled that depressing phrase. They also interpreted its song to say “I’m so tired,” prompting them to dub the bird “Weary Willie.”
- The Golden-crowned Sparrow arrives earlier and stays longer on its California wintering grounds than almost any other bird species.
- When day length increases in the spring, the Golden-crowned Sparrow detects the change through photoreceptors (light-sensitive cells). Its body responds by putting on fat and getting an urge to migrate.
- The oldest Golden-crowned Sparrow on record was at least 10 years, 6 months old. It was caught by a bird bander in California in 1970 and released.

Fun facts gleaned from allaboutbirds.org

I hope you all have a great week-end!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 500mm PF-e| PS CC 25.3.1

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Whatever Weds. House Finch

November 8, 2023November 7, 2023Posted in Backyard Birding, Birds, Birds in the WildTagged blog, Fuji X-T3, House Finch, Male Birds, Red, Whatever Wednesday50 Comments

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I’ve been MIA again and I’ll probably be on and off again for awhile. A family member is having some medical issues we’re working through.

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I’ll catch up with you all soon. Stay well!

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 100-400mm| PS CC 24.6

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A cheerful sight!

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Nikon, Photography, Santa Clara County BirdingTagged Birds in the Wild, Birds of Color, Birds of North America, Hooded Oriole, Male Birds, Nikon, Photography, Yellow, Yellow Birds28 Comments

If I’m lucky I get to see and photograph a Hooded Oriole once during Spring. This year I was lucky! Isn’t he beautiful?

I was photographing the Bald Eagle when it left it’s perch and flew away. After watching it soar higher and higher into the thermal stream I turned around to head to the car for the next birding location and, there this Hooded Oriole was! It must have been watching and waiting for the Eagle to leave so it could claim the perch for a little while.

Hooded Oriole-Male

Have a great and cheery week-end everyone!

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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American Kestrel-Male

January 20, 2017January 20, 2017Posted in birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of Prey, Falcons, National Wildlife Refuges in California, Nikon, PhotographyTagged After the Storm, American Kestrel, Birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Birds of Prey, Foggy, January 2017 Storm, Male Birds, Morning, Nikon, Photography25 Comments

The American Kestrel is the littlest Falcon in North America and the most colorful. They’re quite fierce for the size. They often perch on wires, or poles to watch and wait for unsuspecting prey. ” Hunting for insects and other small prey in open territory, kestrels perch on wires or poles, or hover facing into the wind, flapping and adjusting their long tails to stay in place.”~AllAboutBirds.com

Gordon and I stopped at San Luis National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday morning before joining a Meet-Up group we’re in at another National Wildlife Refuge and while on the auto route where the Tulle Elk are we spotted this Kestrel on a post. It was just after a heavy rain storm so there was Tulle Fog all over the valley hence the white sky. I love the rain drops or dew drops on his breast feathers.

American Kestrel Male

We didn’t see any Tulle Elk in the paddock. Not one! They must have been deep in the trees until it warmed up. Thankfully for us this Kestrel was out and about looking for breakfast!

Nikon D700|Nikkor 200-500mm @ 460mm| Lexar Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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