With nothing unusual on my garden list yesterday and a cold wind I decided to see how many species I could see online in a day.
Starting early at Urdaibai marshes at 07:13 Cettis warbler (heard throughout the day),greenshank, coot, black-winged stilt, pintail, yellow-legged gull, cormorant, spoonbill, grey heron, mallard, lapwing. Switched to feeder cam for greenfinch, chaffinch, great tit, house sparrow and robin. A return to the marsh camera later in the afternoon added teal, carrion crow, snipe, gadwall, pochard and little egret.
On to nest cams at birdfood.co.uk/webcams added tawny owl, little owl, barn owl, kestrel, jackdaw and white stork.
Cornell cameras at allaboutbirds.org/cams - Bermuda petrel, Royal albatross, barred owl, red-tailed hawk (in a gale) and American kestrel.
Back in the UK at wildlifetrusts.org/webcams - Kittiwakes (Newcastle), Black-headed gull (Poole Harbour), tufted duck, moorhen, Great-Black Backed Gull, Mute Swan (all just up the road at Brockholes), Canada Goose (Langford Lakes) and the Rutland Ospreys.
Birdcams.live for Lesser Kestrel (with bonus Spotless Starlings), Black Vulture , White tailed Eagle, Saker falcon, Black Stork, Buzzard, Eagle Owl (didn't know they eat hedgehogs), White Bellied Sea Eagle (Sydney), Goshawk, Golden Eagle (Latvia looks good for raptors)
Viewbirds.com - Bananaquit (Bonaire), fulmar (Shetland), nesting- swift (Israel), Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Oak Titmouse, House Finch, Bald Eagle, Great Blue Heron , Gannet (Australia-great close Ups)
80+ species from the sofa. Quite a few nest boxes are not yet occupied so there will be more to see later in the season, for example Roller and Hoopoe nests are still unoccupied.
David Kaye said
Tue Mar 24 9:31 AM, 2020
While you are staying at home to protect the NHS you can get birding on this webcam. This excellent camera pans and zooms around this marshland in northern Spain. Regular sightings include spoonbill, three egret species and osprey. Cettis warbler is calling now. Its a bit like Horrocks without the wind blowing through you. Stay safe at home. https://www.birdcenter.org/en/birds/bird-cams-birds-in-the-urdaibai-marsh
Andy Bissitt said
Sat Sep 1 10:05 PM, 2018
Don't know if people are aware but there is (I think) a new LIVE camera on You Tube based in West Texas which has simply awesome hummingbirds as it's main attraction. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOANxFGgYBI. You will not be disappointed.
In the last few hours in Panama after a quick rewind, of the more unusual stuff...
- 4 Chestnut-headed Oropendolas together - 1 Collared Aracari - 1 Red-crowned Ant Tanager - 2 Green Honeycreeper (both m + f)
Rob Creek said
Tue Mar 13 7:10 PM, 2018
Awesome that John, the Varigated Squirrel was back again yesterday with the Rufous Motmot, I've noticed some birds tolerate certain other birds and some of these Squirrels, others fly off well before and you kind of have an incline something is due on the feeder. Something I have noticed is those Grey-headed Chacalaca's can clean up on that feeder, especially when that group of 6 turn up, they are there for ages, and subsequently the feeder can be void of fruit for ages.
Ithaca NY Morning Dove, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Red Winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal, European Starling, some sort of Hawk in the trees at the back, 3 Blue Jay, Black Capped Chickadee, Grackles, Tufted Titmouse, all in 30 minutes
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Saturday 3rd of March 2018 06:41:23 PM
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Saturday 3rd of March 2018 06:50:10 PM
Mark Jarrett said
Fri Mar 2 9:39 PM, 2018
Getting addictive...Now added to the Ontario Feeders, Ruffed Grouse and to the Sappsucker ones, American Goldfinch, White-breasted Nuthatch and both male and female Northern Cardinal. In real life I would have had six lifers.
Sapsucker is pretty good right now, heavy snow so the feeders have been mobbed. initially up to 25 Blackbirds and Grackles, then lots of the Goldfinches and Mourning Doves, Red-bellied Woodpecker and best of all, after 30 minutes at least of coaxing, a Northern Cardinal up on the table. What a beauty!
Sapsucker Feeders
European Starling, Common Grackle, Hairy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Ontario Feeders
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee, Pine Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeak, Common Redpoll, Blue Jay.
Ive too much time on my hands..
-- Edited by Mark Jarrett on Thursday 1st of March 2018 01:55:38 PM
Rob Creek said
Wed Feb 28 12:18 PM, 2018
I think I had one on Saturday Ian, see my post below, difficult to tell with the small greenish yellow birds that visit the fruit, obviously the greeny cast of the jungle foliage, the light, shadows etc.
I did wonder about House Bunting, can only see them as being resident in Africa, mainly in the North. European Starling I should imagine are fairly common now after being introduced.
Simon Gough said
Tue Feb 27 4:19 PM, 2018
On the Sapsucker feeders, just notched up Hairy Woodpecker, so I'm nearing parity with you Brian, bearing in mind that my peripheral fowl have now been excluded. However I am intrigued by House Bunting on your list, is there a Cat C type population in the US as with the Starling for instance? It's not cricket to challenge IDs and I certainly wouldn't for a UK sighting but with this being US birds and a bit of fun I did wonder, please don't be offended.
Roger Baker 3 said
Tue Feb 27 2:28 PM, 2018
Smart that John, there's a Brown Four-eyed Opossum and 4 subspecies of the 'Gray' too! I think the ears on the Brown are mostly naked, this one clearly shows fur on the ears. smile
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Also, according to Wikipedia "Its testicles drag on the ground behind it as it walks".
Which accounts for its local name of " The Oomigoolie 'Possum" derived from its shrill cry when travelling over sharp gravel or brambles.
This little gem is according to me .... you can't beat the old jokes !!
Roger.
brian fielding said
Tue Feb 27 1:16 PM, 2018
New York feeder list now 15, latest eurasion starling
Rob Creek said
Tue Feb 27 10:18 AM, 2018
Smart that John, there's a Brown Four-eyed Opossum and 4 subspecies of the 'Gray' too! I think the ears on the Brown are mostly naked, this one clearly shows fur on the ears.
John Rayner said
Tue Feb 27 12:22 AM, 2018
In addition to the birds a new mammal. Looks like a Grey Four-eyed Opossum.
Panama. - Chestnut-headed Oropendola - Rufous Motmot (1st time I've copped for this one) - 6 Grey-headed Chacalaca's (1st time) - seems to be a lot of those Blue Morpho Butterflies too
...and the Great Blue Heron sometimes seen in the background too.
Simon Gough said
Mon Feb 26 3:00 PM, 2018
Hi Brian
Are you counting Canada Goose and Mallard seen in the background?
Simon
brian fielding said
Mon Feb 26 2:14 PM, 2018
New York feeder list now 14,latest common grackle.
Ian Chisnall said
Sat Feb 24 10:51 PM, 2018
I've seen also on that feeder recently: Eurasian Starling and Common Grackle
brian fielding said
Sat Feb 24 9:42 PM, 2018
It was red winged blackbird.
brian fielding said
Sat Feb 24 9:31 PM, 2018
Just seen number 13 which i think was red winged blackbird, although this looked a lot like tricoloured blackbird, although net says it's a pacific coast bird ,help! just when I thought it was easy!
brian fielding said
Sat Feb 24 9:17 PM, 2018
Typo, i meant red bellied woodpecker which is probably my favourite so far!
brian fielding said
Sat Feb 24 8:59 PM, 2018
Spent quite a few hours watching the new York sapsucker woods feeder ,have only managed 12 species so far, although i find identification of most quite easy so far except American tree sparrow, birds so far include
American goldfinch
Tufted titmouse
House bunting
White breasted nuthatch
Downy woodpecker
Mourning dove
American tree sparrow
Hairy woodpecker
Red breasted woodpecker
Blue jay
Black capped chicadee
Northern cardinal
Anyone seen anything else?
Rob Creek said
Sat Feb 24 3:02 PM, 2018
Smart birds those Evening Grosbeaks John, unusual plumage to say the least and their faces remind me so much of a Hawfinch. Yeah last one was 1980 Highland.
John Rayner said
Sat Feb 24 2:03 PM, 2018
The Reds versus The Yellows in Ontario with a Redpoll as ref.
About time we had another Evening Grosbeak in Britain, just looked it up and it's getting on for 40 years since the last one. (I'd settle for a Pine Grosbeak though).
Rob, The female Red - crowned Woodpecker I had seen several times, But this was the first male I have seen. Yes we got the power outage yesterday and about 1.30pm out there today we got loud off stage talking, with laughter, that flushed everything for sometime. So I could get some work done.
Rob Creek said
Fri Feb 23 9:38 PM, 2018
keith mills wrote:
The male Red- crowned Woodpecker showed just now.
Keith there was 2 (presumably a pair?) at 14.41 hrs Panama time, roughly 2 hours ago. Glad to see the live feed back on, there was an unexpected power cut yesterday.
Tough one Ian, especially from one image where only one position of the bird is depicted. Mottled-cheeked Tyrannulet perhaps, or what about female Blackpoll Warbler?
With nothing unusual on my garden list yesterday and a cold wind I decided to see how many species I could see online in a day.
Starting early at Urdaibai marshes at 07:13 Cettis warbler (heard throughout the day),greenshank, coot, black-winged stilt, pintail, yellow-legged gull, cormorant, spoonbill, grey heron, mallard, lapwing. Switched to feeder cam for greenfinch, chaffinch, great tit, house sparrow and robin. A return to the marsh camera later in the afternoon added teal, carrion crow, snipe, gadwall, pochard and little egret.
On to nest cams at birdfood.co.uk/webcams added tawny owl, little owl, barn owl, kestrel, jackdaw and white stork.
Cornell cameras at allaboutbirds.org/cams - Bermuda petrel, Royal albatross, barred owl, red-tailed hawk (in a gale) and American kestrel.
Back in the UK at wildlifetrusts.org/webcams - Kittiwakes (Newcastle), Black-headed gull (Poole Harbour), tufted duck, moorhen, Great-Black Backed Gull, Mute Swan (all just up the road at Brockholes), Canada Goose (Langford Lakes) and the Rutland Ospreys.
Birdcams.live for Lesser Kestrel (with bonus Spotless Starlings), Black Vulture , White tailed Eagle, Saker falcon, Black Stork, Buzzard, Eagle Owl (didn't know they eat hedgehogs), White Bellied Sea Eagle (Sydney), Goshawk, Golden Eagle (Latvia looks good for raptors)
Viewbirds.com - Bananaquit (Bonaire), fulmar (Shetland), nesting- swift (Israel), Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Oak Titmouse, House Finch, Bald Eagle, Great Blue Heron , Gannet (Australia-great close Ups)
Viewbirds.com/feeders.htm Patagonia Arizona-Broad-billed hummingbird
www.birdboxisrael.org feeder- Laughing Dove, Common Mynhah
Africam Grey go-away bird (Naledi Dam) Egyptian Goose (Kwa Montane)
Allaboutbirds.org/cam
Cornell feeders. American Goldfinch, Downy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Red-winged blackbird, Black-capped Chickadee, Grackle, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Common Starling
Ontario feeders American Crows, Slate colored Junco
Panama feeders- Gray-headed Rail, Red-crowned woodpecker, Garden Emerald Hummingbird, Thick-Billed Euphonia, Crimson-backed Tanager, Blue-gray tanager, Orange-billed sparrow.
80+ species from the sofa. Quite a few nest boxes are not yet occupied so there will be more to see later in the season, for example Roller and Hoopoe nests are still unoccupied.
While you are staying at home to protect the NHS you can get birding on this webcam. This excellent camera pans and zooms around this marshland in northern Spain. Regular sightings include spoonbill, three egret species and osprey. Cettis warbler is calling now. Its a bit like Horrocks without the wind blowing through you. Stay safe at home. https://www.birdcenter.org/en/birds/bird-cams-birds-in-the-urdaibai-marsh
Don't know if people are aware but there is (I think) a new LIVE camera on You Tube based in West Texas which has simply awesome hummingbirds as it's main attraction. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOANxFGgYBI. You will not be disappointed.
Try this: youtu.be/BP8mCXXwDfc
For background info: www.canopytower.com
Red Legged Honeycreeper at about 4.15pm our time today.
-- Edited by Rick Hall on Wednesday 18th of April 2018 04:25:29 PM
-- Edited by Rick Hall on Wednesday 18th of April 2018 04:25:58 PM
white tipped dove in panama
House Wren
10 Chestnut-headed Oropendola
- 4 Chestnut-headed Oropendolas together
- 1 Collared Aracari
- 1 Red-crowned Ant Tanager
- 2 Green Honeycreeper (both m + f)
Something I have noticed is those Grey-headed Chacalaca's can clean up on that feeder, especially when that group of 6 turn up, they are there for ages, and subsequently the feeder can be void of fruit for ages.
Cheers John
red crowned ant tanager? tonight in panama
Panama.
- Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Gray-necked Wood-Rail)
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola
- Green Honeycreeper
- Red-legged Honeycreeper
- 6 Grey-headed Chakalaka's again
New York (very busy)
- 3 Red-winged blackbirds
- 2 Common Grackles
- Hairy Woodpecker (probably)
- Eurasian Starlings
Cheers John
Ithaca NY Morning Dove, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Red Winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal, European Starling, some sort of Hawk in the trees at the back, 3 Blue Jay, Black Capped Chickadee, Grackles, Tufted Titmouse, all in 30 minutes
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Saturday 3rd of March 2018 06:41:23 PM
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Saturday 3rd of March 2018 06:50:10 PM
Baltimore Oriel in panama
Sapsucker is pretty good right now, heavy snow so the feeders have been mobbed. initially up to 25 Blackbirds and Grackles, then lots of the Goldfinches and Mourning Doves, Red-bellied Woodpecker and best of all, after 30 minutes at least of coaxing, a Northern Cardinal up on the table. What a beauty!
Cheers John
Just seen 2 male 2 female red legged honey creeper
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Thursday 1st of March 2018 07:06:40 PM
-- Edited by Mark Jarrett on Thursday 1st of March 2018 01:55:38 PM
what looks like Tennessee warbler far left
European Starling I should imagine are fairly common now after being introduced.
Smart that John, there's a Brown Four-eyed Opossum and 4 subspecies of the 'Gray' too!
I think the ears on the Brown are mostly naked, this one clearly shows fur on the ears. smile
__________________
Also, according to Wikipedia "Its testicles drag on the ground behind it as it walks".
Which accounts for its local name of " The Oomigoolie 'Possum" derived from its shrill cry when travelling over sharp gravel or brambles.
This little gem is according to me .... you can't beat the old jokes !!
Roger.
I think the ears on the Brown are mostly naked, this one clearly shows fur on the ears.
Cheers John
Cornell, NY.
- Common Grackle
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Red-winged Blackbird
Panama.
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola
- Rufous Motmot (1st time I've copped for this one)
- 6 Grey-headed Chacalaca's (1st time)
- seems to be a lot of those Blue Morpho Butterflies too
...and the Great Blue Heron sometimes seen in the background too.
Are you counting Canada Goose and Mallard seen in the background?
Simon
New York feeder list now 14,latest common grackle.
I've seen also on that feeder recently: Eurasian Starling and Common Grackle
Yeah last one was 1980 Highland.
About time we had another Evening Grosbeak in Britain, just looked it up and it's getting on for 40 years since the last one. (I'd settle for a Pine Grosbeak though).
Cheers John
The female Red - crowned Woodpecker I had seen several times,
But this was the first male I have seen.
Yes we got the power outage yesterday and about 1.30pm out there today we got loud off stage talking, with laughter, that flushed everything for sometime.
So I could get some work done.
Keith there was 2 (presumably a pair?) at 14.41 hrs Panama time, roughly 2 hours ago. Glad to see the live feed back on, there was an unexpected power cut yesterday.
Cheers John
Good candidate(s)
The list of recent sightings in last 7 days included
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet and Yellow-bellied Elaenia
There's also a character in sun glasses who gives you a wave when restocking the feeder.
Also earlier today Prothonotary Warbler
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 18th of February 2018 04:56:52 PM
Mottled-cheeked Tyrannulet perhaps, or what about female Blackpoll Warbler?