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joobie
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although around these parts it's kind of grim and the light is terrible for photos:

Kotatsu said:
A thread (the third in a series) mainly for four things:

A. A list of all observations of birds made by forum members during 2013, following a set of rules that will be detailed below;

B. A place to display photos of birds (and other animals) taken by forum members during 2013;

C. A place to discuss anything connected to birds or birdwatching;

D. A place to get help with bird identifications from people from all over the world.

The rules for the first of these are as follow:

Validity

- Only observations made by members of the forum are eligible, although this person does not have to be the one to have discovered the bird, nor be the one who identified it.

- Only observations of wild, live birds are valid.

- Further, if there is reason to doubt that a bird is occurring spontaneously in the area, it will have to be accepted by a local rare bird committee or similar first.

Reports

- The preferred format of a report is:

Locality, Province/State, Country (Date)
English name Scientific name

although at least in Europe and America it is usually no problem to figure these things out anyway, and all valid reports are accepted regardless of format, as long as we are able to identify the bird in question.

- Note that we will accept only records that are associated with a country, even if no further detail is given. If you do not want to make your location public, feel free to contact me personally. Records are accepted in this thread, via PM, email, skype, ordinary mail, semaphores, and all other recognized modes of communication.

- For dates which span more than one day, the last day will always be the one that is noted down in the list.

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not much to really see around here. the canada geese have arrived. i had to talk my dog out of rushing after this fine specimen (don't think she would have liked the outcome!):


canada goose (branta canadensis) by philside92, on Flickr

this is from new years day, some more geese silhouetted against the sky:


canada geese by philside92, on Flickr

of course the blue jays are ubiquitous (and noisy). got a nice shot of one at rest:


resting blue jay (cyanocitta cristata) by philside92, on Flickr

that's about it, besides juncos and house sparrows. i also keep seeing a cedar waxwing in the park, but getting a picture of it has proven to be my white whale.
 
Our landlord recently rebuilt the outdoor stairs for our three floor apartment building, and apparently the local birds really, really like it. A mourning dove and an American robin have built nests on the crossbeams. The mourning dove has at least 2 eggs to sit on, and one of my neighbors seems to have left it a small water dish to drink from.

In typical mourning dove fashion, this nest was very poorly located right next to the stairs, and the dove would freak out and fly directly at the head of whoever was going up or down. It seems to have become acclimated to our coming and going and no longer panics when people go by.
 
An Egyptian goose at Hampstead Heath ponds, Aug 2021.

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TurkeysGhost said:
Our landlord recently rebuilt the outdoor stairs for our three floor apartment building, and apparently the local birds really, really like it. A mourning dove and an American robin have built nests on the crossbeams. The mourning dove has at least 2 eggs to sit on, and one of my neighbors seems to have left it a small water dish to drink from.

In typical mourning dove fashion, this nest was very poorly located right next to the stairs, and the dove would freak out and fly directly at the head of whoever was going up or down. It seems to have become acclimated to our coming and going and no longer panics when people go by.
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After sitting on a couple of eggs for about 2 weeks, it seems the mourning doves have abandoned the nest and the eggs remain unhatched. Tough break.

The American Robin is still tending its nest though. Presumably eggs inside, but we're not able to see.
 
I suspect those bottles had been pre-opened.
Not that I don't think keas might be able to do it if left alone with an unopened bottle. I have seen what they can do with what appeared to be hard wood. It just seems to be too easy in the video, without any use of force, as if they're just lifting it off the bottle.
They have keas at my local zoo. Four new hatchlings: Kloge-åge in spe (Zoo Copenhagen on Facebook, May 17, 2023)
 
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