Citizen Science: Project FeederWatch -- Week #16 Report 2021-2022 Season

in Birding / Wildlife2 years ago

This week's featured birds are a White-breasted Nuthatch and Red-bellied Woodpecker.

I typically watch and count birds on Saturday and Sunday. This is my report for 26-27 February 2022.

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Bird Watching Notes

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis, ORDER: Passeriformes, FAMILY: Sittidae)

This little bird has a gleam in its eye!

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Original Photos

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Original Photos

Range map for White-breasted Nuthatches throughout North America.


Image Source

You can learn more about the White-breasted Nuthatch at the "All About Birds" webpage.

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus, ORDER: Piciformes, FAMILY: Picidae)

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Original Photos

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Original Photos

Range map for Red-Bellied Woodpeckers throughout North America.


Image Source

You can learn more about the Red-Bellied Woodpecker at the "All About Birds" webpage.

Bird Counts

My bird counts for the two-day period.

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Snapshot from Project FeederWatch Bird Count Summary

Summary of Counts This Season

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Snapshot from Project FeederWatch Bird Count Summary

Signing Up for a Season

Project FeederWatch is a great way to introduce children and adults to science and conservation through bird watching.

If you are interested in joining Project FeederWatch this season, you can learn more and sign-up at the Project FeederWatch website. During the season you will need to record your observations during two consecutive days each week.

Sources

All About Birds

Project FeederWatch -- Collecting Bird Counts for North American Continent

eBird -- Collecting Bird Counts from around the World

Crossley ID Guide -- For identifying the birds of North America

Use of Original Photos

The photographs in this post are free to be used by anyone as long as the photo credit is left on the photographs.

Equipment

ItemName
CameraCanon EOS 7D
LensCanon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
FiltersTiffen 58mm UV Protection Filter, Tiffen 58MM Circular Polarizer Glass Filter
TripodManfrotto MT190XPRO3 3 Section Aluminum Tripod Legs with Q90 Column (Black)

Amazon Affiliate links provided to books and equipment for your convenience.

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Great project thanks for sharing

Nice project sharing.
Navvarsh mangalamay ho.

thank you very much for sharing the project, have a nice day

Great project and beautiful photos of birds, thank you very much for sharing

Hola @etcmike el carpintero es el ave más abundante. Hay muchas personas que fotografían aves y la mayor cantidad de fotos son carpinteros. ;-)

Hi @etcmike, those shots came out like the carpenter was posing.
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Hi @etcmike. The woodpecker is always in the area, don't those birds migrate Beautiful bird pic's with report thanks mike sir for sharing that.

Great photos, thanks a lot for sharing a great project good job sir go ahead

pictures of birds are awesome, you took some super shots. just fabulous!!

Watching here's cite little birds feeding great👍 job thanks for sharing.

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