Anonymous
Post 06/09/2020 17:08     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
Anonymous wrote:A bird of prey flying overhead just dropped a dead chipmunk next to us on the deck with a huge thud. It didn’t hit us, at least.


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Anonymous
Post 06/09/2020 11:46     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
birds I see in my northern Virginia yard that backs to tall trees and a lake:

lots of Northern Cardinals
doves
blue birds
blue jays
tufted titmice
crows
cooper's hawk
red tailed hawk
goldfinch
red winged blackbird
house finches
robins
chickadees
pileated woodpecker
downy woodpecker

On the lake:
herons
Canada geese
mallards
in the winter, usually a pair of bald eagles


Anonymous
Post 06/08/2020 21:13     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
Anonymous wrote:Most common:
Cardinals
Mourning doves
Blue jays
Robins
Crows
House finches (or are they house wrens?)
And a small black bird - maybe starling?


This list is like watching my yard, and the small black bird is a catbird.

Add on cedar waxwings (especially recently with the serviceberries in season), woodpeckers, mockingbirds, and (exactly once!) a big owl - maybe barred?
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 15:27     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pp again. I’m guessing a hawk, but didn’t see it. What else could have dropped a dead chipmunk from the sky at 2 pm? I live in Arlington.


Do you have a cat with access to a drone?


No cat.

Is a crow strong enough to do this? A raven? Or would it have to be a bird of prey.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 15:19     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
Anonymous wrote:Pp again. I’m guessing a hawk, but didn’t see it. What else could have dropped a dead chipmunk from the sky at 2 pm? I live in Arlington.


Do you have a cat with access to a drone?
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 15:13     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
Pp again. I’m guessing a hawk, but didn’t see it. What else could have dropped a dead chipmunk from the sky at 2 pm? I live in Arlington.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 15:06     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
Anonymous wrote:A bird of prey flying overhead just dropped a dead chipmunk next to us on the deck with a huge thud. It didn’t hit us, at least.


Update: likely a hawk. It dropped right next to our table we eat at. DH was standing about five feet away talking on the phone.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 15:05     Subject: Re:Backyard birds—what do you see?
We had a barred owl in our oak tree last week. He woke us up he was so loud. We could hear another owl answering his call a few trees over. So neat.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 15:01     Subject: Re:Backyard birds—what do you see?
Cardinals, blue birds, robins mostly.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 15:01     Subject: Re:Backyard birds—what do you see?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Turkey Vulture
Cooper's hawk
Red Tailed Hawk
Crow
Blue Jay
Starlings
Indigo Bunting
Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe
Red-winged blackbird
Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Catbird
Cowbird
Nuthatch
Brown creeper
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Pileated woodpecker
Flicker
House finch
Goldfinch
House sparrow
Song sparrow
Wood sparrow
White throated sparrow
Junco
Robin
Tufted Titmice
Cardinal
Mourning Dove
Hummingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Barn Owl
Canadian Geese

In Black Hill Regional Park, MoCo in the last week.
Great Blue Heron
Wood Ducks
Kingfisher
Swifts
Osprey
Bald Eagle

We will be able to see more ducks and shorebirds once the weather becomes warmer and we have more access....


Also at our feeder -
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Chickadees
Carolina Wrens.


Spotted -
Great Horned Owl. (Near Sugarloaf Mt)
Eastern Screech Own (Blackhill)
Green Heron. (Blackhill Park)
Baltimore Oriole (Blackhill)

Pretty surprised to see the two owls recently in the evening. Is this common bird behavior? They were close to roads both times.


They like to perch on streetlights to hunt in some places.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 14:59     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
A bird of prey flying overhead just dropped a dead chipmunk next to us on the deck with a huge thud. It didn’t hit us, at least.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2020 12:51     Subject: Re:Backyard birds—what do you see?
Anonymous wrote:Saw a yellow breasted chat today. (First time i’ve seen one.)

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My mistake. It was actually a yellow bellied flycatcher:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-bellied_Flycatcher/id
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2020 08:05     Subject: Backyard birds—what do you see?
We had a hawk perch on our fence for ten or so minutes last week. DH saw it out the kitchen window and we all came running to see it.