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the_grosbeak
14 November 2007 @ 09:16 am
Here's what I want for Christmas!

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Thank you all, very much! :D
 
 
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the_grosbeak
17 May 2007 @ 11:37 am
Here is a female American Robin, with a worm for here nearby nestlings. I took this photo this morning, in the backyard of the shop. She landed on the fence for a second, and then took off with her babies breakfast.
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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Dog barking
 
 
the_grosbeak
17 May 2007 @ 11:37 am
Here is a female American Robin, with a worm for here nearby nestlings. I took this photo this morning, in the backyard of the shop. She landed on the fence for a second, and then took off with her babies breakfast.
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Current Mood: tired
 
 
the_grosbeak
16 May 2007 @ 11:04 am
I took this photo about 30 minutes ago, it's a beautiful male Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). He has some neighbor's bird food in his bill, I snapped this photo right before he took off from the fence here in the backyard of the shop.

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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: yucky
Current Music: refrigerator humming
 
 
the_grosbeak
15 May 2007 @ 04:43 pm
Here is a cute little pair of House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus). They live behind the shop. The male has a chipped upper mandible, in other words, his beak is broken on the tip. :-( They came quite close! :-)

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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: good
Current Music: Jacob talking
 
 
the_grosbeak
30 April 2007 @ 09:27 am
Yeah!!!! I've gotten THREE lifers in the past THREE days!!! I'm soooo happy, so now I have 125 birds on my lifelist! Here they are:

Orange-crowned Warbler - 3+
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Say's Phoebe - 2

The photo is of the Say's Phoebe

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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Clara listening to Josh Groban
 
 
the_grosbeak
20 April 2007 @ 05:27 pm
This last week/end I have identified 11 lifers! Here they are, hopefully in taxonomic order. ;-)

Pied-billed Grebe
Scaup spp.
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Purple Martin
Brown Creeper
Chipping Sparrow
Great-tailed Grackle

Plus I added Swainson's thrush, and I need to confirm Swamp Sparrow and Brewer's Blackbird. Currently my lifelist is: 117!!
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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: good
Current Music: Clara and her friend, Becky, talking
 
 
the_grosbeak
19 March 2007 @ 11:12 am
Yesterday, and the day before that, I got TWO LIFERS!!!! On the 17th, while at Fontenelle Forest, I got Ring-necked Duck. :-D Yesterday, while geocaching, I got American Coot. I'm very very very happy.

That makes 106!!
 
 
Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Some music coming out of the Grooming Room
 
 
the_grosbeak
05 March 2007 @ 10:41 am
On Saturday the 3rd, Dad and I went to Pressey WMA from 7:30 am to 9:15.  Here is a list of species we identified.

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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Loreena McKennitt coming from the grooming room
 
 
the_grosbeak
23 February 2007 @ 12:36 pm
Early this morning (like around 7:30), I saw the first Canada Geese of the year!! Seven of them. They were flying south. Wait....!
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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Music: Jacob talking
 
 
the_grosbeak
20 February 2007 @ 10:17 am
Hello,

Here are my results from the 2007 Great Backyard Bird Count

GBBC 2007 )




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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: shears snipping
 
 
the_grosbeak
16 February 2007 @ 09:54 am
Yeah! It's the 1st day of the Great Backyard Bird Count!!! It's supposed to be warmer today, like up to 38 degrees. Yeah!!! I haven't seen many birds yet. Here's what I've seen already:

Rock Dove - 28
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
European Starling - 8

Not looking very good, hopefully tomorrow and Sunday I can go out looking for the Bald Eagle. :-)I'll go out right now to look for House Sparrows.

Good luck with your counting!

Tim
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Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: hungry
 
 
the_grosbeak
13 February 2007 @ 10:10 am
Hello everybody! Welcome to my LJ!

I plan to use this journal to post birding notes, bird photos, and birding experiences I've taken/had while birding. :-) Originally my user name was the_sandpiper, but due to some age verification problems, I had to change it to the_grosbeak. I plan to change back to the_sandpiper, in about a month or so.

Thanks!
 
 
Current Location: The Dapper Dog
Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Dad scraping snow off the sidewalk