Audubon Society Archives - http://www.ridgetopfarmandgarden.com/tag/audubon-society/ Mon, 20 Feb 2017 09:19:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 http://www.ridgetopfarmandgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-logo-square1-32x32.jpg Audubon Society Archives - http://www.ridgetopfarmandgarden.com/tag/audubon-society/ 32 32 2016 Great Backyard Bird Count http://www.ridgetopfarmandgarden.com/2016-great-backyard-bird-count/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 04:05:58 +0000 http://www.ridgetopfarmandgarden.com/?p=5037 This weekend was the once a year Great Backyard Bird Count. This is my 6th year participating and 2 things are for sure. I’ll seek and find birds. It will also rain. This year the weather did cooperate a little more than usual, meaning it rained and was foggy but wasn’t crazy stormy. Sometimes I …

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This weekend was the once a year Great Backyard Bird Count. This is my 6th year participating and 2 things are for sure. I’ll seek and find birds. It will also rain.

This year the weather did cooperate a little more than usual, meaning it rained and was foggy but wasn’t crazy stormy. Sometimes I even saw the sun.

Friday, I went to a park that the kids & I refer to as the Duck Pond. I did see quite a few species of birds to report and was thrilled to see three blue herons. They are one of my favorites.

Saturday and Sunday I went for walks around our house searching for birds in the trees.

Monday, the 5 of us walked some trails around the Audubon Society in Portland. Ironically, we only saw one type of bird. We heard more, but only actually saw wrens.

 

The view out my car window waiting for the rain to pass.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | 2016

 

Duck Pond

American Wigeon

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | American Wigeon

 

Wood Ducks

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | Wood Duck

 

Common Merganser

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | Common Merganser

 

Acorn Woodpeckers

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | Acorn Woodpecker

 

Downy Woodpecker & Northern Flicker

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | Downy Woodpecker | Northern Flicker

 

Great Blue Heron

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | Great Blue Heron

 

Home

Song Sparrow, American Robin
Steller’s Jay, Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Junco

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | 2016

 

Audubon Society of Portland

Wren

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Great Backyard Bird Count | 2016

 

I always enjoy getting outside walking through nature with my camera in hand. I also kinda have a thing for birds. So, I love this citizen science project.

Until next year…

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]]> Birds of 2013: Weeks 38 and 39 http://www.ridgetopfarmandgarden.com/birds-of-2013-weeks-38-and-39/ Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:35:36 +0000 http://www.ridgetopfarmandgarden.com/?p=7593 A couple weeks ago I took Farm Kid2 to the Audubon Society to listen to a lecture on Peregrine Falcons & to meet a woman who wrote the book Falcons in the City. It’s a great book about the Peregrine Falcons in Portland. Not too long ago, there were no known nesting Peregrine Falcons in …

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]]> A couple weeks ago I took Farm Kid2 to the Audubon Society to listen to a lecture on Peregrine Falcons & to meet a woman who wrote the book Falcons in the City. It’s a great book about the Peregrine Falcons in Portland. Not too long ago, there were no known nesting Peregrine Falcons in Oregon. Thanks to a handful of workers/volunteers, they’ve made a great comeback.

 

Learning about the Peregrine Falcons in Oregon & how the Audubon Society keeps tabs on them.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society | Peregrine Falcon

 

Farm Kid2 getting his book signed by the author & illustrator, Lisa C. Manning.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society | Peregrine Falcon

 

Anna’s Hummingbird
A few wild birds were hanging out around the Audubon Society, including this Anna’s Hummingbird. This is a new bird for my list. Yippey!
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society | Anna's Hummingbird

 

Anna’s Hummingbird
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society | Anna's Hummingbird

 

Dark-eyed Junco
They just started showing back up at our house, too, after being away for the summer.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society

 

Finnegan
He hatched with a bad foot, so the Audubon Society uses him as an education bird.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society | Peregrine Falcon | Finnegan

 

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society | Peregrine Falcon | Finnegan

 

Farm Kid2 asked the handler many questions including, “What does Finnegan eat?”
We learned that he eats young quail, which was especially interesting since we have quail.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society | Peregrine Falcon | Finnegan

 

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds of 2013 | Week 38 | Audubon Society | Peregrine Falcon | Finnegan

 

Somehow way back in June I skipped a week of logging my bird sightings & it’s taken me this long to realize I’ve been off a week since then. Instead of back tracking, I’m just listing this post as 2 weeks, so next week’s number will be correct. Silly me. I’ll just blame it on too much summer fun.

 

BIRD SPECIES SEEN IN 2013:

SEEN SO FAR = 91 of 100

 

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