{"id":1355,"date":"2009-01-04T19:26:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T00:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/01\/04\/bird-watching\/"},"modified":"2010-02-27T09:49:35","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T14:49:35","slug":"bird-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/01\/04\/bird-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I may start this as a semi-regular feature.  All observations are from my backyard, unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n<p>So why take up bird watching?  It was sort of an accident.  I have always had feeders, and of course have enjoyed the birds that frequent the yard.  Then of course came the squirrels \u2026 err tree rats.  Adult airguns in form of a Beeman R7, Beeman R1, and Beeman R1 Carbine quickly followed.<\/p>\n<p>As I have gotten more into the airgun hobby it was natural to stumble across sites, forums, and blogs that discuss defending cavity nesting birds from such non native species as European Starlings.  Sparrows are also a favorite pest species to \u201cremove\u201d from one\u2019s property.  Ah, but which sparrows?  One sparrow looks like another until you take the time to properly identify your intended target.  As I said, one accident (misidentification) sort of led me into this potential new hobby.<\/p>\n<p>It should also be noted that according to the 2008-2009 Georgia Hunting Regulations:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>COYOTES, ARMADILLOS, GROUNDHOGS, BEAVERS, STARLINGS, PIGEONS AND ENGLISH SPARROWS: No closed season. No limit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now onto my observations \u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>Today (01-04-09)<\/em><br \/>\nCardinal (male)<br \/>\nCarolina Wren<br \/>\nEnglish Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow (male and female)<br \/>\nMockingbird<br \/>\nMourning Dove<br \/>\nWhite-throated Sparrow<br \/>\n*Unidentified:  Mostly drab grey (maybe olive green), with yellow tip tail feathers.  Medium sized ~8-9\u2033 long; 3-5 in a group.<br \/>\n*Unidentified:  Mostly drab grey; maybe slightly blue-ish tint.  Small sized ~5-6\u2033 long.  Eating berries in the palm tree?<\/p>\n<p><em>01-03-09<\/em><br \/>\nCarolina Chickadee<br \/>\nCarolina Wren<br \/>\nCardinal (male and female)<br \/>\nHouse Finch (male)<br \/>\nMourning Dove<br \/>\nRed-bellied Woodpecker<br \/>\nTufted Titmouse<br \/>\nWhite-throated Sparrow<br \/>\n*Unidentified:  Canada Goose?  Flying overhead in \u201cv-shaped\u201d formation (~25 birds).<\/p>\n<p><em>01-02-09<\/em><br \/>\nBrown Thrasher<br \/>\nCarolina Wren<br \/>\nCardinal (male and female)<br \/>\nEnglish Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nMourning Dove<\/p>\n<p><em>01-01-09<\/em><br \/>\nBrown Thrasher<br \/>\nCarolina Wren<br \/>\nCardinal (male and female)<br \/>\nEnglish Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nHouse Finch (male)<br \/>\nMourning Dove<br \/>\nPileated Woodpecker<br \/>\nWhite-throated Sparrow<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I may start this as a semi-regular feature. All observations are from my backyard, unless otherwise noted. So why take up bird watching? It was sort of an accident. I have always had feeders, and of course have enjoyed the birds that frequent the yard. Then of course came the squirrels \u2026 err tree rats. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/01\/04\/bird-watching\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bird Watching<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-birdwatching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/2415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}