{"id":1369,"date":"2009-01-19T17:19:18","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T22:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/01\/19\/random-bird-watching-observations\/"},"modified":"2010-02-27T09:49:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T14:49:23","slug":"random-bird-watching-observations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/01\/19\/random-bird-watching-observations\/","title":{"rendered":"Random bird watching observations &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weekends\u2019 worth of observations.  Looks like for the most part there are plenty of mourning doves (they come every day) 2-3 pairs of cardinals (they are at the feeders every day), house finches and of course house sparrows.  Nothing too uncommon.<br \/>\nMost of these observations are just quick glances out of the kitchen windows.  If birds are at the feeders, I jot the names down and maybe grab some binoculars.  When it is not so cold I like sitting on the deck with a cold one (and binoculars),  and maybe with some meat on the grill.<\/p>\n<p><em>01-19-09<\/em><br \/>\nCardinal (male and female)<br \/>\nCarolina Chickadee<br \/>\nCarolina Wren<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nMourning Dove<br \/>\nWhite-throated sparrow<\/p>\n<p><em>01-18-09<\/em><br \/>\nCarolina Wren<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nMourning Dove<br \/>\nTufted Titmice<\/p>\n<p><em>01-17-09<\/em><br \/>\nCarolina Wren<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nMourning Dove<\/p>\n<p><em>01-11-09<\/em><br \/>\nCardinal (male)<br \/>\nHouse Finch (male and female)<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nMourning Dove<\/p>\n<p>While I was out and about, I noticed the following, all typical, but figured since I was putting pen to paper (so to speak) I would capture these as well.<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow ~15-20 \u2013 at a local Wal-Mart parking lot<br \/>\nMockingbird \u2013 at the local library<br \/>\nRock pigeon (2 flocks:  7-10 and 10-15) \u2013 at two different major intersections<\/p>\n<p><em>01-10-09<\/em><br \/>\nThese observations were only for a 5-10 minute span around 11:30AM.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal (male and female)<br \/>\nHouse Finch (male and female)<br \/>\nHouse Sparrow (male)<br \/>\nMourning Dove<br \/>\n*Unidentified:  Some type of woodpecker; it was a few yards over and I did not have my binoculars to properly identify.<\/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>A couple of weekends\u2019 worth of observations. 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