Black Backed Woodpecker
bthache
backed woodpecker that's been stripping my trees out back! She's smaller
than the hairy and bigger than the downy... right in between the two!
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Tammie
West of Hornepayne, Ont, Canada
http://community.webshots.com/user/_tammie57
Dave Fouchey
over load your mail box yesterday...
Dave
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:51:53 -0500, "bthache" <tha...@onlink.net>
wrote:
bthache
Actually, I just put the black backed picture in a minute ago... Harriet is
a female hairy woodpecker. I have three female hairies so they're all named
Harriet 'cause I'll never be able to tell them apart!
The pictures you sent me were great! I do have one small request though...
could you shrink them down just a little? Do you have a program you can do
that with? Maybe I can help... let me know.
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Tammie
West of Hornepayne, Ont, Canada
http://community.webshots.com/user/_tammie57
"Dave Fouchey" <dafo...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Dave Fouchey
Dave
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 12:48:06 -0500, "bthache" <tha...@onlink.net>
wrote:
bthache
If you could send your pictures at 800x600, that would be perfect. That's
what I shrink them down to anyway.
I just noticed... the black backed in the yard this morning is a male, not a
female. I could just make out a yellow patch on the head. So! I have a
pair because I know I've seen the female as well. Neat!
"Dave Fouchey" <dafo...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Randy Pals
> I just noticed... the black backed in the yard this morning is a male, not a
> female. I could just make out a yellow patch on the head. So! I have a
> pair because I know I've seen the female as well. Neat!
> --
> Tammie
> West of Hornepayne, Ont, Canada
> http://community.webshots.com/user/_tammie57
Thanks for posting this, Tammie. I know a lot of birders who still need BB
Woodpecker as a life bird and would give their eye teeth to see one! They
can be tough to find in some of areas of the U.S. that are within their
range.
Not in any way trying to pick nits with Tammie's website, but some of
you out there might not know the local names she has used for a couple
of the species. "Whiskey Jack" you will find under "Gray Jay" in your field
guide, and "Partridge" is a "Ruffed Grouse" (at least, for the pics I looked at -
I may not have covered every one).
OK, Tammie, now we'd like to see a Three-toed Woodpecker, please. :-)
regards,
Randy
bthache
woodpecker!! Black backs have totally black backs.... the one I got
pictures of this morning has light white markings on it's back! Guess I'll
have to check my guide a little more carefully! I'm still going to watch
for a black backed though.. they should be in the neighborhood too! This is
just too exciting!
OT here, I just had a red fox try to make friends with me at my front door
and got some AMAZING pictures of him.... soon to be posted on a website near
you!! :o) I don't know if I can all this excitment in one day!!
On a serious note, I really should go through the pictures and post the
regular names for the birds. Thanks for pointing that out.
"Randy Pals" <rjp...@NOSPAMattbi.com> wrote in message
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Randy Pals
> This IS a three-toed woodpecker!!
Wow - that was fast!! :-)
> Black backs have totally black backs.... the one I got
> pictures of this morning has light white markings on it's back! Guess I'll
> have to check my guide a little more carefully! I'm still going to watch
> for a black backed though.. they should be in the neighborhood too! This is
> just too exciting!
I thought maybe I saw a little white up near the head on the
first pic, but it was hard to tell.
> Ok, Randy, you've totally humiliated me here! ;o)
The only way not to make any mistakes in birding is to never
take a stab at identifying any birds. I've made my share and
will no doubt make more. It's a good lesson in humility -
and caution!
But, if you want a story about a much worse mistake to make you
feel better, here's one, with some details deliberately kept vague
to protect the innocent.
Some time back a person we will call Joe who lived in the Midwest
U.S. joined a birding e-mail list. The welcome message invited you to
submit an initial post about your favorite bird. So Joe did, and said his
favorite bird was the Siberian Blue Robin, because he had a nesting
pair (!!!) near his house.
Now, the Siberian Blue Robin isn't even in most field guides. It is,
not surprisingly, an Asian species, and there are only like 2 or 3
records of individual strays in North America, all from the Aleutian Islands.
Joe would not be talked out of his discovery, however. Finally some
local birders checked it out and found the birds to be Tree Swallows.
Oh, well - at least they were blue. ;-)
regards,
Randy
Larry
<rjp...@NOSPAMattbi.com> wrote:
>"bthache" <tha...@onlink.net> wrote:
>
>> This IS a three-toed woodpecker!!
>
>Wow - that was fast!! :-)
>
<snip>
>
>Joe would not be talked out of his discovery, however. Finally some
>local birders checked it out and found the birds to be Tree Swallows.
>Oh, well - at least they were blue. ;-)
>
>
>regards,
>Randy
three toe, four toed, black back, red back.......doesn't matter.
We're all still jealous!!
Larry Stumpf,S.Ontario,Canada
>
>
M A
>We're all still jealous!!
>Larry Stumpf,S.Ontario,Canada
Yup!!! I am jealous (but get quite excited seeing what others are seeing
as well!!) We see way too many House Sparrows here, a few Black-billed
Magpies (right now I am feeding them peanuts daily, driving my
Magpie-hating neighbour crazy! LOL!) and a precious too few House
Finches. Yesterday and today we've had a single Dark-Eyed Junco, and
every so often we see a Red-Breasted Nuthatch!!
That's pretty much for our winter birds here in our Swift Current, Sk.
yard... though last year we had many Common Redpolls hanging around
(literally! Some were even eating at the upside down niger feeders we
have up for the Pine Siskins and Goldfinches we see in the summer!!) The
Redpolls usually come every couple years... last year was a real bonus
year, with us seeing way more than usual!!
There are other birds around the city, but it depends where you live...
the older, more treed areas certainly have the most desirable Downy &
Hairy WP's, a few Purple Finches, more House Finches, a few BC Chickadees,
many more RB Nuthatches (there are also reports of a few WB Nuthatches
being seen within the City!!), and Golden-crowned Kinglets...
Unusual for this area, we had Mallards and Canada Geese, as well as a
Northern Flicker counted on our Christmas Bird Count (and a first for this
area, 4 Eurasian Collared-Doves!!)
Right now, I am looking forward to Spring, and the Spring migrations!!!
Happy Birding and may the Flocks Be With You!!
- Mary Ann, Swift Current, Sk. Canada
Home page is at: http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/dudrl/
and Host of Birds, Butterflies, and Other Critters... at:
http://worldcrossing.com/WebX?markR...@194.nvgzefy9wnH.107109@.ef3f6f4
bthache
been thinking of it as a black-backed for almost a year now! :o( Live and
learn, I guess. I was able to get really close up in my picture, enough to
see the yellow patch on the head so at least I know it's a male.
Thanks for the story about 'Joe'... I got a chuckle from it! ;o)
> I thought maybe I saw a little white up near the head on the
> first pic, but it was hard to tell.
> >