#alder flycatcher

[jadafitch]

Another dream job! Illustrating an article by Kenn Kaufman for National Audubon Society , about identifying flycatchers and knowing their favorite foods. Find out when and where to find midges, mayflies, termites, tent caterpillars and cicadas, in this spring’s issue of Audubon Magazine.

[scottpartridge]

Day 16 of #feathruary2024 is #Marsh or #Swamp and I selected the #AlderFlycatcher

The background pattern is meant to suggest a sonograph of the bird's freeBEER call. Also pictured, an #AmericanCopper#Butterfly

@feathruary is a #birdartchallenge hosted by Missy @projectparlor and Michell @mischievousredfox and features a different bird-related art prompt each day which is open to interpretation. #birdart#feathruary

[kates-photography]

Alder flycatcher!

[justvisitingthisplanet]

(7/2/24)

[reasonsforhope]

"Thousands of trees have been planted by volunteers as part of a new temperate rainforest in south Devon.

More than 2,500 native trees have been planted so far this winter at Devon Wildlife Trust's Bowden Pillars site near Totnes.

The charity said as well as storing carbon, temperate rainforests supported "a super-abundance" of wildlife.

The trust is transforming 30 hectares (75 acres) of sheep-grazed fields into a landscape with 70% tree cover and open glades and wildflower-rich meadows.

The charity said more than a 100 local people planted species including oak, rowan, alder, hazel, birch, willow and holly.

Nick Biggs, an 83-year-old volunteer, said he got involved with the project after being inspired by his apprenticeship with the Forestry Commission in 1958.

"That introduced me to the environment," he said.

"I was really keen to carry on with it and it's good for your fitness just to get out and do something."

The trust said in decades to come the new trees would form a temperate rainforest with high rainfall and humidity.

Helen Aldis from Moor Trees, which supplied some of the saplings, said many had been gathered locally.

She said: "The oak that's going in today is from acorns that we've gathered on Dartmoor that have come back to our tree nursery.

"Our volunteers process those, pop them into the root trainers and then they come out a year or two later to become the woodlands of the future."

'Incredibly rare habitat'

The trust said the damp woodlands used to cover large parts of Britain, but today amount to just 1% of its land area.

Project leader Claire Inglis said: "It's an incredibly rare habitat and we've lost a great deal of it over the years.

"Across the UK there is around 13% woodland cover but in Devon it's actually 11%, so it's lower than the national average."

The trust said the forests supported a variety of birds such as pied flycatchers, woodcock and redstarts, while the damp conditions meant mosses, liverworts, lichens, ferns and fungi thrived on the trees and forest floor.

Ms Inglis added: "The mix of young trees in amongst grass pastures and hedges, along with our commitment not to use pesticides and artificial fertilisers, will be better for local moths, butterflies and bees, along with farmland birds such as yellowhammers and barn owls."

The trust said 7,000 trees would be planted in the first winter with more planned in the future."

-via BBC, January 30, 2025

[whatsthebird]

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Date: July

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[pickerelstripe]

[CM] Birds - Biyaw 2

Our final bird post! At least until I inevitably find some Maine birding guide that introduces a new species, haha. Today’s the second half of the biyaw* list, birds that are common and easily hunted. 

Below are translations for sparrows, vireos, and a whole lot more.

Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) - Chochocho Streaky brown-and-cream bird. Present in summer and fall. Feed on insects, snails, fish, and salamanders. Known for foraging along watersides in the bog.

Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) - Wupwiurr Brown-and-white thrush with a spotted chest and belly. Present in summer. Feed on insects and berries.

Veery (Catharus fuscescens) - Veerr Brown-and-white thrush, similar to a wood thrush but unspotted. Present in summer. Feed on insects and berries. 

Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) - Hipchee Brownish sparrow with heavy streaking and red stripes on the head. Present year-round. Feed mostly on insects and seeds. 

Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) - Sees Brown sparrow with an unpatterned belly. Present year-round but most abundant in spring, summer, and fall. Feed mostly on insects. 

White-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus) - Pikchikawee Gray-and-yellow vireo with white eyes. Present sparingly in summer and fall. Feed on insects and berries. The word pikchikawee is derived from a mnemonic I saw for white-eyed vireo calls!

Yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons) - Ee’earp Mostly gray bird with a yellow-olive head and white underparts. Present sparingly in summer. Feed on insects, fruit, and seeds.

Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus) - Wiuwiu Dull gray bird with a slightly lighter belly. Present in summer and early fall. Feed mostly on insects, but eat berries as well.

Blue-headed vireo (Vireo solitarius) - Wee’rip White-and-olive bird with a blue-gray head and white eye rings. Present in summer and fall. Feed on insects and small fruit.

Marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) - Pich Little chocolate-brown bird with a distinct body shape, often seen perched while bobbing its tail. Present year-round but most abundant in summer. Feed mostly on insects.

Alder flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) - Rebeer Grayish-brown and white flycatcher with a small head crest. Present in summer. Feed on insects - can be seen flycatching, darting off a branch to catch bugs mid-air! 

Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) - Weebee Small flycatcher with a dark brownish-gray back and white underparts. Present year-round but most abundant in summer and fall. Feed on insects and berries.

Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) - Wikbwip Small heron with brown-and-cream streaking and a long striped beak. Present in spring and summer, sometimes seen in fall. Feed on fish, frogs, insects, and other aquatic life. Bitterns have some unique nicknames - my favorite is “mire-drum”.

[birdingblog]

My life list!

This post will serve as a log of bird species that I have seen. List of birds is under the cut.

Total bird species: 130

Canada goose

Cackling goose

Trumpeter swan

Mallard

Redhead

Common goldeneye

Bufflehead

Hooded merganser

Common merganser

Ruddy duck

Wood duck

Greater Scaup

Common loon

Double-crested cormorant

Pied-billed grebe

Ring-billed gull

Killdeer

Sandhill crane

Great egret

Great blue heron

Green heron

American coot

Turkey

Ruffed grouse

Ring-necked pheasant

Rock pigeon/feral pigeon

Mourning dove

Turkey vulture

Osprey

Bald eagle

Red-tailed hawk

Broad-winged hawk

Sharp-shinned hawk

Cooper's hawk

Rough-legged hawk

Merlin

American kestrel

Northern harrier

Peregrine falcon

Barred owl

Common nighthawk

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Belted kingfisher

Chimney swift

Barn swallow

Tree swallow

Black-billed cuckoo

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Red-headed woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker

Downy woodpecker

Hairy woodpecker

Pileated woodpecker

Northern flicker

Blue jay

American crow

Common raven

Eastern phoebe

Eastern kingbird

Eastern wood-pewee

Great crested flycatcher

Least flycatcher

Alder flycatcher

Gray catbird

Brown thrasher

Eastern bluebird

Veery

Swainson's thrush

Hermit thrush

American robin

Wood thrush

Cedar waxwing

Black-capped chickadee

Red-breasted nuthatch

White-breasted nuthatch

Brown creeper

House wren

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Golden-crowned kinglet

Yellow-throated vireo

Warbling vireo

Red-eyed vireo

Ovenbird

Northern waterthrush

Black-and-white warbler

Yellow-rumped warbler

Magnolia warbler

Mourning warbler

Nashville warbler

Yellow warbler

Canada warbler

Black-throated green warbler

Blackpoll warbler

Chestnut-sided warbler

Pine warbler

Palm warbler

Tennessee warbler

Common yellowthroat

American redstart

Horned mark

Lapland longspur

Snow bunting

Chipping sparrow

Clay-colored sparrow

Song sparrow

Swamp sparrow

House sparrow

Fox sparrow

Harris's sparrow

White-throated sparrow

White-crowned sparrow

American tree sparrow

Dark-eyed junco

House finch

Purple finch

American goldfinch

Common redpoll

Pine siskin

White-winged crossbill

Indigo bunting

Northern cardinal

Rose-breasted grosbeak

Baltimore oriole

Red-winged blackbird

Rusty blackbird

Brown-headed cowbird

Eurasian blackbird/Common blackbird

Common grackle

European starling

[natandacat]

Also i saw an immature goldeneye from really close and my first loons. Also alder flycatcher nest

[dickmansfield]

Morning walk along river

After yesterday’s encounter with the Great Egret, I vowed to carry my camera every jaunt. Here are a few shots from this morning, when mosquitos seem to outnumber birds. The Great Blue Heron was on patrol again. This Alder Flycatcher was singing instead of bug-catching. I probably saw these geese as youngsters earlier in the summer. These young mergansers have been cruising since the…

[bestbackroads]

Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) May 2023 NY & VT US #alderflycatcher #flycatcher #bestbackroad #bestbackroads #natgeoyourshots #natgeo100contest #natgeo #rutlandcountyvt #washingtoncountyny #whitehallny #wildphotography #naturephotography #adventurephotography #wildlifephotography — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/NcHUQVs

[snailkites]

#319 Alder Flycatcher on June 19

#320 Least Bittern on June 29

#321 Stilt Sandpiper, #322 Franklin's Gull, #323 Long-billed Dowitcher together on a flooded sod farm on August 9

Only need 3 species to tie for #100, 4 to definitely place...

4 weeks until I move!

I so desperately want to break into the VA Top 100 eBirders before I move again... I only need 7 more species... Unfortunately most of those are shorebirds I missed this spring, shorebirds I don't want to drive to Chincoteague for, or rarities I don't want to drop everything and hustle for. So you can see my dilemma

[thechildrensmuseum]

April 26th is John James Audubon’s birthday. Audubon was best known for his book The Birds of America, which contains 435 hand-colored prints of bird species. These three prints from our 1960 edition depict the painted bunting, the rufous hummingbird, and the alder flycatcher.

[imgayalso-ouch]

Since I’m quarantined for another week, I started drawing for the first time in a few years and decided to start with birds

In order: blue jay, alder flycatcher, mourning dove, Canadian goose

I’ve never really drawn, so if anyone has tips or advice on what I could do better, it would be super helpful if you would comment any suggestions you have lol thank u

(And I know my blue jay’s face looks wonky for some reason and my flycatcher is just not very good but that’s okay lol)

[birbmania]

Alder flycatcher . . . Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware . . . 7/30/19

[crazycatladysims]

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[[ transcript & bonus ✨ below ]]

eliza: Bob, you won't beli ...

bob: not now, Eliza

eliza: but it's im ... not now!

iggy: going to check him ... you know how send the coupon, right? by email?

[ eliza nods ]

eliza: he could have at least changed his clothes *sigh *

becca: this damn bizarre place ... oh, hey Bob!

bob: Becca.

[ Becca observes ]

becca: soooo how is the sky today:

bob: full of Alders.

iggy: is today the day you're going to tell me about this bird code of yours?

becca: don't think so kid, but can give you a ride to school before heading to Winderburg PD. what do you say?

iggy: OMG please! one less day using the bus ...

just need to grab my backpack. and say goodbye to aiko.

could we give Jacob a ride too?

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BONUS

aubrey 🥺🥺🥺

maybe a treat more for me than for you guys because it's me that's dying of cutness