Bird Watching!

[Cobleskill]

My wing is broken!! Yeah, killdeers are cool birds. Red Wings were really early this year. Early to mid March. Barn swallows were a little late. Waiting out the storms perhaps. The pattern was earlier every year. I was getting concerned when they were late. The word is that birds are having problems.

 

[lxskllr]

I'd put stakes around killdeer nests on construction sites when they were out of the immediate construction area, but still in danger of getting squished. I don't know if that was the right thing to do or not. I never came back to find a staked nest with chicks in it, but I come and go from these places, so it's hard to monitor over short periods of time.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I had a clutch of kildeer chicks take cover behind me on the edge of a farm field years ago.

They found ample cover behind my boots.....amongst the smoking shotshells.

 

[cory]

A Vanished Bird Might Live On, or Not. The Video Is Grainy.

Scientists say they’ve compiled evidence showing that the ivory-billed woodpecker, a kind of Holy Grail for American birders, still exists.

www.nytimes.com

 

[lxskllr]

That would be super if there's still some ivory bills left. Like the article said, I've been hearing about possible sightings for a long time, but nothing definitive.

 

[Burnham]

Hope springs eternal. Chances are not good, I fear. People have been searching hard for a very long time; I find it hard to believe not one definitive photo has been made in all these years, if the ivory-billed really still exists.

 

[stig]

I bet there is one sitting next to a Bachmann's warbler, someplace.

 

[Burnham]

We can dream .