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re: Song birds
Posted on 6/9/20 at 3:59 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
Posted on 6/9/20 at 3:59 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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I saw a Summer Tanager yesterday and it is the second I've seen in my life. I don't know if they are rare here
They are fairly common in East Texas but not nearly as easy to see as something like a Cardinal which is what I always assumed they were. When I started birding about a decade ago I saw them in the book and didn't realize that the bird even existed. They have a pretty distinct call and if you learn it you'll see that they are around a lot of the time in wooded areas. Cool bird, there are good numbers of them in Central and South America too, along with tons of other Tanager species. We only have a few Tanagers in the States (mostly Summer, Scarlet, and Western).
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Posted on 6/9/20 at 5:16 pm to Tigris
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They are fairly common in East Texas
Yes. East Texas is in their usual range. The bird I saw was a red to orange to yellow coloration on the bottom. It was mockingbird to thrasher sized. I didn't have a clue but my wife finally found a picture of a ST undergoing coloration change. But what sealed it was the chirping call on the Audubon website which was exactly the call we heard. I heard it agin today and the birds were in the same area and I could hear calling in the woods across the street. So I suspect they are more common than I perceive and that is what you are saying. But I'd never seen them in my life till I moved here.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 5:30 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
I think another pair of warblers have made a nest where the others recently left
Is that normal?
Is that normal?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 5:56 pm to LSUJML
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I think another pair of warblers have made a nest where the others recently left
Is that normal?
I don't know the actual answer but I'd guess it's the same pair. We have a pair of Phoebe's that raise two clutches in the same nest each year. Every summer they raise two broods and have done so for four years.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 6:44 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
Agree with Dillo. All the nests I have seen/watched had two clutches during the summer.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 7:08 pm to Outdoorreb
Awesome, thanks!
Posted on 6/17/20 at 4:51 pm to LSUJML
2 babies fell out the nest
Can I do anything? Really cannot put them back in nest
Can I do anything? Really cannot put them back in nest
Posted on 6/17/20 at 10:27 pm to LSUJML
Why can't you put it back? If the nest is in bad shape sometimes you can rug a support, like a yogurt cup or basket or something and put the nest in it. Baby has no chance at that age outside of the nest.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 10:59 pm to shell01
It’s in a bird house
I gently scooped them in a spoon & put them back in nest via hole in bird house
I cannot see in so I really hope I didn’t hurt them
The parents came back shortly after
I have no clue how they got out
I gently scooped them in a spoon & put them back in nest via hole in bird house
I cannot see in so I really hope I didn’t hurt them
The parents came back shortly after
I have no clue how they got out
Posted on 7/12/21 at 7:36 pm to LSUJML
Just discovered a painted bunting’s nest in the oak tree in my yard. There must be a couple nests. I just saw two males in the same tree and several females at the same time.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:22 pm to Outdoorreb
Quick question: do the first batch of young help raise the next batch? That would explain why there are so many painted bunting going in that one tree.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 6:27 am to Outdoorreb
It would be very uncharacteristic of a male painted bunting to allow another male in his breeding territory. They are very territorial. A male can have multiple mates however, and each female can have multiple clutches a year, so seeing a handful of female-like (green) ones would make sense.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 8:29 am to shell01
Yea, I agree. I saw at least 2 males(sitting in the same tree at the same time) and a several females at the same time. That’s why I asked about the first clutches helping on the second. That would make sense why I thought I saw so many females. The 2 fully plumed males is what makes me think there are a couple nests. Unless, they started a distress call like some birds do, and then a bunch of the same species come to help. I was trying to show the wife because she had never seen one so we were standing within 10 yards of the nest. The nest is roughly 10’ off the ground right above my driveway.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:43 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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The bird I saw was a red to orange to yellow coloration on the bottom.
Summer Tanager's are really cool looking when they are in that immature plumage.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 10:06 am to UPT
Just saw a buzzard eatin a possum
Posted on 7/13/21 at 11:27 am to shell01
I get all the local and migrant birds, tanagers, orioles. (orchid) grosbeaks, yellow rump warblers, wood peckers, four kinds, finches, nuthatches, cardinals, blue jays, doves, buntings, paint and indigo, painted are rare to see but I have a spot on the road where they live but hard to spot. Flycatchers and King birds are common.
Blue Birds are rare now after the freeze.
Blue Birds are rare now after the freeze.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 11:35 am to BIG Texan
I have 4 white winged doves that visit my bird feeders for the last two years. I guess they’re the same gender because they aren’t multiplying.
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