Birds you see while hiking

“whike hiking this weekend, i saw two different kinds of birds. I would love to know what they were.


first one was very small. smaller then a finch. slighty yellow underbellie and green wings.

second one was jet black. much bigger then a finch but it had a yellow (i think it was yellow)streak on its wings.

they both were very cool.


ps, Must Hike if you see this, was the blackbirds streak yellow or red?”

“Check out www.enature.com. You can probably find the answers you seek there, young grasshopper.”

“great website. i forgot about that one.
great, so much for working. will spend half the day searching.

LOL thanks artex!”

“did it look like this: ”

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yes I think that might be it. but i cant remember what the color was on the wing. i am sure it was red. thanks”

“You and the birds, lady!”

“Damn birds.”

“THe little ones might be gold finches.

They are tiny and flit about the bushes doing what ever gold finches do.”

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hmm might be. that is a good likeness. little buggers would not stay still so i could take a pic of them
noisy little things”

“the stripes on a red winged blackbird are both yellow and red - red best seen in flight although it can be seen while perching”

“Red Winged Blackbirds that is what they were.”

“thank you Mike #2”

“Green?

Maybe they were hung over.”

“two different birds Marko”

“OK, then, the KooKoo birds were hung over.”

“more like the DoDo”

“Mapleleaf your going to be misleading ynamiynami with this thread title.”

“Yes indeed, ynami may think he's going to read about Ruby Troated Hummers or Larged Breasted Platers.”

“no tallywhackers?”

“Mapes..tell the story about getting goosed at lake Sebago!! LMAO..are they technically birds?”

“LOL Damn Birds.

there was only one, then two. they were not very nice. bend over and they would have gotten a chunk out of your butt!”

“Rancid had his own system of ornithological classification.
There were three basic groups of birds:little birds,medium sized birds and big birds.A few birds were referred to by their common names:ducks,doves,pheasants and iggles.Rancids system of ornithology worked just as well on identifying rarer birds.

"Whats that bird?" I would ask Rancid.
"Thet thar is what ya calls yer little black-and-white bird with a red head."he would tell me authoritatively.I never ceased to marvel at how Rancid knew all the different kinds of birds.Just by looking at them you could tell he knew what he was talking about.

From:Further Teachings of Rancid Crabtree in A fine and Pleasant Misery.by:Patric F Mcmanus”

“lol - I have enough bird troubles of my own at the moment. Identifying them isn't one.”

“well it was not hiking but kayaking, it has taken a couple of years but I finilly got a pic of a Bald Eagle.


Bald Eagle”

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“Try again, Maple!”

“sorry

Bald Eagle”

“That is so cool!!!”

“Maybe its because I hike slow.

Maybe its because of the way my left foot sorta drags.

Maybe it because I stoop a lot,

but I always get 3 or 4 vultures circling around me as I hike.

Why is that ?? (j/k) :^)”

“White-tailed Kite I think.
pic”

“kite or a seagull?

haha”

“It defiantly was no seagull (they don’t screech like this thing did), though you really can't tell with that picture. The bird(s) (there were two of them flying around the summit) looked almost like an Osprey but not quite and they were smaller.”

“Treebeard, you got it,

I was just taking a short break to get my second wind (as in breath, not an Artex reference).”

“Funny you mention seeing a bald eagle - I just saw one THIS MORNING sitting in a tree along the Cedar River. It was no more than 20 yards from me, just watching the river (and prolly looking for a salmon!)”

“We are blessed with many
birds in Tennessee. I enjoy
hearing the vocalizations of
the Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
They are pretty birds and not
often seen. I have for several
summers observed a pair of
Orchard Orioles. Their nest
is a delight to find. What a
unique construction!”

“That's a nice picture of an eagle Mapleleaf.”

“LOL @ manuka! Hey, how you doing, man?

ML - congrats on the sighting and the photograph! I know you must have been stoked. Neat!”

“scan down for sandhill cranes, pelicans, osprey and swans..
birds and other wildlife”

“hawks, mexican jays, steller jays, little song birds that I can't see very well in the brush, woodpeckers, roadrunners. They've released some turkeys in the Sandias, that would be cool to see.”

“I forgot to mention that there were a couple good turkey shots in those photos I posted above..”

“I've seen one Oriole in the Baltimore area.

And I don't mean the baseballers.”

“saw an indigo bunting....what a beautiful bird and what a stunning contrast to the green of the forest....”

“Birds you see while hiking....


I saw mapleleef and Scorchie”

“We saw a scarlet tanager about 3 years ago in Otter Creek Wilderness. Brilliant red.”

“they are very cool birds JO. we saw (i am almsot positve it was that) one about a month ago in our yard”

“How graceful are they when they fly, Mark-O?”