Birdbound

Second Time At The Coast

JM — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:10:07 +0000

Three days ago we went back down to the coast after stopping at the farms where they have been seeing the Kites. After we got to the coast we went to play in the water before we started bird watching. When we went to the first birding spot we saw a Black Skimmer and a couple other birds including a Marbled Godwit. After that spot we went to Gould’s Inlet and we saw at least 50 Royal Terns, a couple Willets, 4 Great Blacked Gulls.

First Time At The Coast

JM — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:29:33 +0000

Yesterday, we went down to Glennville, Georgia to see some Swallow Tailed Kites on their migratory path to South America. We got to see some Swallow Tailed and Mississippi Kites feeding on June Bugs. After we were done looking at those we went down to the coast. We got to see some Brown Pelicans, Wood Storks, a whole bunch of Great Egrets, and a couple Bonaparte and Laughing Gulls.

Dragonflies And Birds

JM — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:08:40 +0000

Day before yesterday we went to a dragonfly trip to the Newman Wetland Center with Giff Beaton to see dragonflies. We got to see a whole bunch of dragonflies and damselflies. When we were done there we went to the Huie Ponds to see some birds and we saw more Egrets in one pond than we did in the entire Eufala trip. We also saw some Killdeer, a Sanderling, a Green Heron, an Osprey, a Little Blue Heron and a Great Blue Heron.

Penguins

JM — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:56:18 +0000

Penguins are one of the few species of birds that can survive in extremely cold weather and water.

Penguins have feathers and penguins have knees. Not all penguins live at the South Pole, there are two species of penguins that live in different places.

The first is the African Penguin which lives in South Africa, the second is the Little Blue Penguin that lives at the North Pole.

If you want to see some penguin videos go to www.calacademy.org

There are a lot of species of Penguins some of them are King Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin, Adelie Penguin, and many more.

Monastery Of The Holy Spirit

JM — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:08:06 +0000

Yesterday we went to The Monastery Of The Holy Spirit on a field trip with the camera club. We got some pretty good pictures, we got to see the inside of the monastery, a bonsai garden and a whole bunch of other stuff too. When we were done there, we went to the Huie ponds to see some birds. We saw 11 Great Egrets, 9 Great Blue Herons, a couple assorted blackbirds, some Killdeer, and other birds. If you want to view the pictures go to flickr.com/photos/bboys3.

Caspian Terns

JM — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:20:36 +0000

Today we went to Carters Lake to see some Caspian Terns that flew in at 6:00 the previous night. When we got to Carters Lake the next morning we didn’t see the Terns but we did see 1 Northern Parula, 2 Bald Eagles, 1 Indigo Bunting, 1 Blue Gray Gnatcatcher, over 15 Red Winged Blackbirds, a couple geese, Killdeer with baby’s, at least 18 Great Blue Herons, over 30 assorted swallows, and we heard at least one Lark Sparrow.

Snowy Egret At The E.L Hue Ponds

JM — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:20:19 +0000

2 Days ago we went to the Hue Ponds to see a Snowy Egret and Little Blue Heron. When we got there and we turned a corner we saw the Snowy Egret. After awhile we saw a couple things but we never did see the Little Blue Heron. We did see a couple Green Herons, 3 Great Blue Herons, some Red Winged Blackbirds, and an Osprey.

BP Oil Spill Spreading In The Gulf

JM — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:09:24 +0000

On April 20 the BP oil spill started and so far it has leaked 40,000,000 to 130,000,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf and it is now getting caught in a current that will suck it around Florida, along the Georgia and South/North Carolina coasts and out into the Atlantic toward Europe.

There has been one try to seal it but it failed. The government can’t expect to clean it up if they wont let people like Kevin Costner who has the technology to clean it up, help.

They are even confiscating cameras, and about 2 weeks ago Obama said that he and his team where “helping clean up the oil from the coast of Mississippi” then a few days later a news report came through saying that they are just now seeing tar balls on the coast, its almost like he wants the oil spill to happen.

Mergansers And Ruddy Ducks

JM — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:11:42 +0000

Size: 13 to 25 inches

Identification Parts 1-5

Part 1

Mergansers are long, low slung ducks with long thin beaks made for catching prey.

Part 2

Both the Ruddy Duck and The Mergansers live widespread through Georgia mostly roosting at lakes, ponds and marshes.

Part 3

Mergansers mostly eat fish, crustaceans and insects. Ruddy Ducks eat mostly larva.

Part 4
Sounds:

Ruddy Ducks make a few vocal sounds. and Mergansers are mostly silent except for courtship.

Part 5

Both the Ruddy Ducks and Mergansers live hear in winter migration.

Hooded Mergansers In May

JM — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:09:48 +0000

Yesterday we went up to the Huie Ponds to see some birds and we saw 7 Common Moorhen, 3 Double Crested Cormorants, 5 Barn Swallows, 1 Northern Rough Winged Swallow, 3 Purple Martins, 4 Tree Swallows, 2 Green Herons, 13 Mallards, 9 Red Winged Blackbirds, 32 assorted Sandpipers, 7 Fish Crows, 4 American Crows, 1 Pied Billed Grebe witch is also out of season, 5 Rock Pigeons, 1 Morning Dove, 18 European Starlings, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 4 Bank Swallows, 3 Chimney Swift, 3 Eastern Bluebird, 1 Ring Necked Duck witch again is out of season, 3 Killdeer, 2 Brown Thrashers, 17 Canada Geese, 3 Indigo Bunting, 3 Song Sparrows, 2 Chipping Sparrow, 8 Northern Mockingbirds, 1 Osprey, and 2 Eastern Kingbird.