Birds
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Birds... Birding... Birdwatching...
Any favorites?
Because bird populations are very regional some species may not be viewable in all areas of the continent.
In Ontario, Canada there are thousands of species at any given time and the population changes drastically with seasonal migrations. Common urban birds like robins, chickadees, goldfinches, house finches, purple finches, juncoes, hummingbirds, downey woodpeckers and hairy woodpeckers, starlings, grackles, red winged black birds, blue jays, seagulls, crows, cat birds, cowbirds, cardinals, and morning doves are seen about most towns. Where there are streams, rivers or a body of water nearby, as in my neighbourhood (confluence of 2 rivers), you will also find; tree swallows, purple martins, hawks, great blue heron, kingfisher, cedar wax wing, owls, several species of ducks, geese, osprey, brown eagles and swans.
Any birds you dislike or perhaps misunderstand?
Birds - most people think of them as cute or pretty. Their images and songs are often used to symbolize lofty ideas, gentleness and fresh sping mornings... these are common images in most of our minds. Yet birds can demonstrate quite the opposite behaviour. Some, for instance, are carnivores and others are notorious for robbing other birds' nests - bluejays, crows and grackles are examples. This is their natural behaviour despite any of the sweet dipositions we ascribe to their world!
Birds / descendants of dinosaurs? Good thing they chose a small size!
The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario recently ran a featured display suggesting that birds are descendants of dinosaurs, that dinosaur fossils have shown some species had feathers rather than a reptilian type of skin. "You'll never look at birds the same way!" their publicity message exclaimed and they ARE correct! I'm glad evolution or grand design chose to see their size diminish to something a little more agreeable... Otherwise just imagine the mess your car will experience parked under a tree housing a few teradactyls! And airlines would need very large "bird guards" to prevent in-flight collisions!
Can you identify birds by the sound of their call? - (if anyone has audio for bird calls please do add it to this page, if possible, or a link to a file...)
Birds have distinctive calls and songs... while their song style changes with the seasons, re: mating, brood rearing, winter etc., there are some birds that are easily identified simply by sound.
(I'll be back with more on this subject later... and have hopes someone has some audio samples they can add. If we have enough interest this page can be broken out to regional areas which I'll be happy to assist with so don't be shy - let's build a fun resource that many can benefit from!)
PS: I LOVE Co-Creation! - Thank you Adam & Brian - MindSay Pages - an excellant idea!
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I haven't quite got the hang of this wiki thing yet, but I was adding some sound links and some strange code got on the page which I have no idea how to get rid of. Hope you can fix it. Sorry for the blunder. 
Two really great books for bird lovers: "Bird Brains" a book that goes into detail about the social life of birds and has the coolest photos. The other is called "The Lives of Birds" I'd post the author's names but I'm moving and I've already packed up all my books. Both have really fascinating facts and studies on birds and their behavior. One story is about a study where a person scattered seeds outside a cage and left "tools" nearby that the caged birds could grab and use in order to get the seeds close enough to the cage to eat them. The birds used a feather as a broom to sweep the seeds closer to the cage. There are other cool studies. Yeah, ok, I'm a geek, but having done wildlife rescue and raising birds of my own, these books are really fun to read.
I have 13 birds of my own - mostly finches and I can identify each one by its song. Recently when one passed away I noticed a song was missing. Only bird-freaks can relate.
Bird watchers, do u go train spottin aswell?
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