The house finch is a small brown bird that lives throughout most of Eastern and Western United States. A group a these birds was brought in the 1940's from the Western United States to the Eastern United States. They are now common all throughout the Eastern part of the United States, and a common sight at bird feeders. Females of this species are entirely brown, whereas males have a red head. If you want to learn more about this bird, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's description of it: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Finch/id Here are some House Finch photos: As always, you can submit your observation of the bird that was spotlighted this week below for it to possibly be featured on our blog! Just fill out the form below. The deadline for entries is October 6th. - Submissions are now closed. -
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Hi, everyone! Rose here with this week's Birder Tip! Start feeding birds just around this time of year. In early Fall, birds' natural resources (insects, berries, wild seeds, etc.) become more scarce, so birds will come to man provided feeders more often! This doesn't mean that birds won't survive without feeders, though. Studies show that man provided food actually makes up a fairly small part of a typical bird's diet. -Rose
Hi, Rose here, and I would like to tell you about some updates! Each page now has a tall header, showing you more of our upper background pic. Also, our site has a new upper background pic! Just thought you might like knowing about these tweaks!
-Rose LAST WEEK'S BIRD WAS: The Peregrine Falcon! No one sent it in, unfortunately! Hello and welcome to our post series, What Bird! Every Saturday, an image of a bird is posted, and you have the opportunity to send in your best guess about what the bird is by choosing from four options! Here are the rules: 1. Do not search google for the image. 2. Use only allaboutbirds.org or any bird field guide to identify the bird. 3. Have Fun! Submissions are now closed.
Hi, everyone! Rose here! Me and Jill love hearing from all of you, but, as of late, you have all been very quiet... So please send us an observation, give us tips for improving our site, or even just comment on one of our posts! Thank you to the few of you who have sent in things. Our comments are totally safe, and bullying won't be tolerated in them, as we will check every comment we receive once we start getting them.
-Rose This week's Battle of the birds pair is the Ruddy Duck vs. the Pileated Woodpecker. Poll below on your favorite bird, and we'll give you a new pair next week!
The Blue Jay is a beautiful and noisy bird that lives all throughout the Eastern and Central parts of America. It hoards nuts and seeds for the Winter, carrying them around in it's throat pouch until it finds a good place to store it's food. Blue Jays are very intelligent, being closely related to crows, and mimic hawk calls to scare other birds away from a food source so that it can have all the food to itself. Male and Female Blue Jays look the same. Here are some Blue Jay pics: Submissions for bird observations are now closed here!
Hi! Rose here, bringing you this week's Birder Tip! Here it is: To keep birds from flying into your windows and injuring themselves, simply tape a hawk silhouette to your window. Birds will stay away from the window, being convinced that their is a hawk nearby. Birds attack windows because they see their reflections and think that there is another bird. Small birds will not attack a hawk, though, because they know that it is a dangerous bird to them. Here is a hawk silhouette you can print, cut out, and tape to your window: http://www.birdsandblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hawk.pdf -Rose Image credit: http://www.birdsandblooms.com/blog/stop-birds-from-flying-into-windows/
Submissions are now closed here! LAST WEEK'S BIRD WAS:
The Ruddy Duck, sent in by xFirehawk and Little Dalek! Hello and welcome to our post series, What Bird! Every Saturday, an image of a bird is posted, and you have the opportunity to send in your best guess about what the bird is! Here are the rules: 1. Do not search google for the image. 2. Use only allaboutbirds.org or bird field guides to identify the bird. 3. Have Fun! Here is this week's bird: Hi! Rose here, with a question for you: What birds should be in our guide? We have quite a few birds in it, but it is still incomplete. Below, send us a bird or list of birds that should be in our guide! |
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About RoseI am Rose, a 12 year old birdwatcher and the founder of Junior Ornithologists! I REALLY love birds and have since I was five years old. I also know a lot about birds and, through this website, I hope to share my knowledge with you! About JillHi! I'm Jill, and I like birds just as much as Rose does. The first word I learned to say was bird! My favorite birds are perigrine falcons and snowy owls. I can't wait to share information about birds with everyone!
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