The Indigo Bunting is a beautiful bird that summers in Eastern USA. The males of this species are a bright and beautiful indigo-blue color, which I think makes up for the dull brown color of the females. Indigo Buntings also migrate overnight, using the stars as a map, as shown by a scientific experiment. (this fact is from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) These birds also have a beautiful songs. Habitat: Open Woodland Food: Insects Here are some Indigo Bunting photos: Do you have any observations of this beautiful bird you'd like to share? Well, if we get just ONE observation I'll share my observation ( ; So just fill out the form below to send us your observation! The deadline for submission is May 26th!
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One day my family went out to a lake to observe the ducks and geese that lived there. Usually we only saw Mallards and Canada Geese, but that day we saw something strange. It was an enormous goose with a bright orange bill and sleek light grayish-brown feathers. I looked through all of my bird guides, but could find the bird nowhere. I eventually resorted to looking it up on google. The bird was on wikipedia! It was the Greylag Goose! It had actually been domesticated and kept in captivity at first, but some birds escaped and managed to survive in the wild. I was thrilled when I discovered that they were rare in the wild! I then submitted my first observation of a rare bird to eBird.
The Green Heron is a beautiful bird that lives in so many different places at so many different times, we can't list them all! You can find its range in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's description of it. Anyway, the Green Heron lives near water and hunts in water. They hunt in shallow water, where they are covered by plants that grow on the bank of the marsh where they are hunting. The Green Heron will stand still until it sees a fish, when it will lunge its head into the water and grab or spear the fish with or on its bill. As we mentioned above, you can find a range map showing the Green Heron's range at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's description of it: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Green_Heron/id Here are some Green Heron photos: A big thank you goes to www.arkive.org for putting some of their wonderful photos of the Green Heron on Creative Commons for us to use them! Anyway, if you have observed a Green Heron in the wild, please submit your observation below! You may submit your observations until May 11 at 12:00am. The Purple Gallinule (GOL-in-yule) is an extremely unique water bird living in some of Southern North America, and throughout a good deal of South America. It eats many things, and frequently is seen walking on lily pads. It has long toes which prevent it from sinking as it does this. Its nest floats on the water! If you want to learn more about this bird, check out The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's description of it: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Gallinule/id Here are some Purple Gallinule photos: If you have any observations of the Purple Gallinule you'd like to share, please share them with us below and they could be featured on our blog! The deadline to submit is Wednesday, April 27th at 12:00 AM, but you can always submit observations of this or any bird on our "Watching Birds" Page! You may know these chipper little parrots as parakeets, but they're really called Budgerigars, or Budgies! But that's not the fun fact. When you go to a pet store and see the Budgie cage, packed full of colorful birds, you aren't seeing what lives in the wild. Budgies in Australia, their native home, are only green and yellow! Blue budgies and budgies of any color except Yellow-green are mutations that occurred in captivity! Basically, pet budgies that were bred had chicks that were new colors, never seen before. So next time you see a budgie, see if it's the color of its wild ancestors, or of the colorful pet Budgies! -Rose
Wow, it's been a long time since our last post! Whoopsy Daisy! Anyway, on with the post! In Winter 2013-14, my family was fortunate enough to get a beautiful visitor at our suet feeder: A Red Bellied Woodpecker! We saw it at least every week, and always looked forward to its visits. It came for a little while in Winter 2014-15, too, but then its visits came to a halt. Then, a few weeks, ago, our family was very happy to welcome back a familiar face - the woodpecker was back! A male Red-Bellied Woodpecker was eating suet in our tree! We can't be sure that it was the same bird, but a female bird of the same species came shortly after the male! It was awesome having one of our favorite birds back, and now we see them both several times a day! -Rose
We are excited to announce our team-up with DIY is beginning... NOW! Now we will share with you this week's challenge: MIMIC A BIRD CALL!Experience level: Newb To complete this challenge, simply video yourself imitating an actual bird call and post it to DIY with the hashtag #jroclub! We can't wait to see what you post, and stay tuned for our live build later this week!
We're excited to announce a team up with Diy.org beginning January 2016! DIY is the best way for kids to get skills, meet others who share the same passions, and generally be awesome. Every member has their own portfolio where they share what they make and do, and earn embroidered skill patches for completing sets of challenges. The big idea is that anyone can become anything just by trying. And it's free to join us. Hundreds of thousands of members, families and educators already have! Kids can join our website or download the DIY App to get started. Anyway, we'll be working together as an online group to master the Ornithologist skill by completing a challenge every week. We'll have live builds, where you can ask questions and share tips in the comments of a post of ours on DIY. Our DIY account is called "Jr Ornithologists," and all of your projects for the club will be united with the hashtag #jroclub in their titles. Stay tuned for the first challenge, and sign up below! |
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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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