Friday 30 October 2015

Feathers On Friday (FOF)

Since I didn't have the chance to post in my old blog, any of the bird pics from Ontario I'll do so now.
Preparing to eat. (Ruby-Throated Hummingbird)

I scared this bird onto a higher perch. (Northern Flicker)
This bird hit my aunt's window. (Immature Song Sparrow)

Starting to Feed. (Ruby-Throated Hummingbird)

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Weekly What Bird Wednesday (W.W.B.W.)

Weekly What Bird Wednesday (W.W.B.W.)
This is my first weekly what bird Wednesday post.
(If there aren't at least two comments below then this post will stay until there are.)

Monday 26 October 2015

Bird Of the Week - Pileated Woodpecker

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Pileated Woodpecker

(Dryocopus pileatus)

Maybe you've seen one maybe you haven't. But if you have, you have agree that it is quite an amusing bird and is the largest (known) woodpecker in North America, nearly the size of a crow!

If you want see one or, if you want to see one again, your best bet is to check out the forests which spread from the Rockies into Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan, into most of Manitoba and Ontario, southern Quebec and nearby the shores of the Pacific Ocean all the way down to Florida. But Pileated Woodpecker's also appear in sub-urban areas, provided that you have enough trees. So if you live on the sub-urban prairies, don't expect to sport one.


Facts

Wingspan: 66-75 cm (26-30 inches)
Length: 40-49 cm (16-19 inches)
Weight: 250-350 g (8.8-12.3 oz)
Food: Omnivore. According to scientists studies, 40-97% of their diet consists of carpenter ants. They will occasionally visit bird feeders for suet/seed.
Habitat: Large dead trees in coniferous, pine or mixed forests. Seen in suburbs in the East.







Thursday 22 October 2015

Tabs

Now added, I have four tabs at the top of the blog labelled home, bird log, life list, and 2015 Year list.
The home tab will lead you to the blog's home page and the bird log will give you what birds I saw on a particular date. My life lists has all the birds I've seen in my life and the 2015 Year List is what birds I saw this year.

Wednesday 21 October 2015

Hi

Hello a bird fans and lovers. I am slightly experienced in this blog making business from my old conjoining blog with one of my bird friends (JC Birds+) but this is the only one I've done on my own so I'm excited to see what will happen in future.

There will (almost) every week, be four different posts and can be found in the 4 Feathers page (hence my name). These weekly posts will include Weekly What Bird Wednesday (WWBW), Feathers On Friday (FOF), Bird Of The Week (BOTW) (which will be posted on Monday's), and Tuesday's Tips (TT).

For WWBW, I will provide you with a picture of a hidden or hard to identify bird and you will give your answers in the comments below the post. Feathers of Friday will just have photos of what I've been seeing this past week bird wise. Bird of the Week will be posted with (nearly) all the facts that you could possibly know about the bird. Tuesday's Tips, hence its name, will give you tips on multiple birding topics; hot spots, techniques, feeding, breeding, etc.

If I can (hopefully) get enough followers/viewers I would love to start contests.

P.S. I may not get all four feathers done regularly for the first couple weeks since I need to get the hang of handling a blog on my own.

~ Colin van Delden