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[Mori]

Good afternoon!

Many of you have read and commented on my earlier post about our 4th grade bird watching project. We really appreciate your support.

On Friday, we saw a new bird outside our windows. It made it's third appearance today, and we were finally able to get a close enough look to identify it. We now have COMMON GRACKLES feeding on the wall ouside our room. Our birdcam has not caught a picture of yet, but we're hoping it will soon. Today we have the camera aimed at a hanging feeder, and not the wall.

This is the third year I've fed birds, and the first year we've ever seen a grackle. I can't wait to see if we will have any other new birds before the school year is over!

Our list for this year includes: House Sparrows, Chickadees, Mourning Doves, Tufted Titmice, White-breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpeckers, House Finches, Song Sparrows, Cardinals, Slate-colored Juncos, Crows, Goldfinches, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Starlings, White-throated Sparrows, Robins, Eastern Towhees, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Chipping Sparrows, Blue Jays, and Common Grackles.

[JimBob]

Congrats!

[BarnSwallow]

Nice! Keep the seed out, and if you're lucky, you might get a rose-breasted grosbeak any time soon. I always get them at my feeders here in MD for a few days in the spring.

[Mori]

Had to share! Just got a call from a landscaper who saw the article about our birding project in the local newspaper on Monday. She wants to donate some bird-attracting plants for our hillside to attract a wider variety of birds.

[dklucius]

search on the internet for trees or shrubs and flowers that attrack birds. In my area chokecherry and crabapple and elderberrys are three good ones. most any shrubs or trees also give cover for the birds and they often fly into a tree or shrub and check out the area or dart into them for cover if needed

[cabirds]

Feel free to get in touch with me : jlr /at/ cabirds.com

Professionally i design video hardware. I always have prototype hardware laying around. Getting you a dvr, four cameras, and support hardware would be trivial. Then you could get coverage across all that new landscaping!

[hawkhenries]

Had to share! Just got a call from a landscaper who saw the article about our birding project in the local newspaper on Monday. She wants to donate some bird-attracting plants for our hillside to attract a wider variety of birds.

Hmmm Do I sense a botany project begining too? Wow I'm sure you can feel the excitement of the folks here!! I certainly can...

[FarAwayEyes]

I was out birding down here in Texas and found that the Summer Tanagers were going crazy for Lantana Berries.

[RCKI]

Mori, my kindergarteners are birding too. I worked with my family on a bird and butterfly garden outside of our classroom. We have seen House Finches, House Sparrows, Killdeer, Carolina Wrens, Eastern Bluebirds, Chipping Sparrows, Starlings, Ruby Throated Hummingbirds, American Goldfinches, Northern Cardinals, Bluejays, American Crows, Barn Swallows, and American Robins at our feeders and in the schoolyard. We have also enjoyed identifying butterflies. We certified the area with National Wildlife Federation. It sounds like you have a certifiable wildlife area too.

[RCKI]

We also made Nature Jounals to record birds seen, drawings, notes, etc. Journalling has been one of my favorite activities this year. We also completed a project to see which place in the schoolyard the birds prefered to eat. We hung four birdseed and peanut butter covered bagels in four spots and checked them weekly for changes. Our fifth grade kinder pals couldn't believe we were doing a science fair project. I was amazed with the questions and discussions this project generated.