Introduce Yourself

Yellow

dablukake — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:20:17 GMT

Barry from Southwest Florida here

Hello from Japan via Australia.

desikawa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:29:02 GMT

Hi there. I'm a 31 year old Australian but I live in Japan with my husband. I've been into birdwatching for about 18 months - very amateur. Still pretty clueless about most things but learning slowly! I stumbled across this forum and look forward to chatting to and learning from those more experienced.

Introducing me

Luc — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:55:24 GMT

Hi all,

I am new to this site.

I am from Quebec, Canada.

I watch birds since 20 years but I have still a lot to learn as you will see.

My english is not good so I try to communicate with you all by short sentences.

Regards,

Luc

Greetings from SW MI...

aegraham — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:18:06 GMT

...(Kalamazoo to be exact)

I'm still fairly new to the "sport", however my wife has a few years birding and banding under her belt. Very glad to find a site that mixes my "geek tendencies" with her passion.

Cheers!

Hello from Santa Rosa, CA

greypaper — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:17:41 GMT

I've been in the ID forum for awhile now and thought I would hop down here and say hello, maybe meet some new friends.

I'm originally from Atlantic Canada, but moved here when I married my husband. I'm 27 now, and I'm not entirely sure how that happened. ;)

I go for a walk around the block every day for my health and take pictures of the birds I see. Periodically I go on a trip, or visit a new location for the day and get a new bird. I like to collect photos of them and keep a running count.

Since I've been moving fairly frequently since I got out of college, especially from one coast to the other, I'm left with a rather diminished social circle. I would love to have some other folks who might like to go for walks to see birds.

Besides my amateur photography (which is mostly used for getting and confirming IDs) I also do digital illustration and animation as a profession.

Not sure what else to say. So hello!

Cindy

New Here! Where do I post a photo to identify a bird?

Oil_Painter — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:20:24 GMT

Hello Everybody!

I am new here! I'm an oil painter living in Nashville, TN specialize in backyard bird paintings. I like to identify each bird that I'm about to paint on canvas... where do I go on this website to upload a photo to get help for identification?

I'll eventually figure out how to upload some of my paintings into a Gallery on this site (I see that members have this option.) But for now, I need to meet a painting deadline for a realism exhibition and would like to identify this little guy I'm about to paint.

Can someone post a link for me? I ran across one before becoming a member... now I can't find it.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Camille Engel (a.k.a. Oil_Painter)

Hi from NY!

andrewmoquin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:04:22 GMT

Hello everyone! My name is Andy and I live in Buffalo, NY. I do not currently have any birds however I have done my share in the raising of several types of birds while growing up. I have hand raised Love Birds, Cockatiels, Quaker parrots and Sun Conures. Unfortunately they were my mother's pride and joys so I left home without birds about 15yrs ago. I am about to embark on a new journey with the purchase of a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo! I am so excited that I can hardly handle myself. lol I have been doing my homework and I was looking at the lists of non-toxic plants/trees so that I can plan ahead. I ran across a thread somewhere talking about someone planting Sea Grape bushes for her birds. I was wondering if anyone knew whether or not they were considered safe? I am unable to find them on either the safe or non-safe lists. I did look up to find out that they are safe for human consumption and that wild birds are said to eat the "grapes" off of them. Thank you so much!

“The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings”

Introduction

kurt — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:15:21 GMT

Hi I just joined and know nothing about bird ID, so except a lot of what is this. I farm in South East Iowa and take lots of photos. I started in 73, did school, portraits, weddings and other commercial shots, now I just shoot for myself. I’m not good at spelling or grammar so expect a lot of misspelled words, the spell checkers should have a field day with me.

Hello from So Cal need help with ID for yellow bird

janice encinitas — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:56:27 GMT

I have mom and dad feeding 4 babies in a small nest which they have woven into the underside of a banana leaf

Its yellow and looks maybe like an oreole?? Dont know how to use this site to ID it

help appreciated

Hello from VA

chinupcheerup — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:03:42 GMT

Hi all,

I'm from central VA, and I love birds of prey, vultures in general. I have a HUGE colony of black/turkey vultures that winter in my front/backyard, and I love watching them interact with each other. The same individuals spend most of the summer on the town water tower and across the street, so I see them year round and can identify some by markings on thier wings.

Thats about all I have, I look forward to learning from all y'all here!

Hello From Texas

dfel25r — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:11:07 GMT

Have my humming bird feeders up since March, and a couple of Orioles has been feeding of it, of course the hummers don't like it. I had never seen these type of birds in SouthWest Texas before.

Hello from Illinois

explorer514 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:09:53 GMT

Hi everyone

I found this site while trying to ID a bird I saw today and thought I'll give it a try.

I mostly just get a few photos of whatever I find while out walking with my dog near the river.

Have seen some really awesome birds and managed to get some pictures.

Anyhow, just saying 'howdy' and will be posting the picture of the one I can't quite ID as soon as I figure out where to post it!

Hello from Northern BC, Canada

missniff — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:52:16 GMT

Have loved watching birds for years, used to be an avid bird watcher while I lived in the Vancouver area of BC. Now I live in Northern BC and bird watching went on the backburner for a few years as I am a single mother working full-time. But I did keep up the feeders in my backyard. Finally find that I have time to actively watch the birds. I am having trouble finding people who enjoy birds that live in my area or even BC for that matter. Hi to everyone :-)

I made a post a couple of days ago on my mystery bird which turned out to be a first year male yellow-headed blackbird. It is said to be rare in my area but I am still trying to confirm that. Seems strange to have a solo male around without any others. Although I do have many red-winged blackbirds. Thanks to all for the help on that one. :-)

New from katy, Texas

Tuggy — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:28:59 GMT

Hello, I am from Katy, Texas and have been coming to this site for sometime to glean information and ideas. I watch birds around the Katy Prairie and along the Texas Coast, mainly. I like to photograph birds but lack proper equipment to do it well. I still try. Matagorda County is one of my favorite places to search out various birds and I like sharing my finds and ideas with others. I would like the photo thread pick back up as I really got some good ideas there. I wrote my introduction in the wrong place earlier but I think I have it right now.

Hello from a French photographer in Brazil!

LGphotography — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:29:35 GMT

Hello,
I've found this forum looking for help to identify birds I photograph... I am French, living in Brazil, where it is very easy to approach birds and take pictures of them.
Birds photography is quite new for me and I am not good at identifying them. I hope I'll find help here!

New to site

sleeplessinwoodstock — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:50:04 GMT

Hello all,

I live in Woodstock, GA. Our home is located next to corps of engineers property at Lake Altoona. We have the opportunity to see many types of birds and geese. This year has been a very busy spring with so many colorful song birds. We also have a Chucks Will Widow. We aren't so thrilled to have him join the neighborhood.

I am very pleased to have found this site and look forward to learning more about birds.

Hello from Katy Texas

Tuggy — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:31:49 GMT

Hi there ! I'm a newbie!!!!

Mycaseyface — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:50:31 GMT

Oh this site is just the greatest! I have been looking all over for something like this. Now I don't feel that bad ~ people are always asking me how I can spend so much time behind the camera ~ this Spring has just been great so far! We had a mob of Red Winged Blackbirds and another of Robins, fly through last week. They chased all the doves away. My favorite came back last week too ~ those sweet grey catbirds. I can;t wait to see them start nesting!

Nancy

Hello from California

Backyard Sanctuary — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:50:34 GMT

We have been lurking for a while. We really enjoy the website. My wife and I live in San Jose, CA and are new to backyard birding and birding in general. Last year we put out a few nectar feeders for hummingbirds and we were pleasantly surpised by the numbers and frequency that visited the feeders. This year we decided to add two tube feeders to the mix. We look forward to learning a lot from this forum and will contribute where we can.

Hello to All

t-town heron — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:44:01 GMT

Just wanted to introduce myself to the other birders out there. My name is Lilly and I'm a life-long birding enthusiast. I mean I love 'em all. You know how some folks don't like certain birds, like the European Starling, for example, probably because they are so common, I like 'em just fine. Saw one in my backyard who had perfectly mimicked a Pacific Treefrog call, pretty amazing coming out of that bird! Some highlights I've encountered over the years: A White Stork flying over a field in Kent, WA. had to go to my world birds book for ID as these birds only occur in Europe, a male Cerulean Warbler landed on the ground 10 feet from me while I was waiting in line for the outdoor privy in Eastern Wa. while camping, taught me a valuable lesson to bring my camera no matter where I'm heading. A few winters ago we saw 50 Western Bluebirds feeding on a snowy highway in Eastern Washington in January. We were driving slowly so as not to hit any of the bluebirds, it was just amazing to see so many at once and so out of season for that region. Looking forward to reading your posts and sharing the love of birding with you all.

Hi there from upstate NY

beepboop — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:57:48 GMT

I've been sticking around here for a little bit now, and figured I'd keep floating around, as I never know when I might be able to help out on a troublesome ID (and I had one of my own - some domesticated mallards).

I've been birding for quite awhile, and I love how there's always new information to learn about birds; a species I wasn't all that familiar with, a call I hadn't heard before, migration patterns, etc. I also enjoy how going out birding can be a bit of a gamble, you just never quite know what you'll run across. And I really love all birds. I don't consider any of them as pests or 'trash' species, and enjoy standing around attempting to ID the gulls that most people seem to dislike. I'm even a fan of catbirds and grackles.

I've also done some 'professional' work with birds. Last spring I finished up my Environmental Science/Bio degree and went off to intern for 3 months working with bird conservation. I got to meet dozens of purple martins and help band them, create suitable stopover site habitats, and band dozens of migratory birds, some of which I had never seen before in my life. It was amazing. I'm now considering going for my Master's in ornithology, and right now I'm also putting my foot in the door to volunteer on projects where I can get others interested in birds.

So that's my birding stuff in a nutshell! I think the fun is more in the details, such as falling into a swampy area attempting to see what was probably a green heron, being pooped on by all those martins, being attacked by barn swallows while innocently taking a break in a beach bathroom, and having a blue jay in the hand. Almost surreal.

Hello from southern Ontario

lonestranger — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:54:51 GMT

Hello everyone. I am fairly new to the site and just discovered the Introduce Yourself Forum, so let me introduce myself. I am an amateur photographer, with the emphasis on "amateur". I have a love for ALL kinds of wildlife and that is the subject of most of my photos, with birds being my most common subjects. I live out in the country so I have the pleasure of photgraphing MANY birds right here in my backyard or within a few miles of home. Within a few minutes walk of the house I have, a football sized field of grasses and wild flowers, two small ponds that feed a swampy marsh and small stream, a cedar bush, a hardwood bush, and a few corn fields. The variety in habitat provides for a large variation of wildlife right out my backdoor, especially birds. Although I thoroughly enjoy hiking and sitting out in the woods to get bird pictures, it doesn't get much easier to get bird pictures than having them come right to you, like the wild turkeys that walked right past my door on christmas morning did.

Like I said, I am an amatuer photographer and that is proven in many of my pictures. I have managed to get a couple of shots I am quite proud of though. Unfortunately I am very poor at organizing my pictures other than to post my more recent photos in a new folder each time. I like taking pictures, not organizing them. LOL Having said that, if anyone cares to sort through my folders and view my pictures, they can do so by following the link below. Feedback and constructive criticism is most welcome.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lonestranger102/

New From Iowa

cwj2323 — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:54:47 GMT

Greetings on this noisy wet day. I may have to quick shut down with the storm happening.

I only saw today there were all these threads within WhatBird. This looks like a fun place. I had merely came by to try and ID a bird. So many helpful people here. I homeschool and am sure we will make plenty of use of this site. One of my scholars in particular has a love of birds. He will hug ducks, for crying out loud.

Up until fall 2007, we lived in Omaha, NE. Now we live waaay outside of DesMoines. It takes us an hour or more to get anywhere. But being out here has many experiences waiting for us. One of the things we noticed right away are the many different birds. I am sure we still have only caught a small percentage.

We enjoy feeding most of the birds around here and were tickled to have Juncos reside with us this winter. We got the seed out soon enough. They have gone, but we now have new visitors. There are some with the most beautiful song.

I look forward to participating here and learning some new things about birds.

Kim

American Redstart in Orlando FL

Vinojd12003 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:11:50 GMT

Hi 'experts'

Our wooded backyard gets lots of interesting winged visitors and while not an avid devotee of same, I couldn't help but be fascinated by this particular visitor because of the unusual orange markings. A rather old North American Wildlife book we have had a picture of an American Redstart that I confirmed via this website - but my question is simply "Is it unusual for this bird to be in the Orlando, Fl area?" The web page about the American Redstart does note our area is in the migratory pattern for it but having never seen one before I wanted to know if its behavior is all that unusual or simply the norm?

Thanks

pileated woodpeckers

chemunglian — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:24:58 GMT

Hello all,

I have a small grove of aspen trees in which several mating pairs of pileated woodpeckers have taken up residence. In fact I have observed at least seven nesting holes that are active. Is this unusual for such a normally secretive bird? The location is in central Wisconsin-----Thanks for responding