August 2008 Blog Posts (3)

Binoculars

I'm having trouble seeing the birds with the binoculars I have, which are pretty small.

All I know, is that I want a pair that are coated, but I have no idea what brand or magnifications would be the best.

The ones I have won't let me see anything very close 12', so I don't get to see much detail, and they also don't give me any magnification for things that are futher away.

I also don't want to spend a fortune on them.

Anyone have any ideas?

Added by Jeanne Alter on August 29, 2008 at 2:42pm — 2 Comments

Genesee Park Birding Trip

On Tues. we birded both sides of the park and saw the following birds and over 100 elk. There were many young Western bluebirds and Mountain bluebirds.

List: Pygmy nuthatches, Broadtail hummers, Chipping sparrows, Hermit thrush, Brown creeper, N. flickers, Western tanagers, Mountain chickadees and some Blackcapped, American goldfinches, White-breasted nuthatches, American crows, Yellow-rumped warblers. One was feeding a cowbird. House wrens, Cassins finches, Pumbeous vireo, Dark-eyed… Continue

Added by Tolline Gallagher on August 13, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Fledglings

Hey Everybody,

The activity in our yard has increased so much that we have re-hung some of the feeders we had taken down several weeks ago when it seemed all we had was Grackles, Brown Cowbirds, and Red-winged Blackbirds.

So far we have the following fledglings in our yard: Pine Siskins, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Lesser and American Goldfinches, Gray Catbirds, Rufous, Broad-tailed and Calliope Hummingbirds, Yellow Warblers ( we actually saw a Yellow Warbler feeding and Brown… Continue

Added by Polly Wren Neldner on August 2, 2008 at 10:45am — 2 Comments