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Category Archives: 2018 Sp Bird Watchers
A Reflection on this Semester
Our group had the chance during this project to record the blue-jays that we saw on days two and three, and to update the number of birds we saw on day two for the morning doves. Our group gained a greater exposure and appreciation for the wilderness that exists that has little human interaction and is as natural as can be. We all hope to have more opportunities in the future to experience environments like Nolde forest. Our message to all other people of generation z is to experience the wilderness for what it is now. There is no guarantee that what we have now will be there tomorrow.
Our Last Post from Nolde (REDO)
I apologize, but it seems the last post at Nolde seems to have walked off somewhere when I was not looking! Here is a recounting of what the last post was in reference to the last visit we had at Nolde.
From what I can remember, our last day at Nolde was a pretty average day. There were certainly more golden finches and dark-eyed juncos than there had been in our prior visits, which was a welcome change. As usual, there were a few more annoying squirrels pulling their same old shenanigans with the bird feeders.
The annoying squirrels strike again!
Golden finch!
Another Gold Finch!
Dark eyed Junco bird.
On behalf of my team, the Bird Watchers, I would like to thank the staff at Nolde forest for giving us the chance to participate in this project! It gave us the outlet we needed to witness cooler bird species that are not native to our own areas.
Final Visit and Birds Galore
Our final post everyone!
Team Bird Watchers of Spring 2018 BISC is sad to announce that our final visit to Nolde Forest happened on Monday this week. The Project Feeder watch season had come to a close on Tuesday the 27th. During our last visit, the feeding spot had been brimming with birds that day. Even more fortunately, some of the birds came close enough for clear photos. Here is photos from our last visit to Nolde.
The Gold finch (most of our pictures are of the gold finch since it seemed to be the most photogenic bird).
Dark-eyed Junko.
Another gold finch.
Yet another gold finch.
One final gold finch.
Not a bird, just an annoying squirrel who found his way into one of the feeders!
We would like to thank all the staff at Nolde Forest for giving us the chance to participate in the project feeder watch. It’s been a blast everyone!
Uncommon Birds and Squirrels
Yesterday’s trip to Nolde was unfortunately pretty inactive. There appeared to be more squirrels than there was birds hanging around the feeders. All the birds that were around chose to hang out on the feeder furthest to the right of all the other feeders, as opposed to the bigger feeder closer to the window. Fortunately, although we did not get to see large groups of Chickadees or Tufted Titmice, we did get to see our first Blue Jay, and I got to see my first female red-bellied woodpecker. I could not get pictures of these, but it was especially neat to see the less common birds at the feeders. I also witnessed a large group of Morning Doves, five total, where before I had only ever seen perhaps one or two.
Here is a picture of a Morning Dove (just underneath the plant).
Same Dove, just a little more to the left of the plant. Our Second Visit at Nolde:
We just attended our second visit at Nolde forest, and this time we actually had the chance to participate in the project! Unfortunately we did not get the chance to witness a higher frequency of a certain type of bird than what was on the tally sheet, so we did not get the chance to write anything down. We witnessed groups of 2 – 3 chickadees pretty frequently, a very annoying squirrel that was constantly brushing its tail against the side of one of the sound recorders placed outside of the observatory, and a few red-belly woodpeckers.
Here are some pictures taken from our first visit:
Here is a picture of this squirrel that kept scaring away the birds.
Main Bird Feeding Area.
The other half of the Feeding Area (prior picture).
Main bird Feeding Area from a different angle
The tally sheet I mentioned in the prior post about our instructions (the tally sheet for our second visit 2/26).
The typical birds found at the Feeding Area (identification sheet).
Responsibilities
The project is pretty straight forward with some of the duties being keeping tally of the birds we see. This will be by the number of birds of the same group we see at the same time. Our team has to meet at the Education Center and record the time we were there. The office is only open on Monday and Tuesday for bird watching from 9:00-3:00.
Our Second Post
We had the pleasure of meeting with Ms. Baur from Nolde forest on the 12th of February. We were taught how to keep a correct tally on however many birds we see, and the spot that we will be sitting at to watch the birds. We were also shown a PowerPoint of the types of birds most common to Nolde forest during the winter.
Where it all begins
We are the bird watchers.
I’m Tate I am an accounting major and one of my hobbies is playing baseball.
I am Tyler and i am a IST and SRA major and one of my hobbies is playing baseball.
I am Michael Wisser, my major is IST, and one of my hobbies is running.
My name is Conor Birmingham, my major is Journalism and i like to watch the Eagles and read.
We will be working with Rachel Baur of Nolde Forest, and our first appointment will be done either on the 28th or 29th of January. We are looking forward to seeing what different species of bird live in Nolde Forest.
Nolde
Hi Tate.