Citizen Science: Project FeederWatch -- Count #19 Report w/Original Photos

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Citizen science is a great way to involve children and adults in the discovery of nature and contributing to scientific research and conservation. Project FeederWatch through Cornell University is a great way to get involved in citizen science. You can learn more at the Project FeederWatch website.

I typically watch birds on Saturday and Sunday. This is my report for 17-18 March 2018.

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Created Using MS PowerPoint and Images from Project FeederWatch

Here is a map of the Project FeederWatch sites collecting counts this season.

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Image Source Project FeederWatch

March 2018

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The 2017-2018 season goes through 13 April 2018.

Bird Watching Notes

Saturday

Saturday was cloudy, a high temperature of 39 degrees (F), and a low temperature of 33 degrees (F). The wind was from the North with an average speed of 7 mph and gust up to 16 mph.

Dark-eyed Junco

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Dark-eyed Junco can be found at All About Birds.

Mourning Dove

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Mourning Dove can be found at All About Birds.

House Finch

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the House Finch can be found at All About Birds.

House Sparrow

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the House Finch can be found at All About Birds.

White-Breasted Nuthatch

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Original Photo

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Original Video

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Image Source

More information on the White-breasted Nuthatch can be found at All About Birds.

Downy Woodpecker

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Downy Woodpecker can be found at All About Birds.

American Robin

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Original Photo

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Original Video

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Image Source

More information on the American Robin can be found at All About Birds.

Northern Cardinal

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Northern Cardinal can be found at All About Birds.

Black-Capped Chickadee

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Red-winged blackbird can be found at All About Birds.

Red-Winged Blackbird

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Red-winged blackbird can be found at All About Birds.

Sunday

Sunday was cloudy with a high temperature of 42 degrees (F) and a low temperature of 36 degrees (F). The wind was from the East with an average speed of 5 mph and highest wind gust 17 mph.

Canada Goose

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Canada Goose can be found at All About Birds.

Common Grackle

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Original Photo

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Original Video

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Image Source

More information on the Common Grackle can be found at All About Birds.

Downy Woodpecker

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Downy Woodpecker can be found at All About Birds.

Red-Tailed Hawk

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Original Photo

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Original 9 second Video

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Image Source

More information on the Red-Tailed Hawk can be found at All About Birds.

European Starling

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the European Starling can be found at All About Birds.

Harris's Sparrow

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Harris's sparrow can be found at All About Birds.

Dark-eyed Junco

dark eyed dark-eyed junco PFW19-27sun.JPG
Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the Dark-eyed Junco can be found at All About Birds.

American Goldfinch

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Original Photo

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Original Photo

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Image Source

More information on the American Goldfinch can be found at All About Birds.

Bird Counts

Counts for Current Period

My bird counts for the two-day period 17-18 March 2018.

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Snapshot from Project FeederWatch Bird Count Summary

Summary of Counts this Season

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Snapshot from Project FeederWatch Bird Count Summary

Previous Project FeederWatch Post

Citizen Science: Project FeederWatch -- Count #17

Sources

All About Birds

Project FeederWatch -- Collecting Bird Counts for North American Continent

eBird -- Collecting Bird Counts from around the World

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Photo/Video Editing

Video editing performed with Adobe Primiere Elements 2018. Affiliate link to Amazon.com provided for your convenience.

Equipment

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CameraCanon EOS 7D
LensCanon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
FiltersTiffen 58mm UV Protection Filter, Tiffen 58MM Circular Polarizer Glass Filter
TripodManfrotto MT190XPRO3 3 Section Aluminum Tripod Legs with Q90 Column (Black)

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Beautiful pictures of birds, I always amazed to see birds love it.

You have prepared this theme with different birds of different countries, nature, it looks very nice to see the birds.Which one is eating something which is sitting. so all is very good.

It sure is indeed a great project !

While they all are some pretty cool shots and the birds are as well very beautiful !

Enjoyed them watching :)

While my kind of favorites were

Northern Cardinal
American Robin
House Finch

keep it going buddy !

I probably would not have met these many birds in my real life but thanks to you atleast I gotta see them out in here !

the level of difficulty is very high but you are able to post various kinds of birds and plus the wind direction, the temperature heights and the map is perfect friends. your post is suitable for delivery materials to my students in elementary school. allow me to share insights through your post to my students in school.
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thank you for sharing, @etcmike hopefully forward, and success for you. beautiful birds.

Apart from crypto this project looks so cool.amazing photos there.

your post is very beautiful.i love nature.