In Their Own Words: Bird Stories - 3

Photo: Red-Shafted Flicker Gerald D.
Davis, CA

Sept 23: first red-shafted flicker call and sighting as one of our winter residents.

Photo: Golden Eagle Kylie W.
Sarasota, FL

On Sept. 21st we saw an eagle but it most definitely was not a bald eagle. My dad thinks it is a brown eagle but I researched and think there is no such thing. Then I came to the conclusion that it is a golden eagle. That idea was shot down when I read on multiple websites that golden eagles live up north and we live in Florida. It was very large and brown with a yellow beak and yellow feet. What could this mystery bird be?

Photo: Dark-eyed Junco Avril L.
Tryon, NC

The week of Sept. 3rd I noticed a stranger amongst our bird population here. A dark-eyed junco. So far I have only observed the one. A little early, I thought?

Photo: Blue Jay Jamaka P.
Pinon Hills, CA

I haven't seen any migratory birds, but we have in our area sparrows, finches (purple, I think), mourning doves, rock doves (pigeons), crows, hummingbirds (not sure which species), blue jays and mockingbirds.

Photo: Magnolia Warbler Anne L.
New York, NY

I have spotted several warblers including Tennessee, Magnolia, Connecticut, northern parula, plus many more, also vireos and shore birds.

Photo: Red-winged Blackbird Diane P.
Germantown, MD

I get song sparrows, house sparrows, blue jays, cardinals, mourning doves, starlings (on occasion), crows (on occasion), chickadees (on occasion), American robins, mockingbirds (on occasion), red-winged blackbirds, and hawks (on rare occasions).

Photo: Song Sparrow Roger U.
San Francisco, CA

I didn't see the birds depicted, but saw flocks of robins, which I rarely see in my backyard and adjacent yards. Also, saw sparrows and maybe juncos. This was all in September.

Photo: Cedar Waxwing Jerome D.
Gold Canyon, AZ

I saw a treeful each of yellow-rumped warblers and of cedar waxwings on a bike trail between Redwing and Welsh Village along the Cannon River in Minnesota on October 10th. Are either of these species considered boreal forest types?

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Photocredits: Blue Headed Vireo (top image) © Tom Vezo, Minden Pictures; Red-Shafted Flicker © Michael Thompson/Istock.com; The following images were courtesy of eNature.com: Golden Eagle © Dale & Marian Zimmerman; Dark-eyed Junco © Gay Bumgarner; Blue Jay © Brian E. Small; Magnolia Warbler © Herbert Clarke; Red-winged Blackbird © Sharon Cummings; Song Sparrow © Mark Turner; Cedar Waxwing © Wayne Lankinen