What a great presentation, from a true hummingbird scholar! Especially loved the story about the Brown Violetear.
@pcliff304 ай бұрын
Another very informative and professional presentation. Thanks for making these videos available online. Appreciate it!
@DuPageBirdingClub4 ай бұрын
Glad you tuned in!
@eim12185 ай бұрын
Just spotted some Red-Breasted @ Wolf Lake in Hammond. @ 1st glance, i thought they were regular Mallards, but they were zipping across the water, diving&swimming, and making a different "non-quack" sound 😅👌🏽
@withvinayak5 ай бұрын
Amazing presentation
@pcliff305 ай бұрын
All great presentations! Thanks!
@jeremycarberry30986 ай бұрын
Great content. Thanks
@carolcomeau987 ай бұрын
Excellent! Thank you for this very clear explanation
@birdwatcherlubuski7 ай бұрын
Hello Mr. Kania, nice channel. Pretty sure you've heard this already, but just in case: in Polish, 'kania' literally means 'kite', as in red kite or black kite (Milvus milvus, milvus migrans). How appropriate for an ornithologist 😉
@AllThingsConsidered3339 ай бұрын
I have been enjoying your videos. I am currently in your county for a training for work. I don’t have as much time as I’d like to be out birding during daylight hours unfortunately but I have been visiting the nearby forest preserves during my lunch hour- to walk and view birds. So far not much out there but it’s been nice regardless.
@AllThingsConsidered33310 ай бұрын
Thanks for another informative video! I have been enjoying these a lot. I am in SW Wisconsin (uoper Driftless area).. I’ve only heard the wood thrush but haven’t seen one yet sadly. Brown thrashers are common on our family farm; the hermit thrush I’ve seen a few times now- super cute & shy bird! Ovenbird I’ve also seen a few times now
@DuPageBirdingClub10 ай бұрын
We're glad you're finding thrushes and similar birds near you! Keep alert for their subtle tones and colors during both migration seasons.
@AllThingsConsidered3339 ай бұрын
@@DuPageBirdingClub it’s such a quiet time for birds! Mostly what I’ve been seeing are house finches & sparrows, a few goldfinches, tons of red bellied woodpeckers, pileated, downy & hairy woodpeckers, juncos, robins, a few bluebirds (didn’t realize they stayed so long here!), and a few white throated sparrows. No winter migrants here yet and it seems all the geese have flown south. I was recently in your county and from the interstate there was one area that was so loaded with Canadian geese! There were hundreds of them! Wish I would’ve been able to easily pull over to watch them a while and attempt a count :)
@user-mv3wm4iv8m10 ай бұрын
Well done!
@HandFeedWildBirds Жыл бұрын
I have Pine Warblers year round here in SC in great numbers. They readily hand feed and are a very relaxed bird and love mealworms and bark butter. Nice video! New sub here.
@AllThingsConsidered333 Жыл бұрын
I appreciate all your videos! I am in SW Wisconsin. Not much for similar videos that are Wisconsin specific.
@kalibrowning8179 Жыл бұрын
Would you say grosbeaks are rare?
@DuPageBirdingClub Жыл бұрын
They're certainly not common in DuPage, but in the outer areas near DuPage they're a bit more frequent. Summer is the time to look for them. You can explore sightings on eBird: ebird.org/map/blugrb1?env.minX=-88.263428&env.minY=41.686828&env.maxX=-87.913888&env.maxY=41.993833
@miguelalfonsoalvanflores2805 Жыл бұрын
Very informative and educational video. For me, it's been a little bit challenging to identify them since we get them in basic plumage in the summertime, but the video will help me a lot. Thank you. Warm regards from Peru!
@doridantoo Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this great presentation. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
@pcliff30 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! Really enjoyed it.
@indyreno2933 Жыл бұрын
The scientific names of the canada goose and cackling goose are actually Melanoleucocephalus canadensis and Melanoleucocephalus hutchinsii respectively.
@anneglover2517 Жыл бұрын
I just can't 100% identify. Can I send a couple of photos for your help?
@DuPageBirdingClub Жыл бұрын
We might be able to help. If you go to our contact page and send us a note, we can send you our email address and you can send your photos. dupagebirding.org/contact/
@boukeatema Жыл бұрын
great explanation..makes live and birding much more easier
@jessiang9708 Жыл бұрын
The perfect video! It's so calming and easily educational on a rather difficult topic haha
@cherlefeld6646 Жыл бұрын
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@coinwater8511 Жыл бұрын
I often hear summer tanagers in my yard but never see them. It's starting to get frustrating! (Arkansas)
@reneerey19872 жыл бұрын
If one of the empids respond positively to the sounds, does that mean that is its species? I know that is an open-ended question, but I have one here that perked up with #4 & #5. The baby monitor is in because we had a fallout yesterday. Very informative video!
@lehuananichai39472 жыл бұрын
Beautiful birds! Thanks so much for this helpful informative video! I have just rescued a luecistic house finch fledgling ♥️
@moringsdaughter2 жыл бұрын
I visited this spot recently and turned left instead of right. With the sunrise, that was a mistake because the sun was in my eyes looking into the wetlands. I eventually turned back and met up with some other birders and followed them going counter clockwise. This made viewing much easier. It's definitely worth thinking of the angle of the sun when choosing when and where to bird.
@DuPageBirdingClub2 жыл бұрын
It's funny, nearly all the trips we've taken there we've turned right, either instinctively or by design. An important factor to remember in early morning/late afternoon birding!
@neddelamatre95722 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work! We don't have much prairie left here in Ohio. Ninety percent of our wetlands have also been destroyed.
@DuPageBirdingClub2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, Ned. Illinois is mostly farmland, but up north some tiny prairie spots remain thanks to gaps in suburban development and private landowners. Let's hope both IL and OH continue to preserve and restore what's left!
@Twitcher9992 жыл бұрын
Very helpful, I was just researching Wrens, as I’m travelling from the UK to Ontario later this week, for a birding trip 👍🏻
@ludwigiapilosa5082 жыл бұрын
Helpful. Thanks
@diannbilderback90352 жыл бұрын
A truly awesome series for the serious warbler fan. So often we see them from below and this is a practical analysis that gives you the tools to figure out what you are seeing. Thank you, Denis, for making your detailed drawings. Excellent!
@michellesutton83722 жыл бұрын
Really terrific, Joe!
@pcliff302 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thanks!
@coconut36262 жыл бұрын
How amazing this is. Thank you for sharing.
@robinnichols2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful! I’m in Tennessee and we have these five species too, though some are just passing by.
@DuPageBirdingClub2 жыл бұрын
We're glad you enjoyed the video. So many warblers just pass through our area, but we're pretty lucky when it comes to residency and other "w" birds, the wrens and woodpeckers!
@diannbilderback90352 жыл бұрын
How I wish I'd had this tutorial when I was a beginning birder! This video is excellent for the casual backyard birder or anyone who wants to increase their enjoyment in watching birds.
@diannbilderback90352 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderfully practical tutorial! Being able to give good directions to get on a bird is a very useful skill, and one that your birding friends will greatly appreciate.
@UncleDonDon2 жыл бұрын
I have a lesser drake show up on my pond, 3/6/22, in the low country of SC 29431. He's hanging out with my Muscovy ducks
@loriconnell44532 жыл бұрын
Katie thank you for your work and research I enjoyed your presentation!
@pcliff302 жыл бұрын
Great presentation! Thank you.
@DuPageBirdingClub2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it pcliff. 2022's off to a great start!
@BlueSun11572 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this tutorial. I live well outside the normal range of Harris sparrow, but without doubt spotted one yesterday, mixed with a group of white-/goldcrowns. It's a very striking bird, and clearly not a house sparrow!! Thanks again: I'll be taking a closer look at that flock
@DuPageBirdingClub2 жыл бұрын
We're a bit out their range here too, but they do show up for some excitement now and then. We're glad you found one! One of the joys of winter birding: taking close looks at big flocks for unusual birds.
@LawnChairGrandMaster2 жыл бұрын
Well done, thanks
@mylord93402 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy your short videos. Thanks,!
@mylord93402 жыл бұрын
Wonderful presentation. Thanks.
@michellesutton83722 жыл бұрын
This video, the instructor, and the channel are fabulous. What a phenomenal resource!
@DuPageBirdingClub2 жыл бұрын
So glad you're enjoying all the videos, Michelle! And this one happens to feature two of our admin's favorite birds.
@michellesutton83722 жыл бұрын
@@DuPageBirdingClub I learned from one of the videos about looking for the orange feet of the Blackpoll warbler. The next day, I see a warbler slipping through a pokeweed plant out back and go out and cinch the ID with the orange feet. Then I see the same or another in my nearby swamp patch.Thrilling - thank you!
@DuPageBirdingClub2 жыл бұрын
@@michellesutton8372 Great to hear Michelle. It is pretty amazing that once you learn what to look for, you start seeing it in real life! Blackpolls are a welcome sight this time of year; we hope the season has a few warblers left for you before winter!
@Tigerpuffer2 жыл бұрын
This video was fantastic. I often find myself lending out a spare pair of binoculars to friends who havent done much birding, and this is a constant challenge. I will sometimes use pointing for a distant bird, but to do so requires us to stand next to each other, and to have our heads very close together and looking in the same direction, so they can actually look down the end of my arm, past my pointed finger, and follow it to where I'm pointing at. Last year during a Christmas bird count, while straining to see a skulky LeConte's sparrow in dense grass, our crew leader did something that left me speechless. Don't try this with a bird that is very close... you may scare it with all the moving around. He looked right at the bird, had me stand directly behind him, and told me to point my binoculars at the back of his head. Once I did so, he bent over (I suppose in a more fragile situation you could take a quiet step to the side) and right where I was looking, where the back of his head had been, was a LeConte's sparrow. it was like a magic trick.
@Tigerpuffer2 жыл бұрын
This channel is fantastic. Every video.
@doppelhelixes3 жыл бұрын
may i ask a question, does the common or the red breasted merganser have longer "teeth"
@DuPageBirdingClub3 жыл бұрын
We can't find anything that compares the lengths of those serrated edges of merganser bills--tomium is the word for sharp cutting edge of the bill, btw. The bill of the Common is wider at the base than Red-breasted, and there's a sharper hook at the end of the Common's bill, but it is unclear if any of that translates into any difference in serration length.
@doppelhelixes3 жыл бұрын
@@DuPageBirdingClub the sharpness of the hook shows there is preasure to evolve longer grabing tools. The wider base suggests they eat larger fish - therefore biger seration. The shorter base suggests smaller, faster prey - therefore not as long tomium needed. It is just an educated guess, but this is good enough for my purposes. I just hope hybrids can produce fertile males (or even both) but data on fertility of hybrids is hard to get, specially with specific waterfowl.
@Curlew883 жыл бұрын
These guys always get me! I’m getting better at IDing them, but they are still tricky! Great tips!