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| Hawk ID | 11/21/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: Please help me ID this biid (image attached). I live in Salisbury, Wicomico COunty, MD. The bird ...
A: Looking at it from this angle, I'm going to have to change my answer to female Northern Goshawk. ...
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| What kind of Hawk is this? | 11/20/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I saw this hawk for the second time this week in our neighbor's lemon tree. He was being harassed ...
A: Looks like a Cooper's Hawk. They are known for biting off more that they can chew in regards to ...
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| Hawk ID | 11/20/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: Please help me ID this biid (image attached). I live in Salisbury, Wicomico COunty, MD. The bird ...
A: I'm going to go with Broad-Winged Hawk on this one. The picture makes it hard to see any of the ...
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| Bird broken leg | 11/17/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I've just got a RingNick green Indian parrot. She was doing very will and she was very healthy, she ...
A: The leg MAY heal on its own, but not necessarily and not necessarily correctly. Just like with a ...
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| Need help with an identification | 11/16/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I was on vacation in the south Caribbean when I took this picture (it was off the coast of Saint ...
A: There are Blue Footed, Red Footed and Brown Boobies. Another similar bird is the Gannet. I'm not ...
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| Cardinals | 11/7/2009 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: The cardinals have disappeared from our neighborhood. for 29 years we always had a lot of them at ...
A: I have seen no change here in NE OK. If you will send your email address to me at walshaw1@cox.net ...
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| Baby Bird | 11/4/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I found a baby bird one week ago today in a parking lot. I have owned and worked with birds in the ...
A: Really there isn't much involved in releasing a non-bird of prey. You take it outside, hold it in ...
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| Baby Bird | 11/4/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I found a baby bird one week ago today in a parking lot. I have owned and worked with birds in the ...
A: I have never heard of feeding a "baby" bird anything of a liquid consistency with a dropper. That is ...
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| grown sparrow | 11/4/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: Rescued a full grown sparrow from my cats today. She has survived but no tail feathers left, can't ...
A: You may have her for a while. Like you said, until the molt. Could be two months. If you keep her in ...
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| bird or bat | 10/30/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: I live on Long Island, NY. This summer I had a bat flying around my home in the middle of the night. ...
A: Usually a bat has brown or black droppings. If there is scratching in the chimney, it could be a bat ...
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| birds | 10/21/2009 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Are birds a mammal and if they are why do they lay eggs i thought reptiles lay EGGS?
A: Birds are not mammals as they don't produce milk or have fur. You can get more info on this by ...
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| feeding finches | 10/19/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: We have a large flock of finches come to our home each spring. We have been feeding them all summer ...
A: I don't know where you live or what kinds of finches these are, but I wouldn't worry about them. ...
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| aggressive behavior | 10/19/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I saved him when he fall from his nest. He was probably 2 weeks old, and when I tried to put him ...
A: No. He'll be fine. Usually we worry about re-releasing birds into the wild when they are predatory, ...
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| RE: aggressive behavior | 10/15/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I have a beautiful Northern Cardinal that I saved last May. He was acting very sweet like a normal ...
A: First of all, Cardinals are aggressive to begin with. They become even more so when confined to a ...
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| Homework | 10/15/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: What type of birds like oat groats that live in Va Beach?
A: Kind of sounds like you're trying to get me to do your research for you, which I doubt was the ...
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| birds | 10/10/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: Lederer, please, 1.what is pressure force talons golden eagle ; great horned ; bald eagle ; harpy ...
A: Unfortunately, this question is much too detailed for me to answer off the top of my head. I would ...
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| baby bird ID | 10/8/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: My cat has brought in a live baby bird. its brown speckled with black spots, it has a white band ...
A: Not being an expert on birds from your country, I can't tell you for sure. But if you could take ...
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| swift parrots | 10/7/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: Are swift parrots bred in zoos, if so what website can i find this information on? Why are ...
A: Here is some information from Wikipedia with references. Hope this answers your questions. The ...
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| Duck speed? | 10/2/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: When I was younger, I heard on this show called Henry's Amazing Animals that there were some ducks ...
A: I have heard the fastest that a duck can fly is 60 miles per hour. But that would be in a burst. ...
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| Looking for help identifying a water bird | 10/2/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: I was out today at lunchtime looking to take some foliage photos, when I happened across a pair of ...
A: It could be either. The immatures will hang out together for a while in the fall as will the ...
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| New born bird - what are they called? | 9/25/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: Do new born birds have a name that they are called? Also, what do call a male and a female, in ...
A: Generally a bird that has hatched from its egg but not left its nest is called a fledgling. Because ...
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| compact binoculars | 9/22/2009 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: cheers.
A: I am not an expert on optics, but I have a full size 10X50 and a pocket size 10X25 and I have been ...
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| Pigeon Expert - New York City area | 9/18/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: We are looking for an expert in pigeons who can testify in court regarding the health hazards of ...
A: CDC can give you numbers associated with illnesses that are spread by the pigeon population. I ...
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| attracting birds | 9/16/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: First thing is I live in Indiana, this might make a difference. I built 2 bluebird boxes and put ...
A: There are all kinds of possibilities. Bluebirds might live 5-7 years so they might have just died of ...
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| attracting birds | 9/14/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: First thing is I live in Indiana, this might make a difference. I built 2 bluebird boxes and ...
A: You didn't do anything wrong. It's just a matter of timing. Bluebird nesting season is in the spring ...
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| Grackels throwing acorns | 9/13/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I live in St. Louis, MO and every year about this time when the acorns fill the oak tree in my yard, ...
A: At the risk of sounding unscientific, grackles are crazy. I have seen them do some pretty insane ...
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| orioles | 9/12/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: (We love our hummingbirds) Also, we want to attract orioles. We live in Minnesota in summer and ...
A: You can shop around for a better price. But this website had decent examples of everything I'm going ...
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| bird identification | 9/11/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: My boys and I have seen this bird around. We are very excited. However, there is some debate in ...
A: Still can't tell you for sure. Falcons will eat raw meat. Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks are known ...
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| bird identification | 9/11/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: My boys and I have seen this bird around. We are very excited. However, there is some debate in ...
A: This is really not a high quality enough image for me to give you a 100% accurate ID. Yes, it's a ...
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| hummingbirds | 9/7/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: When hummingbirds fly in the rain, why do they NOT get knocked out by the big drops? It has to be ...
A: Hummingbirds do fly in the rain and because they are moving at such a vast speed, they appear to be ...
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| Baby pigeon cannot walk | 9/5/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: THE BABY PIGEON IS 17 DAYS OLD AND CANNOT STAND UP.IT MORE OR LESS PULLS ITSELF WITH IT'S BEAK AND ...
A: I'm not a vet. But usually when a bird cannot support themselves, it's related to their bones, which ...
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| Vaux swifts in our chimney | 9/4/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: We have been seeing swifts enter our chimney each night at dusk. We believe they are vaux swifts. ...
A: Portland is a major migration point for Swifts. Here is a good link. ...
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| BIRD+population | 9/4/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: WHAT+IS+MOST+PREVALENT+BIRD+IN+US.+....+GEOGRAPHICALLY+DISTRIBUTED++AND+THEN+NUMERICALLY.+I+ASSUME+T ...
A: You're asking about two separate things here, abundance and distribition. Which aren't necessarily ...
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| Geese | 9/3/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: Do geese blink? More specifically does a Canadian goose blink? and can we as humans see them blink ...
A: Interesting question. All birds blink. But birds have a third eyelid called a nictitating membrane ...
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| Bird ID | 9/2/2009 | Roger Lederer |
Q: I have a friend in CA who knows I love birds. She sent me a photo of a duck she saw at a swap meet ...
A: This is a Swan Goose, also known as African or Chinese Geese (Anser cygnoides). They originated in ...
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| bird identification | 9/1/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I apologize for the sketchy info. Heard the bird(did not see)@ approx. 11:00 p.m. tonight, Aug 31. ...
A: Given the fact that you can't get a visual on it and detect no movement, my immediate thought is it ...
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| Hummingbird food | 8/31/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: I just got a hummingbird feeder, and may make my own food to put in it. If i do four part water and ...
A: It won't harm them. But it's not necessary. If the spout on the feeder is red or yellow or ...
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| what kind of bird is this?? | 8/24/2009 | Julia Booth |
Q: we were at Barr lake, a colorado state park. we saw this bird on a tree, some distance away. barr ...
A: That does appear to be a juvenile Bald Eagle. From what I understand, Barr Lake is a nesting ...
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| Killdeer | 8/23/2009 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: My daughter found a very small killdeer about a month ago and she decided to raise it. It has grown ...
A: Unfortunately I don't have an answer. What you have been feeding it probably doesn't have enough ...
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| Killdeer | 8/23/2009 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: My daughter found a very small killdeer about a month ago and she decided to raise it. It has grown ...
A: I wish I could tell you something specific that would help. If you are absolutely certain that the ...
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