Some interesting birds – Jubail
Whilst birding Jubail recently I came across seven Black-crowned Night Heron, including adults and a juvenile bird. These birds could be breeding at the wetlands of Jubail but this has not be confirmed yet one hundred percent. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robins were still around for the third weekend as where good numbers of Tree and Red-throated Pipits. Tern numbers are increasing with Little Tern, four summer plumaged Whiskered Terns and three White-winged Terns seen amongst the large numbers of Caspian Terns. Good numbers of both Turkestan and Daurian Shrikes were also seen with three Spotted Crakes hiding themselves in the reed fringes. A single late Greater Spotted Eagle and ten Western Marsh Harriers are still present from the winter but will be departing shortly for their breeding grounds. Wader numbers remain fairly low although good numbers of Wood Sandpipers are passing at present.
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Snow Geese At Freezout Can Be Spectacular
This is the month for a unique Montana nature event - the yearly migration of snow geese at Freezout Lake southwest of Great Falls. Those who have seen the liftoff of thousands of the migrating birds never forget it. But the actual days of the migration vary from year to year.
The Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area is managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. They used to have a a recorded telephone line to let people know the status of the migrations of several species of birds, including the snow geese. Now they have a website that has the information you need before you hop in the car and head on over.
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Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Have you seen any Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers recently? This is a good question for separating birders from non-birders. Non-birders would laugh, certain that this absurd name is made up - it sounds like a name invented by a tv writer to make fun of birdwatchers, as they do. Birders would quickly answer yes or no, because they know this is a real bird, an attractive but uncommon woodpecker. Why am I telling you this? Because it’s time to talk about silly, fun, and just plain annoying bird names.
Maybe the most frustrating category of bird names, especially for beginners, is “birds named for invisible anatomical features”. A classic local example is the Ring-necked Duck – I don’t think I’ve ever seen the alleged “ring”- and most people who’ve seen one would prefer to ring the neck of whoever named them. Another is the Red-bellied woodpecker, with it’s flaming red crown and nape but barely visible, sometimes there in good light, vague red