Bird Identification

[garnigal]

There was a very pretty bird outside my office window here in Waterloo. He hung out long enough for me to get a good look and know that it was familiar, but that I didn't know what it was.

So I went online and found a really cool bird identification site. Not sure how accurate it is for real birders, but I'm 100% positive that I saw a cedar waxwing in the tree outside my office.

Cedar Waxwing

Coolest little tool ever.

Comments

[katydido.livejournal.com]

I have a little bird story of my own: On my walk home from a cafe this morning, a half-eaten turkey leg fell from the air on Yonge Street. It was the most peculiar thing. I am still so puzzled. I was too confused to remember to look up to see what kind of massive bird must have dropped it. It was so strange...

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Snerk. The weirdest things happen to you.

I'll bet it was a seagull that dropped the leg. I'm always surprised how big seagulls are.

[katydido.livejournal.com]

hahaha maybe... man. It's making me smile.

<3

[katydido.livejournal.com]

Ps. Happy Friday!

[desdemonaspace]

That is cool. I identify them by thinking: "washed-out looking cardinals = cedar waxwings").

I have Audubon's Birds of America, and recently had to come home and look up a bird I kept seeing at a pond near our home. I could only think of the name in Ojibwe, zhashagi, but looked it up and learned that it was a Great Blue Heron I was seeing. (Coincidentally, zhashagi was the first word in Ojibwe I learned, other than the ones everyone knows, like moose and moccasin).

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

I love herons. There's one that spends it's summer on the river by my parents's place, and we like to chase it when we're canoeing.

They look crazy when they fly though - huge wingspan, teeny legs and neck.

[murielle.livejournal.com]

Lovely little thing!

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

He was very interested in his reflection, so it looked like he was staring back at me. Definitely a good day.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

What a pretty bird.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

It was a great way to start my day.

[baensidhe.livejournal.com]

Ohh, waxwings are gorgeous-- one of my favourite birds, definitely. ^^