bird identification
- ravenfairie
- Jojo
- ravenfairie
- Veesuite
- Aviella
- Jojo
- Aviella
- jalmeida
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» ravenfairie - i'm trying to identify a shore bird...
Hi I was wondering if you would help me? I just moved to an island on the west coast of Canada and there are so many wild birds around. I got a book on identification but i keep seeing this birds that aren't in the book. I've done a serch on the web, but since i don't know a thing about birds of their family names i can't even guess at what type of bird this might be.So i thought i'd ask you to see if you can help me figure out what the bird is.
I'll tell you want it lookes like. It's all black or very dark brown. It has a bright orange long beak and orange ( lighter in colour than the beak) legs that are not webbed. It stays near the shore of the ocean and there's often a flock of 12 or more. It's about half the size of a common sea gull. In the bird book i have it looks a lot like the sand pipers, but there are no black ones pictured in it.
I know i'm not giving you much info to go on, i hope at least you can give me what family in might be in or maybe you know of a good site i can search.
thanks so much for taking the time to read this and ponder my question.
Anne Ellis
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-- posted by ravenfairie
» Jojo - Re: i'm trying to identify a shore bird...
Hi EllisI live on Pender Island, which is between Saltspring and Mayne Islands. Where are you?
Could these be Cormorants? I don't have a bird book but I think your description might fit. The thing is I don't remember ANY orange beaks or feet.
-- posted by Jojo
» ravenfairie - Re: Re: i'm trying to identify a shore bird...
I live on Eagle Island. It's a small island in Eagle harbour in west vancouver. It's in between Horseshoe bay and light house park.I don't think they are cormorants. We have seen a few cormorants in the harbour and they are a lot bigger than these birds. Or the birds i'm trying to identify are about half the size of a cormorant.
It's a good idea though. Their beaks are sharper and more tapered. They don't swim, they don't have webbed feet. They stick to the rocks and shore.
*shrug* Thanks for the suggestion!
Anne
aka ravenfairie
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-- posted by ravenfairie
» Veesuite - Re: Re: Re: i'm trying to identify a shore bird...
In response to message posted by ravenfairie:Hi Anne,
I wanted to suggest you might like to visit two other very informative birding topics covered by two very knowledgable CE's. The first is Birding, CE Fred Kane and Backyard Birdwatching Almanac, CE Terrie Murray. Both can probably help identify your particular shore bird.
Thanks for visiting.
-- posted by Veesuite
» Aviella - Re: i'm trying to identify a shore bird...
In response to message posted by ravenfairie:Hi there! Sounds a lot like a black oystercatcher to me. They fit both the habitat and your description. You can go to http://www.enature.com and do a "wildlife search" for oystercatcher. You'll get two pictures, the east coast version (American oystercatcher) and the west coast version (black oystercatcher). If I'm right, your birds should look like the black oystercatcher.
-- posted by Aviella
» jalmeida - What Kind of bird
I live in a city and we have two huge trees in our neighborhood, a few houses over. They have become overrun with flocks of a bird that I cannot identify. These birds look similar to a seagull at first glance. Their body size is the same size and shape. They are brownish with white markings. They do not have webbed feet though and their beaks are short, narrow and pointy. The have the worst squaking sound they make most of the day but more so at night. The mess they are making around our neighborhood is horrible. How can I find out what kind of bird this is and what can I do to get rid of them?-- posted by jalmeida
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