No goldfinches? My place is lousy with them.

Bill Moore

Hoot Owl

Inkom

Greetings bird enthusiasts,

Warble Bird Songs, an ear-birding app, is requesting your help. Our small team is looking for beta testers to try out this nearly completed app and provide feedback. Tired of automatic app-generated identifications? Ever struggled with terminology to describe a sound? Warble Bird Songs will help! It builds ear-birding skills by developing your pattern recognition skills. It contains tutorials and provides a new and interactive approach to learning bird sound.

Warble Bird Songs contains accessibility features that make it an effective tool for blind and visually impaired users to learn ear-birding. In fact, that is the primary goal of the app. Yet sighted users will find it useful without even realizing these underlying features.

We’re a not-for-profit endeavor. Please help us improve the app that will allow the blind and sighted to become better ear-birders independently. All skill levels from beginner to advanced are welcomed. For more information or to sign up as a beta-tester, please visit https://warblebirdsongs.wixsite.com/warble-bird-songs

Much appreciated –

Nora Livingston

Lee Vining, CA

I thought I’d make a list of spring birds that have been around the house (Moonlight Mine area, east of Pocatello) and nearby sage and fir slopes  this weekend: northern house wren, mountain chickadee, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, pine siskin, American robin, common raven, black-chinned hummingbird, hairy woodpecker, Canada goose, song sparrow, red-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler, wild turkey, red-winged blackbird, orange-crowned warbler, spotted towhee, green tailed towhee, saw-whet owl, ruffed grouse, great-horned owl. I’m sure I’ve missed a few…

Gives new meaning to term “bird-brained”, lol! I have to wonder how many of the Spring arrivals: warblers, BH Grosbeaks, etc…have been to the yard & feeder in previous years. And, if this adult male Black-chinned was one of the adults from last year or a juvenile, hatched here, now returning? Fascinating, no matter which. 

 

Brian Carrigan 

Put out nectar feeder a week ago. Refreshed & refilled sev times since. Moved to a diff’t spot in yard, to keep wasps away from deck, this yr. And, a Black-chinned male just flew by with gorget catching the sun (first of yr), looking at exact spot where feeder was last year (have read hummingbirds can remember exact location of individual flowering plants, yr to yr). Then, it found the feeder farther out in yard. 

 

Brian Carrigan 

Blackfoot