Tweet! Tweet! That familiar sound that comes out of my apple tree as I observe in the evenings. Every time I go to observe I go under my tree and look up to see if I can find what bird is making that noise. I usually never find them. When I'm under my tree it feels like I'm playing hide-n-go seek with these birds because as I get closer to the sound they become quiet. I feel as if the birds are just playing around with me. It's like when humans think it's funny to play around with animals. Either way it's so frustrating because I always want to take a picture of them, but they won't come out to smile. When they do come out they end up flying to my neighbor's little tree and hide. On one evening I was lucky because I finally saw the pranksters in my apple tree.
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Turns out the ones who have been driving me crazy are tiny Chipping Sparrows! I was able to get more information about these adorable birds thanks to my teacher, Ms. Farias. The resource book,
The Sibley Field Guide To Birds of Western North America, by David Sibley was a great tool that I used to help figure out about the birds that were creeping around in my tree. These birds are "common and wide spread" all over in North America. They may look familiar because they are usually seen in "suburban parks and lawns." When it's winter time they are located in "trees or bushes." For more information please look at the amazing resource book,
The Sibley Field Guide To Birds of Western North America.
After I found out about these birds, I went back to my field notes when I first began to observe. I believe in the very beginning I said that there was a nest in my apple tree. Well, I started wondering if these birds were the ones that have been nesting in my tree. I haven't gotten my answer to my theory yet, but that's my mission as of now. Hopefully I can get my answer.
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Field Notes 9/12/14
Works Cited
Sibley, David. "Chipping Sparrows." The Sibley Field Guide To Birds of Western North America. New York: Alfred Knopf, 2003. Print.
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Perhaps as the leaves fall you will be able to spot the nest. I recently found a jay nest in a shrub; the nest had been hidden by the leaves but now it's very visible. I can only imagine how the birds worked to stay hidden as I roamed around in my yard all summer.
ReplyDeleteIt's cool you have a bird nest in your tree, I haven't seen any bird's nest around my house since my cats came around... It's cool you're slowly starting to discover and learn about the life that takes over your apple tree. Great job.
ReplyDeleteChirping Sparrow huh, I wonder if that's an other name for the Sagebrush Sparrow I have been seeing roaming around the skies as I watch the sunset. It would be really cool if you could finally be able to get a picture of those little elusive fellows so we could see the jokes that are playing game with you.
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