It was ironic that Gail or Toni wrote just last week I believe about bird counting that was going on. Here...today the bird counting took place here in nederland, so naturally I participated. The rules were that one should sit still for thirty minutes and count and record what he sees during that time...in his own garden or someplace else. When it came to flocks, then one was ment to count all that was seen at a given moment and then record that...and not again count others that he would see later(who could have been flock members that would fly away and return...thus being counted twice). Well, the exercise was simple at the lottie, because there weren't that many birds that came. I recorded it all then came home and went to their website and recorded the counting numbers which were added to the national data. I took a bird book with me, but one could download and print pics of the most common birds here. Look here-- you can see some of the most common with a little icon below the pic. If you click on this then you can hear the bird's song. It's all very handy if you take the laptop with you to the garden. The Bird Protection Website: http://www.tuinvogeltelling.nl/index.cf ... gels.tonen I am so sorry that the Vogelbescherming (bird protection) website doesn't have a page in english, but perhaps it's interesting to see and hear our most common birds.
That completely cheered me up, Sjoerd! I really enjoyed seeing the birds and HEARING them. Some I recognized by look and some by sound. Many were unfamiliar and that was fun too. If you click on multiple sounds, they will all sing at the same time. Very lovely diversion this morning. Missy-the-cat enjoyed it too. Here she is looking over the laptop. She perked right up when she heard the sounds. Camera happened to be right there. Missy enjoying the birds songs ( photo / image / picture from daisybeans's Garden ) How many birds did you count at the lottie today?
Daisybeans-Thanks for the giggle, your photo was great. Sjoerd your bird site was great. I wonder if there is anything like it for regional birds in the States. It would be really helpful for id-ing birds. The bird songs were like being outdoors, or in an avairy. Fun
I can't get it Sjord.I sure am sorry. I had a peak on Daisybeans computer.I sure wish I could but I got a good giggle out of the kitty.
Loved looking at the birds and listening to their songs! Hey Daisybeans- funny picture, made me laugh because my kitty was also sitting here with me!
Enjoyed seeing that website and all your birds. As Daisybeans said I recognized some and enjoyed seeing and hearing those I am not familiar with. Looks like Daisy's cat enjoyed the website too. Cute photo.
We have almost the same birds as you have Sjoerd except for the Halsbandparkiet (Ring Necked Parakeet). I have seen these lovely, colourful parakeets living wild though in Richmond Park in London and I know they are slowly making their way north. It would be great to have them visiting my own garden some day. We have to watch for different species for an hour and count how many come visiting for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) each year. My record for last year was, would you believe it, 22 species!! Some others managed to count up to 40!!!
Hello DAISY--I am glad you could get the website. What a good foto. Missy looks so concentrated. I personally enjoyed the birdsongs just as much as I did the pics of the birds. As for the bird count today: Ekster 2 Gaai 1 Grote bonte specht 1 Heggenmus 2 Houtduif 1 Koolmees 4 Merel 2 Pimpelmees 3 Roodborst 1 Turkse tortel 2 Vink 5 Winterkoning 1 Zanglijster 1 Good BUNKIE--I am glad that you got the site to load. It would have been a shame to have missed that. You could look around at the other pages, but not speaking Dutch would be a handicap, I am sure. Thanks for looking, JEWELL--There MUST be something similar where you live. Counting birds is something very important and it is done more than once a year usually. Sniff around on the internet, I'll bet you can find something. KAY-- My kats were also sitting here with me when I was checking the birdsongs out. They had a great interest as well, but couldn't make out where the sounds were coming from--they kept looking out the window. EILEEN-- that Halsbandparkeet is a new one here (and a foreigner).Some have apparently escaped and thee's a colony living around Utrecht at the moment. I believe the the vogelbescherming is quite interested in keeping tabs on their population, for agricultural reasons, I suppose. Good for you that you count each year. *patting you on the back*. That should be good for some 'attagirl points', don't you reckon? ;-)
I know they have a count the birds -- that is the thing that Gail posted about. What if you don't know all the different species names when you're counting? I'm pretty impressed at how many different kinds of birds you saw Sjoerd, and WOW, 22 Eileen. that's pretty neat.
What a neat web site! I'll share it with the girls later today. I'm glad you did your share of counting, Sjoerd. Wish the Norwegian ornitologists could come up with something like this.
