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Founder of Ironside Bird Rescue Susan Ahalt, in her wheelchair, watches Chuck Preston and Jess Lewis release Topper near Smith Mansion on the North Fork. The eagle had a dislocated radius in its wing when captured by Ahalt.

TRIBUNE PHOTO BY MARK DAVIS

I finally got our local bird rehabber to put her 501(3)c on Facebook so people can do a Facebook Birthday Fundraiser...

Ironside Bird Rescue in Cody Wyoming is basically one woman who's been doing her amazing work for as long as I can remember. Like, since I was in high school, she's been "The Bird Lady" and bringing hawks and owls to schools but also driving all over the state to save birds. 

Please consider donating to Ironside Bird Rescue!Thank you all.

Farmer Trevor Wyatt's 60-year mission to protect three nests of rare malleefowls

Never seed a malleefowl in the wild

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
That's a lovely liquid sound. The brown-headed cowbirds have a similar bubbly liquid song, but I'm not a fan of their habits.

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
Cool. Our meadowlarks are doing their thing now, too. 
 
 

We are in the sweet spot with Swainson's thrushes singing mornings and evenings. Lovely song. It spirals into the heavens.

Edit: Here is the "Fool Hens" album on fb that I finally figured out how to link to. I hope I'll get to add to it later...
 

haresfur wrote: 
We have a Ptarmigan Mountain nearby so I was surprised to learn that we don't have ptarmigans.

Yesterday, I was sitting all by my lonesome in the grizzly-infested woods and somewhere about 20' behind me, a male grouse did his chest-drumming thing. Yowza! I didn't see the birds until much later... I got a photo of him displaying a little too...
 
 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Very cool. Spruce grouse used to scare the crap out of me when they flushed while I was walking in the bush. My favourite are ptarmichickens. 

 
 
We used to call them Fool Hens. It's a Dusky Grouse. This is mama, and she had about a half dozen new new babies hiding in the grass around her...
 
 

 Antigone wrote: 
Ahem. You mean African American?

Scavenging seagull turns orange after falling into vat of Indian curry

I been seeing a new yellow bird in the pine trees near the feeder this spring. I finally got a good look at it today.
it's a male Magnolia Warbler. We are just south of his normal range so he might just be passing through.


not our photo.

Magpie season: research finds birds will swoop the same person

Dr Jones offered some unconventional advice to prevent future attacks: feed them.

I thought the birds might like a little scenery with their bath.

 Prodigal_SOB wrote: 
Yes, I know. But this is probably as close as I will ever get to seeing one. So completely and noticeably different from the pileateds.

 Antigone wrote: 

  There is some debate about that.  There have been some credible sightings / calls heard. Nova ScienceNow story  Long academic presentation that I may get around to watching someday.

Ivory Billed Woodpecker. Collected in Tarkington Texas, November 26, 1904



On the left are specimens of pileated woodpeckers and on the right is the extinct ivory billed.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
That is very cool.

By a local guy: