The Networked Bird Observatory Blog

I almost forgot: Yesterday kryptonkay got this shot, one of three from this bird’s appearance that have been ID’d as Bewick’s Wren:

Pretty snazzy!

Back on June 29 one of the CONE Welder users emailed me to report that a White-tailed Deer fawn had died, and players had been photographing its body with the camera. In her email she sounded upset, and wanted to know if I knew anyone’s phone number at Welder so they could be alerted to the situation.

I forwarded her email to Dr. Selma Glasscock. She replied shortly thereafter saying she would check it out, and mentioning that she doesn’t monitor the camera regularly. She also wrote the following:

One thing that ‘watchers’ should be aware of is that this is not a ‘park’ where animals are protected against nature. It is a wildlife refuge where nature happens. I wish there was some way to educate the public about the realities of nature.

I know I’m as guilty as the next person of anthropomorphizing the cute little “Bambis” that have been wandering around the camera the last month or so, and I’m sad to see that this one died. But I think Dr. Glasscock has a point, and I’m not sure it’s wrong of people to have photographed the dead fawn.

I didn’t see any of the images of this until after the fact, when I noticed that we had a new ID in the game: Turkey Vulture. Here are some of the images users took. I’ve taken the unusual (for me) step of putting some of these images (ones that include the dead fawn) “after the break” below; you’ll need to click through to see those images, if you want to. That way users who would prefer not to see them can avoid doing so.

Oh, but first, I wanted to post the following images that were taken this morning by vanilla:

So life at CONE Welder goes on, and while it’s certainly sad to be confronted by the reality of death, I remind myself that it’s part of the natural cycle that includes us all.

Anyway, here are some shots of the Turkey Vultures. The first is by avatar99, the second is by rafa:

Additional photos (including the dead fawn) after the jump, below.

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A really nice Orchard Oriole duo (an adult male and one of its offspring, an immature male, I assume) were photographed on July 1. Here are three shots by tinyang, txbird, and tinyang, respectively:

Great shots of a great bird!

Back on June 28, a bird that has been ID’d as a Summer Tanager showed up on the water fountain. Here are three shots by txbird:

It’s not an adult male, but it’s still a new bird for the game. I’ll take it.

I apologize for my light posting schedule lately. I’ve been putting a lot of time into a contest my daughter I are planning to enter. The deadline for our submission is next Thursday, so hopefully I’ll have more time to devote to CONE Welder soon.

In the meantime, check out these beautiful shots of male buntings taken yesterday afternoon. The first is of a Painted Bunting taken by txbird; the second is an Indigo Bunting taken by vanilla:

Both birds were photographed during the same half hour. Oh, to have been on the birdcam during that half-hour!

Three users each got a shot of the male Painted Bunting yesterday, including this shot, which was essentially the same shot taken by both birderbf and idbirds (petinkeyworth got the other one):

My goodness but that’s a beautiful bird. Congratulations, everyone!

Update: txbird and rafa each got some more shots of this guy today (Sunday, June 15). Here’s one by txbird and two by rafa (respectively):

These shots aren’t as good as the ones from yesterday, but I wanted to post them to the blog anyway for two reasons: 1) I figure they might help people get a better idea of where to look for these guys, and 2) it’s such a gorgeous bird I can’t help myself.

I think of the Great Kiskadee as something of a “grail bird” for the CONE Welder installation; I stared at pictures of it a lot while waiting for the camera to go live. I confess I’d started to think we were never going to get one. But look what txbird found perched in the bare tree on June 10:

It must not have stayed there for very long, because no one else got a better shot. But there’s no doubt about the ID. What a great bird! Congratulations, txbird.

A couple of noteworthy shots of the past few days:

After all the late-night hours we’ve put in in hopes of getting another shot of the Barred Owl that showed up on the first night after the camera’s public unveiling, vanilla finally got lucky. Check out this shot, one of several that she got in the wee hours of June 10:

I also really liked this shot bugchik got on the morning of June 11:

Look what rafa found skulking around in the long grass today:

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tinyang and vanilla teamed up to snap five photos this morning of a bird that I’m scratching my head over. Check them out:

The shots are by tinyang, vanilla, vanilla, tinyang, and vanilla, respectively. According to txbird in chat, some users have suggested Varied Bunting, but I’m having a hard time reconciling those images with that bird, at least based on the field guide, which is the only place I’ve ever seen one. If I had to put money on something, I’d call it a drab male House Finch, but I’m not positive about it.

Varied Bunting doesn’t appear at all in the Welder checklist, and House Finch only as “rare”, and only in winter, so I’m really not sure what to think. Anyone else have any ideas?

Update: As discussed in the comments, I’m feeling more inclined to call this one a male House Finch. It’s a little unusual-looking, at least compared to the House Finches I’m used to seeing, but I’m pretty comfortable at this point saying that that’s what it is.

Later update: rafa alerted me to the fact that one of these images (the second from the bottom, by tinyang) has now been officially classified as a House Finch. Congratulations, tinyang!