I couldn’t tell you the last time I saw a bluebird.
But I did see some apple muffins while I was shopping yesterday. They’re the official state muffin. Does that count for anything or do I have to see them in the wild?
I couldn’t tell you the last time I saw a bluebird.
But I did see some apple muffins while I was shopping yesterday. They’re the official state muffin. Does that count for anything or do I have to see them in the wild?
And another international entrant, this time from the Cayman Islands…
I saw a Cayman Parrot on the drive home today. I see one perhaps once a week.
I’m about 40 miles west of Raleigh and I see them every day, too. I have feeders out, but even if I didn’t they are very common here.
Roughly never. The Delaware Blue Hen is a rare blue-factored mutation / variation of a landrace chicken, and thus not even an actual species.
Me either. Oughta be the chickadee or the junco as we see those all the damn time.
Mountain bluebird only in the wilderness, so pretty rare. I’m surprised another state hasn’t claimed that.
California quail in both the wild and city are common
States with cardinals, goldfinch, or meadowlark should be ashamed. Robin and finch states, I’m watching you. Utah’s state bird is named after a different state.
If we count territories, bananaquit sounds the most intriguing. I’ve never seen the bird, but if you leave a banana out long enough they just give up on life.
Almost daily. My neighbors have free range Rhode Island Reds.
I’ve never seen an Oriole.
Yeah, I see more Robins than I see flies. They’re everywhere.
We have one that lives outside our office. Each day it spends hours banging against the window, presumably seeing its reflection or something. We’ve tried putting things in the bushes to scare it off, hanging pictures in the window, moving things behind the window, etc. The other day our VP remarked “Every morning, he wakes up, comes to the office and bangs his head for eight hours. He ought to be our mascot.”
In Québec, it’s the snowy owl (harfang des neiges). I see one every few years around here, hunting near the highway.
Same. All year 'round.
Florida. Mockingbird. There are three pairs nesting on my street.
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I’ve seen one in 18 years.
The New South Wales state bird is the kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). I hear one more often than I see one: hear perhaps once a week and see about once a month.
Have you looked in the old gum tree?
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Yep, me, too. See them whenever I’m out hiking. At least once every 2 years.
Actually, I hike a lot, and I see quail all the time-- even when I’m not hiking. They were in a neighbor’s back yard the other day. Where I live is kind of weird in that I’m technically in Silicon Valley in the highly congested SF Bay Area, but I live on the fringe and just a few steps from my house you’re in the wilds. I love it!
I saw one when I was visiting Texas last week. It was running really quickly down the road - go figure. I have met more than one person that thought they were fictional.
The Black-capped Chickadee is the Massachusetts state bird. I am sure I see and hear them sometimes but they aren’t that big or distinctive. Growing up in Louisiana, our state bird is the Brown Pelican. They are really big and instantly noticeable but also very rare at least until the 2000’s.
Ruffed grouse - saw one two days ago. They’re decently common if you’re in the right habitat.
I live in a fairly wooded area and often see chickadees.