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Ornithology at Saint Vincent College
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 4 ธ.ค. 2021
The Ornithology Program at Saint Vincent College is directed by Dr. James Kellam, Associate Professor of Biology. Interested students can enroll in up to 3 bird-related courses he offers. In addition, he supervises student-initiated research projects every year and conducts his own studies. Dr. Kellam has published peer-reviewed articles on Downy, Hairy, Red-headed, and Pileated Woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker, the Blue Jay, and the Tufted Titmouse; he has collaborated with others on projects involving the Acorn Woodpecker, American Crow, and Kentucky Warbler; his students have researched these species plus the American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, White-breasted Nuthatch, and captive vultures and owls. Ornithology students at Saint Vincent have gone on to earn PhD and MS degrees in Biology as well as DVM degrees in Veterinary Science. Former students are employed by the National Aviary, National Audubon Society, and various other organizations and companies with an animal emphasis.
Bluebird feeds giant grub to nestling, but it's too big!
This male Eastern Bluebird parent gets an award for finding a huge grub (beetle larva) and trying to give it to a nestling. But the nestling is only 3 days old, and it can't possibly swallow such a large item. It takes the dad 2.5 minutes to realize that, and then he swallows it himself. Can't let a good grub go to waste!
Published by the Ornithology Program at Saint Vincent College.
Published by the Ornithology Program at Saint Vincent College.
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Male bluebird feeds incubating female a moth
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In an instance of "courtship feeding" a male Eastern Bluebird fed his mate a moth as she was incubating eggs. The extra nutrition in much appreciated by the female, as she has just finished the egg-laying period.
Bluebird finally decides it's had enough of a wasp sharing its nest
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Wasps sometimes build their nests in the same boxes at Eastern Bluebirds. We were watching today as a wasp came and went, apparently planning to build a nest hanging above the bluebird's nest while she incubates. Would she do anything about it? We got our answer after the wasp found its way to a lower corner of the box and she disposed of it.
red squirrels copulate while inside wooden nest box
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This nest box was built for screech-owls, but some American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) have moved in, and now they are interested in having babies! The video shows a male enter first through a hole in the bottom of the box. This is not a hole we made; it was gnawed by the squirrels. The female enters from the same hole right after the male. Then the two do what the birds and the be...
Good night, Gray Squirrel!
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A gray squirrel enters our owl box at 6:39pm local time and started arranging its bedding for a warm night's sleep. We added wood chips at the base, but all the grass and moss were brought in by the squirrel.
Flying squirrel investigates our owl box for the first time
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This box was installed 8 days ago and while it was intended for a Screech-owl, we are fine with having a flying squirrel visit. Will this be its first and only time, or will it be a regular user of the box?
Super-concentration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at a Pennsylvania feeding station
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Jeffrey Pawlak of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, invited us to his home where he and family members have been filling hummingbird feeding stations every year for 30 years. The duration of operations and daily maintenance has led to an assembly of up to 50-60 individuals visiting at a time. The numbers go up in August after the young from multiple nearby nests have fledged. We got to witness this...
Chimney Swift adult flies hard into interior side of chimney
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Chimney Swift adult flies hard into interior side of chimney
Chimney Swift parent climbs over chicks instead of taking off and flying
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Chimney Swift parent climbs over chicks instead of taking off and flying
Two Chimney Swift parents feed chicks at once
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Two Chimney Swift parents feed chicks at once
48 States in 48 Days Bird Series: Chimney Swift
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48 States in 48 Days Bird Series: Chimney Swift
48 States in 48 Days Bird Series: Brown-headed Cowbird
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48 States in 48 Days Bird Series: Brown-headed Cowbird
48 states in 48 days bird series: Greater Roadrunner
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48 states in 48 days bird series: Greater Roadrunner
48 states in 48 days Bird Series: Scissor-tail Flycatcher
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48 states in 48 days Bird Series: Scissor-tail Flycatcher
Chimney Swift discards its chick's egg shell
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Chimney Swift discards its chick's egg shell
Chimney swift nest a couple hours after first chick hatched
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Chimney swift nest a couple hours after first chick hatched
Chimney Swift Nest: First view of a hatched chick
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Chimney Swift Nest: First view of a hatched chick
House Wrens fledge the nest one by one
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House Wrens fledge the nest one by one
Isolated House Wren chick is reunited with siblings
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Isolated House Wren chick is reunited with siblings
Aggression between House Wrens inside their nest box
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Aggression between House Wrens inside their nest box
House Wren removes fecal sac from its nest
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House Wren removes fecal sac from its nest
Bluebird fledges the nest after its parent visits
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Bluebird fledges the nest after its parent visits
Eastern Bluebird parent feeds chicks at 13 minutes after sunset
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Eastern Bluebird parent feeds chicks at 13 minutes after sunset
Female House Wren assists hatching chicks
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Female House Wren assists hatching chicks
What happens in the nest after Eastern Bluebird chicks were banded by a researcher
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What happens in the nest after Eastern Bluebird chicks were banded by a researcher
House Wren nest with both parents bringing food, including courtship feeding
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House Wren nest with both parents bringing food, including courtship feeding
First Chimney Swift egg laid on 5/28/2023
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First Chimney Swift egg laid on 5/28/2023
Highlights of our participation in New Jersey Audubon's World Series of Birding, 2023
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Highlights of our participation in New Jersey Audubon's World Series of Birding, 2023
They took turns being on top?
Wow it's interesting video my friend I love it.
Females are grayish with a whitish spot under the chin, I think he needs to relax and be more exact.
Thanks for the advice.
Great upload my friend stay blessed stay connected my friend ❤️❤
Lovely arrangement. How do you keep the squirrels and raccoons away? Right now we are battling with raccoons!
Thank you! We are planning for a different camera soon so we can get close-up views. Maybe by the end of the summer we will have that in place. Anyway, with squirrels and raccoons I think we're just lucky. The three poles supporting our feeders have "stovepipe" baffles so that keeps most rodents and raccoons away. However, there is plenty of vegetation from which a squirrel could jump and access the feeders from the top. We had one squirrel who did that in late summer 2022. I trimmed one small branch and moved the nearest feeder post about 9 inches (that's all I could do at this site). Either that did the trick, or the gifted squirrel died. Either way, we haven't had a squirrel problem since. As I'm sure you know, this is never a battle that ends. Good luck in your quest against raccoons!
My kid can sometimes inhale her meal in roughly 20 seconds.
Thanks for the post Jim!
Well done 👍✅
I LOVE your bird feeder setup. Such lucky birds! 🌷🐦
Wow, thank you! We are still playing around with it. The camera has some issues like glare that I want to fix but I'm not sure it's fixable. I'm not pleased with it yet, so your complement makes me feel better!
What an experience. One of my favorite beings right now is a mourning dove female. I have found them to be the friendliest of all native birds. I don't want to ever feed a bird out of my hand or get too close to them because I don't want to normalize them to humans, but they approach me and my nature to mostly all animals is to be as much as a gent as possible. I'm protective of a lot of wildlife so I want them to stay at my place where I do my best to protect them from irresponsible pet owners, and I also feed them on my window sills. In the opposite side of the room from where the windows are is where I often have my Chromebook and I've noticed a few times as I'm doing my kitchen work, they'll watch whatever TH-cam videos are playing. I'm actually wondering if it would interest or be helpful to you if I played music to them while they perched on my windows and recorded it with my Akaso EK7000 4K action camera.
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Saint Vincent College sounds like such a wonderful dream College to me, would loved to have studied Ornithology. Newark on Atlantic flyway, yesterday was bad at one skyscraper found 30+ expired Warblers, rescued 6. Today not so bad just saw a few expired, but Gulls swallow them quick, rescued 3. See many more birds in Fall (more than can be accounted for with the young). A Friend & I rescue songbirds that hit the glass skyscrapers in Newark NJ, TRT made a video named 'Window Strikes in the Business District' of us picking up injured Warblers. In Newark most of the birds that hit the glass skyscrapers perish on impact, or when fall to the cement pavement. We bring injured to TRT for a 2nd chance. I've rescued Tennessee Warblers in past, they have the perfect bird shape they remind me of a green hummingbird without the long beak.
Oh! That's such sad work, discovering all the birds killed on migration by tall buildings! But thank you for your service to the birds that survive.
Maybe 2 gold finches weren't enough dinner for the hawk.
The hawk wasn't giving up easily, more or less standing its ground.
Attack! Glad you’re safe!