for fellow DU birdwatchers

[MikeW]

Thought there might be some here interested in this ... its been on the news.

http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox

[H2O Man]

1. What is it?

I was out feeding and watching birds earlier this evening.

[MikeW]

4. Olw cam ... Molly and her Mate have a new clutch of eggs

[Libby2]

2. Very cool!! Thanks for the link.

I have some grandkids that will love to watch.

[Political_Junkie]

3. Cool!

Thanks.

[ellenfl]

5. kick

[JDPriestly]

6. Birdwatchers, I would like some help in identifying a bird.

I saw it in my garden one evening last week. This bird appears at first to be mostly black with maybe a shade of gray here and there and some white. It is a fairly slender, long bird with two long black tails. When it opens its tails, you see a strikingly beautiful white stripe in the middle of each tail which stretches the entire length of the tail. When this bird fully opened its wings, I saw a beautiful (again very striking) white spot in the middle of each wing.

I live in Los Angeles, CA. Any idea what bird this is? I can't seem to find pictures of black birds with open wings and an open tail. The bird opened the wings, closed them and then opened the tail and closed it.

I have lots of pots and things with plants and worms in them. I had just watered and thought the bird came for the water and maybe some seeds or worms.