Birds and Blooms
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There are two this year it seems, their parents have used the same nest for at least the last 3 years.
Blurry squirrel on the wood pile.
Watering this morning will be fun.
Blurry squirrel on the wood pile.
Watering this morning will be fun.
Hugh Jass
Canna-Mycologist
We have a family of Redtail Hawks around our place, too, but they are hard to photograph. I've never seen that Cooper's Hawk in my photos again - here one time and out. Our house is in a thick pine grove, so it limits their ability to attack - we lost 2 cats in Colorado.
It's a blast watching them learn how to fly, well landing is the fun part. Being buzzed by a 4-5 foot wingspan, barely air worthy predator will keep your head on a swivel.
I have a real camera with an 18-600 lens, but it's never around when the fun stuff is hapening.
I have a real camera with an 18-600 lens, but it's never around when the fun stuff is hapening.
Anhinga
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Dude that is an odd duck !
Anhinga Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
A dark body stealthily swims through a lake with only a snakelike head poking above the surface. What may sound like the Loch Ness monster is actually an Anhinga, swimming underwater and stabbing fish with its daggerlike bill. After every dip, it strikes a regal pose on the edges of shallow...
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Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Was looking to start a bird thread.
@Hugh Jass beat me to it.
This lass is nesting in the playhouse
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I originally thought that it was a Nuhatch.
I later got a better look at it and realized it was too plain.
I stole a page from DopeDan- and ended up identifying it by ear.
www.birdadvisors.com
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Seems to enjoy Tetherball!
Whady'all think?
Pacific Wren ?
@Hugh Jass beat me to it.
This lass is nesting in the playhouse
View attachment 20230713_102738.mp4
I originally thought that it was a Nuhatch.
I later got a better look at it and realized it was too plain.
I stole a page from DopeDan- and ended up identifying it by ear.
7 Species Of Wrens In Alberta- Picture And ID Guide
There are 11 species of wrens spotted in North America, and of these 7 have been spotted in Alberta. Six of the species of wren in Alberta are classed as
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View attachment 20230713_102818.mp4
Seems to enjoy Tetherball!
Whady'all think?
Pacific Wren ?
Hugh Jass
Canna-Mycologist
I was kind of surprised no one had made one yet.
Of course, I promptly abandoned it in its infancy.
Thanks for picking it back up!
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Even casual sighting reports would please me.
I am always aware of the birds around me, and I wonder what you guys are seeing, on the daily.
Like those bigagazz birds we were seeing on the posts, DopeDan, would you say those were Ferruginous. ?
Ferruginous Hawk Photos and Videos for, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Found in prairies, deserts, and open range of the West, the regal Ferruginous Hawk hunts from a lone tree, rock outcrop, or from high in the sky. This largest of North American hawks really is regal—its species name is <em>regalis</em>—with a unique gray head, rich, rusty (ferruginous) shoulders...
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Hugh Jass
Canna-Mycologist
Oh, @Jewels ... Encourage Ol' Hughie at your own risk! 🤣
Went through and pulled a few quickies of some of the daily visitors @ Chez Hughie.
Brown Thrasher, our state bird in GA
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Ruby Throated Hummingbirds
Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal (it HAS snowed here before)
Brown Headed Nuthatch
House Finch
Tufted Titmouse (tuft hidden)
Carolina Wren
Dueling Hummers
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
I am a foreigner, I assumed all your flagpoles had those on top. 🐰
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Of all of those, the finch is the one I would be most likely to see.
I don't think we get Mockingbirds up here, and the hummingbirds I have seen in my lifetime I could count on one hand.
Not to be that guy, and as you said the picture is a bit fuzzy... but I think that may be an osprey and not an eagle. Bald eagles have white tails and no dark stripe on the face
I wish I could contribute more to this thread. Somewhere I have hundreds of pictures of birds from all over the US and Costa Rica from when I was an ornithology student. Unfortunately, transient stoner that I was at the time, Ive lost track of most of the memory cards that held them.
Best I have at the moment is this Downy Woodpecker and Chipping Sparrow sharing at my feeder.
Best I have at the moment is this Downy Woodpecker and Chipping Sparrow sharing at my feeder.
doober
In Bloom
Amateur bird guy (at best) that I am, I saw the white head and breast and called it an eagle . I’ll have to look closer next time !
Looks close.
If I figure out how to use the merlin app to id from a pic I'll try that when I get a chance. Still trying to record that thing I hear at dusk and low light that I think is a flicker or possibly a dove now?
The fledgling red tails are becoming teenagers
The eyes look a little more like the rough legged though?
Rough-legged Hawk Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Rough-legged Hawk spends the summer capturing lemmings on the arctic tundra, tending a cliffside nest under a sun that never sets. Winter is the time to see this large, open-country hawk in southern Canada and the U.S., where it may be perched on a pole or hovering over a marsh or pasture on...
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