Birds

[grandvizier1006]

Will do. An Aztec Thrush was reported last week in Madera Canyon. I wasn't able to get down to see it. There's also a pair of Tufted Flycatchers breeding again this year in Ramsey Canyon further south.

Probably the rarest bird I've found all by myself would be a Gray Catbird in my backyard.

I've never seen a gray catbird! They're supposed to be common where I live, yet I never see them. Just mockingbirds...thousands!

 

[tadoflamb]

I've never seen a gray catbird! They're supposed to be common where I live, yet I never see them. Just mockingbirds...thousands!

They like to stay tucked into the underbrush. I saw quite of few when I visited my old birding haunts in Montana, which is odd because I don't ever remember seeing them growing up. Here's a picture I took of one.

 

[grandvizier1006]

They like to stay tucked into the underbrush. I saw quite of few when I visited my old birding haunts in Montana, which is odd because I don't ever remember seeing them growing up. Here's a picture I took of one.

I thought you lived in the Uk, especially when you mentioned birds I haven't heard of (I'm in the southeast US). Regardless, you seem to run into birds that I can't find.

 

[tadoflamb]

I thought you lived in the Uk, especially when you mentioned birds I haven't heard of (I'm in the southeast US). Regardless, you seem to run into birds that I can't find.

I live in southeastern Arizona. It's a birding hotspot. Here's one of our local specialties.

 

[tadoflamb]

A Clark's Nutcracker taken at Crater Lake NP. That insane blue color is the color of the lake. I was looking down when I took this shot.

 

[Davidnic]

Grey Catbirds are summer residents here...Lily saw her first yesterday. She also saw a Brown Thrasher last week and a Purple Finch. So she got to check off the last of local finches and Mimids. She loves the Northern Mockingbird.

 

[tadoflamb]

@Colin will be very interested in knowing that this bird is called an American Goldfinch. It was God's farewell gift to me as I was leaving Tualatin River NWR.

 

[tadoflamb]

@Colin this is an [B]American[/B] Robin. I took it's picture at Goose Lake Recreation area in Oregon.

 

[tadoflamb]

These are American Crows.

 

[tadoflamb]

@Colin, do you know what kind of bird this is?

 

[Colin]

@Colin, do you know what kind of bird this is?

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It looks like something out of the Muppets , so it must be an American thingamajig or thingamabob .

 

[Davidnic]

Lily got to see Cranes in flight over grandmas yesterday while we were cooking smores.

 

[NOTWHATIWAS]

I'm totally loving the pictures on this site. I am an amateur bird enthusiast.(only having taken up the hobby recently).My area of the country has so many varieties of beautiful birds(and birdsong, which I appreciate being a singer). I wonder if their "songs" are actually praise of their Creator?

 

[tadoflamb]

It looks like something out of the Muppets , so it must be an American thingamajig or thingamabob .

I'm still giggling to myself about this one.

 

[tadoflamb]

Maybe when you were a kid at camp the older kids might have handed you a flashlight and a burlap sack and invited you to go 'snipe hunting'. Don't fall for it. You don't hunt snipes at night with flashlights and burlap sacks.

Here's a Wilson's Snipe if anyone is interested in seeing a real snipe. I took this shot last month at Goose Lake SP in Oregon.

 

[tadoflamb]

I'm totally loving the pictures on this site. I am an amateur bird enthusiast.(only having taken up the hobby recently).My area of the country has so many varieties of beautiful birds(and birdsong, which I appreciate being a singer). I wonder if their "songs" are actually praise of their Creator?

Thanks. It's challenging getting good bird pics but when I do I'm pretty happy with myself.

Are you keeping a life list? If so, what are you up to?

I sometimes wonder if birds are messengers from God. There's a reason artist's have always painted angels with wings.

 

[tadoflamb]

Lily got to see Cranes in flight over grandmas yesterday while we were cooking smores.

Attalily!

I remember the grandparents being a good place to get new birds for the life list. The most memorable probably being a Painted Bunting.

 

[Colin]

I sometimes wonder if birds are messengers from God.

I'm certain they are , Tad .

That's why I have this picture on my living-room wall......

 

[NOTWHATIWAS]

Thanks. It's challenging getting good bird pics but when I do I'm pretty happy with myself.

Are you keeping a life list? If so, what are you up to?

I sometimes wonder if birds are messengers from God. There's a reason artist's have always painted angels with wings.

I'm still in the stage where I am just in awe" of how many beautiful varieties of birds God has blessed us with. I see a lot of mourning doves and blue jays in my neighborhood-Blue herons, geese, ducks and eagles on the outskirts of town. When I figure out how my camera works(LOL)I'll start posting some pics. In the meantime, I'll have to enjoy yours.Thank you for that.

 

[tadoflamb]

A bird painting I did.