I like the red headed woodpecker that works the metal fixture on the streetlight.
Sounds like an old fashioned telephone ringing.
Sounds like an old fashioned telephone ringing.
What birds put a smile on your face in your locale
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zzzippper
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In CO I used to love the magpies. But they liked to swoop down across roadways. One cracked my windshield at 75mph with his beak. The last thing to go through his mind was his ***.
CustomChevyGuy
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There's a flock of about 40 wild Quaker Parrots behind the shop I work at. I get a serenade followed by a flyover by most of them just as the sun is coming up, just about every morning.
I like watching the brown pelicans skim inches above the water with their wings out, and necks tucked back..just cruising for their next fresh catch.
Then there are the ospreys that can be found all over the place, if you just look for them. Absolutely beautiful birds of prey!
I like watching the brown pelicans skim inches above the water with their wings out, and necks tucked back..just cruising for their next fresh catch.
Then there are the ospreys that can be found all over the place, if you just look for them. Absolutely beautiful birds of prey!
CustomChevyGuy
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I wonder if that's the same one that used to live down by the falls?
susieqz
Absent Comrade
you know, we had 5 years of the worst drought in history on the plains. not just cattle n horses were gone. the birds left or died off.
you would not believe what a big hole is in your life when there are no birds.
you can take them for granted when they are around, but without them, nothing feels right.
you would not believe what a big hole is in your life when there are no birds.
you can take them for granted when they are around, but without them, nothing feels right.
LittleCooner
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The pair of Whooping Cranes that have chosen again this year to winter in my "back yard" ( actually 400-700 yards) from the back deck is one great Adrenalin rush to watch. They claim there are only 600 of these birds on the face of the planet and 160 of those are in captivity . Man, are they big. 7 1/2 foot wing span. Then the Turkeys that love to eat bugs in the yard are always a hoot. Especially when a big long beard walks by during breeding season.
The bird I miss so much are the Pileated Woodpeckers that were so abundant when I was a young lad. We still have a few, but when I was a lad, a trip to the woods to hunt would away yield hearing their call and usually seeing several. They are know as "wood hens" in my part of the Appalachian Mountains.
The bird I miss so much are the Pileated Woodpeckers that were so abundant when I was a young lad. We still have a few, but when I was a lad, a trip to the woods to hunt would away yield hearing their call and usually seeing several. They are know as "wood hens" in my part of the Appalachian Mountains.
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bushmaster1313
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I am the OP and I am enjoying the posts
Had to look up the ivory billed woodpecker
Glad I did
Had to look up the ivory billed woodpecker
Glad I did
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DeathGrip
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The one that puts the biggest smile on my face usually flies out of the drivers window on I-95.
I like hawks...
.....and crows (because I'm not a farmer), egrets, blue herons, Geese (when they are flying, not on the ground) Have you ever looked up into a night sky and seen something silvery white and realized that it was a flock of geese in formation?
My most hated bird is the Blue Jay. I haven't seen them around as much. Mockingbirds aren't my favorite either.
It's hard to tell sometimes which birds are migratory and which ones stay around all year or just a season.
I like to watch the chimney swifts fly. It's like watching Top Gun. They are fast, make tight turns and do barrel rolls and other gyrations to feed on insects.
.....and crows (because I'm not a farmer), egrets, blue herons, Geese (when they are flying, not on the ground) Have you ever looked up into a night sky and seen something silvery white and realized that it was a flock of geese in formation?
My most hated bird is the Blue Jay. I haven't seen them around as much. Mockingbirds aren't my favorite either.
It's hard to tell sometimes which birds are migratory and which ones stay around all year or just a season.
I like to watch the chimney swifts fly. It's like watching Top Gun. They are fast, make tight turns and do barrel rolls and other gyrations to feed on insects.
Sorry someone has to do it, KFC, Popeyes, Chik Fil A. You get the idea.
I like Bushtits. They are cute puffy little birds with long tails and are funny to watch. They show up in a big gang and act like a bunch of hooligans darting around causing mischief in the tree (eating bugs) and taking turns in the bird bath. Then in a flash all 20-30 of them are gone but they'll be back tomorrow.
The Green Heron is another odd one to watch. They are a nervous twitchy bird that never stops moving. It's tail bobs up and down constantly. I don't know if the tail hypnotizes fish or what purpose it has, but they are interesting to watch. I saw this one in the marsh by my dad's house. I had to chase him all over the pond to finally get this shot.
I saw this bird on the lawn today. I am not sure what it is but it was pretty. Sorry for the slightly out of focus pic. Looked like a woodpecker but the size and beak was wrong.
Someone else mentioned redwing blackbirds. It is really nice in the summer to take a few minutes, lay down on the lawn, close your eyes, and just listen to them sing when they are in the trees in the backyard.
All birds are interesting and fun to watch. European Stalings are incredible with how flocks dance around the sky above the fields.
Birds are cool.
I believe the second bird is a Rufous Sided Tohee. Now called the Spotted Tohee. The best one I've seen this winter has been the Ruby Crowned Kinglet. While it may be common to others, it's the first time I've seen one flitting about my yard with its bright red crown patch.
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I have 2 bird feeders, one out my window & the other hanging off my deck. Now waiting for the song birds return. The Quail & turkey's come around later.
Bald Eagles, they are making a comeback in my area. About 10
days ago we had 7" of snow, it got warm and melted off in less
than 48 hrs. Creeks came up high and dropped fairly fast, trapping fish in puddles on the gravel bars. The Eagles have been
busy waddling around these puddles grabbing fish.
days ago we had 7" of snow, it got warm and melted off in less
than 48 hrs. Creeks came up high and dropped fairly fast, trapping fish in puddles on the gravel bars. The Eagles have been
busy waddling around these puddles grabbing fish.
Fishslayer
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Bluejays. Obnoxious Alpha Hotels. We relate. 
My ***od has multiple pea fowl. I listened to the song of their people for years without knowing what they were. Sounds pretty much how I would imagine somebody sounding who was being brutally murdered.
My ***od has multiple pea fowl. I listened to the song of their people for years without knowing what they were. Sounds pretty much how I would imagine somebody sounding who was being brutally murdered.
Jim1392
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Hummingbirds. I can watch them for hours with their antics. They should be coming back to NC next month.
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One day I saw nature at its fullest.
I watched the bird's called Anhingas or Snakebirds swimming in unison , they were swimming together inline spread across a small pond pushing the fish or corralling the fish schools to the tail end of the lake.
The lake was boiling with fish.
On top of the water, there were white IBIS fluttering like helicopters. Intercepting jumping minnows.
My thought was I bet there is an Osprey flying overhead to grab a bass or a tilapia.
I was wrong. What I saw was a Bald Eagle diving down and grabbing a white IBIS.
He picked that bird off and he landed on a perch. Underneath that perch was evidence of another white IBIS de-feathering.
Papa
I watched the bird's called Anhingas or Snakebirds swimming in unison , they were swimming together inline spread across a small pond pushing the fish or corralling the fish schools to the tail end of the lake.
The lake was boiling with fish.
On top of the water, there were white IBIS fluttering like helicopters. Intercepting jumping minnows.
My thought was I bet there is an Osprey flying overhead to grab a bass or a tilapia.
I was wrong. What I saw was a Bald Eagle diving down and grabbing a white IBIS.
He picked that bird off and he landed on a perch. Underneath that perch was evidence of another white IBIS de-feathering.
Papa
susieqz
Absent Comrade
since this is a bird thread, i have a trick to share with southwestern members.
you can train roadrunners.
all you do, is when you see one you say hello n ignore him.
go about whatever you were doing.
try not to move too fast.
try not to walk directly at him.
if you do this every time, you will see the beep get less afraid til eventually you can get withing 5-6' of him.
pretty cool if you like watching them.
you can train roadrunners.
all you do, is when you see one you say hello n ignore him.
go about whatever you were doing.
try not to move too fast.
try not to walk directly at him.
if you do this every time, you will see the beep get less afraid til eventually you can get withing 5-6' of him.
pretty cool if you like watching them.
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bill2000
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A little bird thread music for ya:
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Thanks for saving me some typing.........
got to add;Nuthatch, tufted titmouse...... and the Peregrine Falcons.
We've been feeding the backyard birds here in the "Burbs of the Burgh" for 23 years........Dad had several Chickadees that would take sunflower seed from his hand....... they would perch on his finger tips and take the seeds from his palm.
We also do some "birding" when we hit the Outer Banks
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