What birds put a smile on your face in your locale

[bill2000]

Another of my favorites is the flicker. One magic day when I was about 10 years old, a flicker inched down the trunk of an oak in the woods and hopped to my finger. They say that bird encounters like this are visitations from beyond. Sounds reasonable to me.

 

[6518John]

American Dipper

Although I have to travel to the Rockies to see him, this is my favorite bird of almost 50 years of birding.

"A chunky bird of western streams, the American Dipper is North America's only truly aquatic songbird. It catches all of its food underwater in swiftly flowing streams by swimming and walking on the stream bottom."

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HyFEbuy8RUg[/ame]

 

[mr-mom]

We live on a lake and are blessed with a few mated pairs of Loons. The biggest smile comes when we see Mama and Papa swimming with the chcks up on their backs. We feed all year around and enjoy everything from the smallest hummingbird to the huge Pileated Woodpeckers.
Dave
SWCA #2778

 

[billwill]

Pileated Woodpeckers and those cute little buggers...the Carolina Wren

 

[retiredbadge8091]

Although I have to travel to the Rockies to see him, this is my favorite bird of almost 50 years of birding.

"A chunky bird of western streams, the American Dipper is North America's only truly aquatic songbird. It catches all of its food underwater in swiftly flowing streams by swimming and walking on the stream bottom."

Amazing Birds - The American Dipper - YouTube

I picked up my Dipper on a small stream in Utah at the base of the Uintahs. My life list is sort of a combination of small notebooks and my memories. I better get more organized. The way my memory's going, every bird I see will soon be a new one.

 

[Jessie]

Indigo bunting, chickadee,hummingbirds and the Carolina wren.

 

[pharmer]

Nothing "bird" makes me happier than when the 2 pair of Ospreys return to their nests on the light poles around the field where I work. "She" is constantly hollering for a fish while "he" calmly eats his fill then casually flies over the back half for her. Better than "reality TV." Joe

 

[MCorps0311]

Bald Eagle
Cardinal

 

[CoMF]

Black-capped Chickadees and wild turkey poults.

I occasionally whistle back to the former when they do their two-note "bee bay" call.

 

[CATI1835]

These guys should be back in the next few weeks...

 

[FifthWheel]

The Black Capped Chickadee and Purple Martins.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Roadrunners, sandhill cranes in winter, hummers, and pretty much any variety of duck or hawk.

 

[Faulkner]

My wife and I both enjoy watching and photographing all kinds of birds. The past few weeks we've been watching a nesting Great Horned Owl.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Looks like she's watchin' you back! Great shot.

 

[CATI1835]

The Orioles at the jelly feeders are always entertaining.

 

[TX-Dennis]

I can't believe I left out burrowing owls. They are small owls that steal burrows from small mammals such as rabbits, prairie dogs, gophers, etc. I have always enjoyed watching them.

 

[susieqz]

how do i find burrowing owls?
they are supposed to be here, but i don't see them.
seeing one would make my day.

 

[6518John]

how do i find burrowing owls?
they are supposed to be here, but i don't see them.
seeing one would make my day.

Burrowing Owls live in open habitats with sparse vegetation such as prairie, pastures, desert or shrubsteppe, and airports. In parts of their range they are closely associated with prairie dogs and ground squirrels, whose burrows they use for nests.

Burrowing Owl, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

[susieqz]

thanks john. that's exactly where i live, pastures n prairie.
they gotta be around somewhere.
i'm no bird watcher in the sense of keeping lists, but i stop to watch them all the time.
in summer i have a humming bird feeder, but all birds are fun.

 

[RSBH44]

Chick a dee dee dee , chick a dee dee dee
I've sat for countless hours over the years in big deer woods observing these comical little birds. One of my favorites, for sure.