MORE BIRDS

[SpookyShoe]

Great egret trying to fish our tiny pond in the backyard today.

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[Whwoz]

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Black Swans

When we head to the coast here down under, we often encounter Black Swans. They are a bird that is common along the coast and adapt reasonably well to human presence, often looking for a handout.

[Growing Coastal]

Junco ventured out... the rain stopped but winds are gusting 80 kph. Scampering from one shelter to another.
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Juncos make a chipping sound that can sound like a hummingbird's chip.

[Amateurinawe]

It's only a small back garden, but i have put up three bird boxes around the place. One by the rear garage door is at head height and has become home to a jenny wren. Hopefully i can get some photos soon but although dowdy and tiny, she has a lovely song which greets me every morning and says goodnight every evening.

[SpookyShoe]

The white geese were out this morning on my drive back home from getting coffee.

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[Growing Coastal]

Some squabbling going on in the fountain!

[Growing Coastal]

I had fabulous visitors this morning. I had never seen these birds before though I knew about them.

Western Tanager. Related to the Cardinal.




Down from the trees for a drink.




Mrs. too.




I guess they've been cooped up too long together due to covid.




Nothing like a good beak-off!

[Shule]

[mention]Growing Coastal[/mention], those birds are awesome, and cute. Orange and green are awesome bird colors.

We have a lot of birds, this spring (not loads of kinds): sparrows (lots), doves (lots), blackbirds (lots; mostly earlier), some robins, some Oregon jucos (earlier), and a few red-tailed hawks. That's about all I've seen (maybe, a few flocks of Canadian geese, and/or other geese, too). I think I heard a great-horned owl. We usually get some magpies, but I don't think I've seen any, yet, this year.

[bower]

Gorgeous colors!

[Growing Coastal]

One afternoon I noticed some kale flowers jiggling around and found a House Finch picking off flowers to eat showing a youngster how to do it. They haven't returned. The flowers are tasty as the kids next door now know, as well.

[SpookyShoe]

This was in someone's yard this morning. No idea what kind of bird this is.

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[PlainJane]

He looks like some kind of wading/shoreline fowl.

[SpookyShoe]

I did some research, because I thought the plume on its head might help me identify it. It looks like some kind of heron, either a gray or a blue. Probably a juvenile since it wasn't very tall.

[Seven Bends]

You've got yourself a yellow-crowned night heron there. Cool bird; we don't get them up here much (inland northern Virginia), as we're kind of at the edge of their range. We have a similar bird, though -- the black-crowned night heron.
Seven Bends (tried to post an intro first but not sure it went through)

[karstopography]

[mention]SpookyShoe[/mention] those Yellow-Crowned Night Herons are crawfish lovers. All this rain really gets them out feeding.

[eyegrotom]

[mention]Seven Bends[/mention] your intro post didn't get posted try try again

[MissS]

You've got yourself a yellow-crowned night heron there. Cool bird; we don't get them up here much (inland northern Virginia), as we're kind of at the edge of their range. We have a similar bird, though -- the black-crowned night heron.
Seven Bends (tried to post an intro first but not sure it went through)

Welcome to the Junction Seven Bends! Glad to have you here.

[Seven Bends]

Thanks, [mention]eyegrotom[/mention]; I re-submitted the intro post and I think it went through this time. And thanks for the welcome, [mention]MissS[/mention]!

[SpookyShoe]

The geese did not want to get out of the road today. Plus a Muscovy mama duck with all of her kids.

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[Growing Coastal]

Look out!!!