Any fellow birdwatchers out there?

[Melleding]

Has anyone done any birdwatching as of late?

The usual crowd today in the yard. Bluejays, the cardinals brought their only baby this year, a female, doves, blackbirds, a young woodpecker, brown thrasher, mockingbirds, a catbird and a hummingbird. Don't know what kind it is though. Six young egrets in my neighbor's yard. The painted buntings have gone for now. They have been coming here for years, twice a year.

 

[Alexandra33]

We have some young hummingbirds buzzing around. They love the hardy fucshias and the crocosmias.

What's not to love about those spunky little spitfires?

Not much birding, moved to a new part of the state. Still getting the area down.

Hope you get back into soon, as your pictures are always enjoyable. Still haven't spotted a Peregrine Falcon yet, so I'm incredibly jealous.

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Very nice! I especially love that huge family of Canadas....it's amazing how many goslings they'll hatch out at a time.

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I have a big colony of blue herons at the back of our property. 46 nesting pairs is what I counted this spring. Here is a picture of one of the nests from last season. I climbed way up a maple tree and took it with my phone. 3 chicks in the nest and one of the parents to the right. I'm going to buy an actual camera this year so I can document them better next year

Absolutely incredible!!! What I would give to have a "rookery" of sorts in my back yard. Blue Herons are majestic to the eye, but murder on the ear. Their sounds are horrific.

 

[Alexandra33]

The usual crowd today in the yard. Bluejays, the cardinals brought their only baby this year, a female, doves, blackbirds, a young woodpecker, brown thrasher, mockingbirds, a catbird and a hummingbird. Don't know what kind it is though. Six young egrets in my neighbor's yard. The painted buntings have gone for now. They have been coming here for years, twice a year.

Painted Buntings?!?! Oh, to live in a region where they're commonplace. If we manage to spot one here in Ohio, people flock to see it from all corners of the state.

 

[Sequel]

We used to have a blue heron rookery across the road. We also had an osprey nest across the other road. We live on a corner. Anyhow large birds of prey wreak havoc on rookeries and one afternoon we heard the most horrendous shrieking. We ran outside to find at least a dozen great blue herons dive bombing and harassing the osprey nest. It was like the attack of the pterodactyls ! It was one of the most memorable experiences I ever witnessed! And of course back then no cell phone video cameras. I don’t think I had a regular video back then either. Thanks for causing me to remember that!

 

[HomesteaderWife]

Reporting from AL - lots of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are active now here. Just had 7 little females/juvies at one feeder this evening. Lots of nests hatched successfully this year for the Cardinals, Phoebes, Wrens, Nuthatch, and Chickadees

 

[SharW75]

Here are some pictures I've taken this year.

Cardinal

Wild turkey just strolling down the road.

red-winged blackbird

catbird

house wren

eastern bluebird

yellow-rumped warbler

bald eagle--juvenile

baltimore oriole

barn swallow

cedar waxwing

goldfinch

bald eagle--adult

orchard oriole--male

great blue heron

song sparrow

 

[SharW75]

More...

mother and newly fledged cardinal baby (taken through a window)

turkey vultures fighting over a raccoon I "gifted" them.

yellow bellied sapsuckers--male and female

chipping sparrow

ospreys--looks like a clutch of 3 babies and two adults.

 

[Sequel]

More...

mother and newly fledged cardinal baby (taken through a window)
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turkey vultures fighting over a raccoon I "gifted" them.
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yellow bellied sapsuckers--male and female
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chipping sparrow
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ospreys--looks like a clutch of 3 babies and two adults.
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Nice pics!

 

[HomesteaderWife]

Short clip of the hummingbirds:

 

[Chookwagn]

Royal spoonbills