post pictures of wild birds that have visited your yard!!!!!!!********

[lcw]

i was asleep...then i woke up to more pictures. you all posted them when i was sleeping last night. love the pictures. my camera got taken away so i cant get some pictures. darnit. i finally get to go back to school today.

 

[cap1717]

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[dacjohns]

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Not a black vulture, black vultures have real short tails.

 

[Wifezilla]

These guys visit every spring. I think my little back yard is on their migration route...

A wild mallard at the local park

 

[Pupsnpullets]

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Those little guys are gorgeous. Are they finches of some kind?

 

[Crazyland]

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Not a black vulture, black vultures have real short tails.

It soars up there and there is a large group that you sometimes see. It is not a hawk nor a kite. Certainly not an eagle.
Doubt it being a rough legged buzzard as these birds are here all summer long.

I say the black because it has the white near the ends of the wings which a turkey vulture does not and that it flies in groups.

 

[dacjohns]

Buzzard is an incorrectly used common name in North America to describe vultures. There are no buzzards native to North America unless you include the genus Buteo which the true buzzards belong to.

Here is a web page with some interesting tidbits.

Rough-legged vulture? I'm not familiar with that. It does not occur in my bird books. There is a rough-legged hawk in North America. Is that what you are referring to?

Turkey vultures do have light coloration on the wing tips.


Cornell page about the black vulture. Look at the tail. You can also Google images for other photos.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black_Vulture/id

 

[BellLisamo]

i am loving all these pics! please add more!!!

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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Love, love, love mourning doves!

 

[Crazyland]

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We won't know for certain unless one flies a little closer and I get a new camera.

Hopefully this summer.

And I was referring to the rough legged hawk which is also known as the rough legged buzzard.