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Has anybody seen a fish?

Just looked up Molting.... Blue Jays go through one complete molt a year in late summer. This molt usually proceeds in an orderly fashion so that you barely notice that it's going on. But Blue Jays (as well as Northern Cardinals) often experience a complete molt of their head and maybe even their neck feathers. Nothing is wrong with the bird and the feathers will grow back. But for a period of time until they feathers return, they do look rather odd.

Sure looks like it.

We have marmots in New Mexico too. (By the way, @HamRHead, woodchucks are marmots.) Yellow-bellied Marmot by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr And ground squirrels. Queen of all she surveys by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr And more glamorous mammals, but I didn't get any pictures of the bear I saw a few weeks ago.

taken this morning in Louisiana.....bet he's thinking, "Man, 4 weeks ago I was a gorgeous blue bird but look at me now"!

House Finch. Thick billed, no distinct eyeline.

Yes, these are Laughing Gulls.

Snowy Egret by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Don't remember if we had a similar thread on the old forum. Eastern Swallowtail on Cutleaf Teasel by Greg Miller, on Flickr Tranverse Flower Fly by Greg Miller, on Flickr Red-spotted Purple by Greg Miller, on Flickr Male Needham's Skimmer by Greg Miller, on Flickr

Did an Orange-crowned Warbler add itself to my yard list today? Española, N. M.

Definitely Caspian.

It's an immature white ibis. Maybe parent and child

Today in Nashville TN Heard these guys dozens of times in the past but never got a good look and certainly not a photo Wood Thrush by hbvol50, on Flickr Wood Thrush by hbvol50, on Flickr

Looks good for Caspian. The red bill with smudgy tip confirms it. Royal bill leans more toward the orange end of the spectrum.

Agree with House Finch. Also note the curved culmen (upper ridge of the beak).

Agreed.

Yep, that was my first reaction

Looks like a Willet to me.

Yes, Prairie.

That's a fresh juvenile Ring-billed. Small and thin-billed, and small structure overall. Nice looking bird!

Guessing Blue-winged Teal with that underwing pattern in IMG_3879.

I am far from an expert, but they look to bulky and beaks are too big for Bonaparte's. Maybe Laughing Gulls?

Here's the story - kind of interesting.. https://www.creepyghoststories.com/list/heceta-head-lighthouse-haunted

Thanks guys! I saw the goldfinches in the garden and looked up their song which didn't sound like this. Just looked up a fledging goldfinch and it's an exact match. 🙂 They must have gone into the garden to eat (they attack my zinnias and ignore the nyjer feeder) and left the little one in the trees right behind begging for food. i noticed the cardinal chirps after I uploaded. He was probably waiting for me to get out of the way so he could get to the window feeder.

Rare for New Jersey - White Ibis Adult White Ibis by Greg Miller, on Flickr

I like critters too.

Great Kiskadee by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Green Heron Green Heron by Johnny, on Flickr Little Blue Heron (Juv.) Little Blue Heron by Johnny, on Flickr

My first Barn Swallow Photo

best close-up shot ever!

...if you say so. And don't they have lips? (We don't get a lot of marmots in Georgia)

Ebony Jewelwing Ebony Jewelwing by Greg Miller, on Flickr Painted Lady Painted Lady - Lake Paulinskill, Stillwater, NJ by Greg Miller, on Flickr Unknown Fly Species Unknown Fly Species by Greg Miller, on Flickr Spicebush Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail by Greg Miller, on Flickr

Hmm...not sure it's a young bird. Looks like it has mites.

Sadly, this is a young White Ibis. The white bird to the left is an adult. Edit: Sniped by hbvol50