Leaderboard

Heerman's Gulls

Yellow-billed Cuckoo by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Piping Plover High Island TX 10-17 piping Plover strolling in the sand High Island TX 10-17 by johnd1964, on Flickr

Found another heron with a snake. All the snakes I've seen them with around here are orange spotted garter snakes which are really pretty.

This is my first photo of a Red-eyed vireo.

Share your disheveled looking birds here. Northern Cardinal preening it's new feathers. 0C3A2477 by lonestranger102, on Flickr The same Northern Cardinal reaching for those hard to get spots. 0C3A2480 by lonestranger102, on Flickr

Semipalmated Plover..............sorry!

Osprey being cooperative and hunting my side of the shoreline. 0C3A0863 by lonestranger102, on Flickr 0C3A0847 by lonestranger102, on Flickr

I think Broad-winged as well. It doesn't have any barring on the secondaries.

Well, the bill seems a bit heavy, but everything else seems to fit Orchard.

Broad-winged, I believe

Warblers, that is.

Indigo Bunting.

Looks like Bay-breasted and Magnolia, tough to make out though.

dang it

Yesterday I saw this bird on a beach in Naples, Florida. He has just captured a small fish. Bob

That's a good name for him.

1,2. Northern Pintail 3. Mallard

Nice! Sheri Williamson is THE hummingbird expert.

Thank you! This was a new bird for me, and looks like a new bird for the county on eBird too! We had some strong thunderstorms/cold front come through last night so I’m guessing that had something to do with it.

Between the shadow and the angle, I'm not sure we're getting a fair look at the throat or the bill size... I'm really not sure about this one.

Best guess is this is a Rufous -- the next to central tail feathers appear to have a slight notch, and the outer tail feathers aren't all that narrow. But I wouldn't bet the farm on it.

I'd call it a Western Wood-Pewee. It's too dark for a Willow, I think.

I can't take credit for the id. I posted some photos in this forum, and darknight thought that it might be an Allen's, and contacted Ms. Sheri L. Williamson. Ms. Williamson then identified it as an Allen's in response to this photo: The current hummingbird is here for a third day, so I will attempt to get more photos.

Green Heron Green Heron by Johnny, on Flickr

I've got a large Elderberry shrub out back and when those berries ripen in mid/late August it's like the last hurrah for summer here. Lots of Robins, Mockingbirds, Catbirds, and Orioles until they strip the shrub bare; then they're gone. Right now I have a big patch of ripening sunflowers and other perennials that attracts the goldfinches non-stop. Today there was a pretty orange-ish cardinal that I haven't noticed before. Some grosbeaks would be awesome but very unlikely - have seen them only once, a pair of Rose-breasted, in the spring, years ago.... She's got a cool hairdo too..

BBC Photographed this Hummingbird 9-3-2018 at the Southwest Research Station near the town of Portal, Arizona. In the Chiricahua Mts. Thanks DSC_0107 (2) by R. Tompkins, on Flickr

Great blue heron taking off after being pestered by some terns. 0C3A8717-4 by lonestranger102, on Flickr

Swainsons Hawk Anahauc NWR 7-18 Swainsons Hawk Anahauc NWR 7-18 by johnd1964, on Flickr

Bald Eagle - Alaska

Aurora Borealis from north central Oregon.

Oasis, Arizona Ancient Anasazi ruins Canyon De Chelley, Arizona

Devils Tower, Wyoming Utah

Eastern Sierras The Mitten, Navajo Tribal Park, Monument Valley, AZ.

Oregon Coast

Mount Shasta Florence Oregon waterfront

Phinizy Swamp and Nature Park, Augusta, GA

Tallulah Gorge, Georgia

Milky Way over Center Ridge School. Wasco County, Oregon