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Black-billed Cuckoo. It's hard enough to find one of these birds but I saw three of them in the same area this morning.

Been AFK, so this one's from Wednesday... Hooded Warbler (Montrose Point, Chicago, IL)

Iceland Gull Sea gulls on a cliff by christianschmaler, on Flickr

I had a Veery close encounter with this Veery cool bird today.

Kite, White Tailed

More pictures my daughter took this afternoon. She also took a video but the file was too large. He/she had a big earthworm! Thanks for the info!!

Green Heron setting on eggs and then standing so I could get a photo of the eggs

Green Heron

I'm new here and wanted to share my bird experiences from the last few weeks. Two weeks ago on a Saturday evening I put the hummingbird and oriole feeders. I cut several oranges in half and put them out with grape jelly. The next morning I woke up to the sound of a male Baltimore Oriole at the feeder. Not long after some females arrived. After about three days I stopped counting the number orioles I had in our backyard. They eat up the grape jelly and oranges in a few days and so I make sure to keep the feeders full. The last week I noticed purple finches and gray catbirds going to the oriole feeder as well. The funniest thing I noticed are the orioles avoid the orange skins at all cost and eat around them. I hope to post some better images soon but they absolutely love this feeder.

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron with the short, blunt bill, and the large eyes compared to the head.

MN , Virginia Rail :

Philadelphia Vireo.

MN :

To bump, or not to bump...

Northern Phoebe Northern Phoebe Fort Worth Nature center 5-5-19 by johnd1964, on Flickr

Mangrove Swallow

Sorry, West Coast gulls are all I have to offer ...but thanks for the comment. Apparently, gull experts are hard to come by! ?

Yes.

Would you mind posting some East-coast gulls for a change? Not that I could help with them either but they do seem slightly less complicated.

Yes!

Junco, Dark-Eyed d

Brown-headed Nuthatches.

Agreed.

Here is my AAR on our families Spring Break trip to Corpus Cristi (Padre Island). Stayed at the El Constante Condominiums from 5/14 to 5/19. Wife and kids were happy. Plenty of beautiful weather and all the beach they could want. 14 life birds for me. Most seen just driving around. On Mustang Island there are plenty of places to park on the west side of the island and walk around. We found a fenced off plover breeding area with many Wilson's and Piping plovers running around. You can also get photos like this: DSC06408r Long-billed Curlew and Whimbrel by Mark Ross, on Flickr This was taken out the window of my car car. The birds were perhaps 10 feet away. So no great accomplishment getting most of these birds. The only one I am proud of is this one my wife spotted by the side of the road driving to the National Seashore visitor's center. She made me stop and back up. I am glad she did. DSC05447r Upland Sandpiper by Mark Ross, on Flickr Here is my complete list of new birds: White-winged Dove, American Acovet, NT Cormorant, White-tailed Hawk, R Spoonbill, Scissortail flycatcher, LB Curlew, Whimbrel, W Plover, Reddish Egret, Sandwich Tern, Caracara, Upland Sandpiper, Great-tailed Grackle.

American Kestrel, male by hbvol50, on Flickr

Red-breasted Nuthatch getting bossy over the feeder with the chickadees.

I've been fortunate this spring on getting a few good shots of Prairie Warblers. This one is my favorite so far... Prairie Warbler by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Common Pauraque 2017

Great Crested Flycatcher.

Couldn't decide which photo I liked best... Indigo Bunting by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr Indigo Bunting by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Red-eyed Vireo

I don't know why that image came up and I can't seem to get rid of it. I'll try again hope this works.

Yellowlegs

Barred Owl

Time to land