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I brought an almost 20 year old lens to Europe with me as I didn't want my main gear to get stolen. This means no good pictures. I'm surprised I was even able to get a slightly focused photo in flight of this Common Swift.

And so was this.

Burrowing Owl

Pink gape and blue eye.

Fly portraits ?

from 2016

Osprey

Orange-crowned Warbler

Cuban Pygmy Owl

Shot with 100-500 zoom and a 30mm extension tube. Doesn't get me a lot more minimum focus distance, but enough I won't have to jump off the porch to get moths in focus on side of the house.

I was fortunate this morning to find a couple of these secretive Henslow's Sparrows in a 327 acre field!

Looks like a young Chipping Sparrow

And people think ticks are annoying....

I thought about saving this photo for the R's because of the Red-winged Blackbird riding on the Osprey's shoulder. ?

Barred Owl

American Oystercatcher

It's an ostrich nest!

Cool thread! I don't have a macro lens, but took some snowflake photos using an extension tube. Lots of rime ice on some of these. I also saw lots of broken or clumped snowflakes, but some look more ideal.

Cassin‘s Sparrow?

You didn't, but Jessica and Robert are doing a pretty good job.

Over the years, I've accumulated a number of bird houses, but I was never sure where to put them all so that squirrels and other predators wouldn't disturb them. I ultimately decided mounting them on poles would be best, but then it was hard to find good poles that didn't cost an arm and a leg. This spring I finally got them all mounted and set up in my yard, and now, we have our first brood of baby house wrens!

"When I asked for a "Wingman" this isn't exactly what I had in mind!!"

Osprey

Short-eared Owl

@grrtt91, welcome to Whatbird! The front bird shows white bars on either side of the blue wing patch (speculum). I'm with @RobinHood; this is a Mallard trait. Would you be more specific about where in North Carolina? Thanks.

Orange-cheeked waxbill

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/462130961

I'm seeing a trend here. Perhaps @Jessica2008 could teach @robert2008 how to embed a link so she doesn't have to come back and do it herself.

birdie ? #35: ????⬛⬛ This was one of my favorite birds when I was young. I have photographed it. I've learned that it's best to not waste a guess by putting nothing. Even if you haven't the foggiest, at least put in a bird with a color or with common, American, northern, winged, tailed, or headed in its name. I've been playing this game without a field guide and treating it as a way to test my knowledge. However, it's perfectly fine to play with a field guide, as then it's a test in your ability to use the tools at your disposal.

Not sure what else it could be

From yesterday, Common Swift

White-crowned Sparrow's behind https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/461932101

Clark's Nutcracker

I agree on all except the first is a Great Crested Flycatcher.

Forgot how far NC is ahead of Ontario in plumage, explains the dark bill. A Mallard chick this morning in ON (same dark bill) but not quite as advanced.

They’re not pure mottled, either hybrid or pure MALL.

Quite sure these are juvenile Mallards. But I can't rule out Mottled hybrid because I know nothing about them!

How about removing the word Northern from the name of birds that don't have a Southern counterpart, an idea that I believe was previously suggested somewhere else on the forum. When I go to All About Birds and type Northern into their search engine I get a list of MANY Northern birds. When I type Southern into the same search engine I get ZERO results. Why the heavy loading of Northern birds when there's no Southern birds to balance it out. Rhetorical question of course, unless you happen to know the answer.

Juvenile?

Welcome to Whatbird, tris. I also feel that this is a Common Raven.

It just doesn’t have the little mohawk like I’m used to seeing…

I should have been able to recognize that. It just looked so goofy that I couldn't think about the features that it had. Thanks.

I think that @photog46 was saying the nest was about 4" in diameter. At least that's the way I read it.

Black-headed Grosbeak.

Aphids! They're actually kinda cute...

How about a closeup!

Black Skimmer https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/460872761 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/460872751

My wife just got these for Father's Day for me and our young birders to be