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From a couple days ago - Mourning Dove carrying nesting material: And a Cedar Waxwing:

I'll start with this one

Magnolia warbler on goldenrod

White faced X Glossy Ibis hybrid

Snowy Egret at Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, SC 3/14/20

Great Grey Owl that allowed me to photograph him in the Ochoco National Forest in Oregon.

Yea Were back Tri Colored Heron Anahac NWR 4-18 Tri Colored Heron Anahac NWR 4-18 by johnd1964, on Flickr

White-breasted Nuthatch and Northern Waterthrush

We went blueberry picking with the Cedar Waxwings.

You may have noticed a theme developing but as well as being in my overall top ten of favourite birds they are now my Number 1 for entertainment value (if you get a chance just watch them for a while). This one snagged a crayfish and resisted several sibling attacks (including grabbing its miniscule wing and trying to drag it underwater) before needing several attempts to swallow it. They are amazingly self confident at this age - one of the chicks had a confrontation with a Canada Goose and the goose backed off (the adults routinely chased off Mute Swans).

Yellow Crowned Night Heron displaying

Palm Warbler

A local wetland has a low number of waterfowl this year but a good variety. This Northern Pintail flew in unexpectedly while I was photographing some Bufflehead.

Varied Thrush

Great Horned Owl - I feel so lucky to have been able to find him/her again! Great Horned Owl by Johnny, on Flickr

Hi WhatBirders! Admin has restored my previous role as a site moderator. I will be adding back in some information and features we used to have, and I can help with editing, moving, and merging posts if you need that. They are still working on how to add the moderator title under my profile picture 😄 I'm glad to be able to help get WhatBird back to the great resource it has been for so long. Please let me know if you need anything or have any suggestions. Aveschapines

Juvenile Least Bittern (one of the last to leave Ontario) has developed excellent fishing skills - never missed while I was watching.

Black Crowned Night Heron w/chick

Tonight is the first time the juvenile Great Horned Owls came to the yard before dark. It gave a chance to get some better pics of them playing.

Leucustic Glossy Ibis fledgling

Sub Adult Little Blue Heron (calico).. trying something different,using my instagram feed to host pic,I am slowly deleting pics off flickr because of their 1000 pic rule for free accounts. Dont think the quality is there but at least it will stay on the web.

The Scissortail Flycatcher has frequented a tree in my backyard and this is my first of a bird in flight taken this afternoon.

Little Blue Heron

Yellow-throated Warbler!

Little Blue Heron

Female Belted Kingfisher

Osprey Osprey by Johnny, on Flickr Osprey by Johnny, on Flickr

Cedar Waxwing Cedar Waxwing by Johnny, on Flickr

Northern Saw-Whet Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl -3874 by peter spencer, on Flickr

Golden-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet by Johnny, on Flickr

I was finally able to get out and do some bird photography this morning but no good opportunities came until I got back to my jeep. I just put the camera in the car when this fox came strutting into the parking lot, I managed to grab the camera and fire off a few frames before it disappeared into the woods. I have no idea what it has in its mouth.

Black-crowned Night-Heron w/ Catch of the Day (#3 of 3) Black-crowned Night-Heron by Johnny, on Flickr

Scarlet Tanager from a couple of weeks ago.

So glad to see the Forums back! Piping Plover Piping Plover (F) by Johnny, on Flickr

Roadside Hawk by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Could we limit the number of confirmations to three? If there's some question on the ID or additional information, sure, add it. But once three people have agreed on an ID, additional agreement posts only bring resolved questions back to the top for members to wade through without adding much value. Just a suggestion. Obviously it isn't my site and I certainly don't make the rules.

Coots on the run by Mark Featherstone, on Flickr

Dunlin in flight

Red Shouldered Hawk With watersnake Botanic Gardens Ft Worth 5-18 Red Shouldered HAwk by johnd1964, on Flickr

Juvy Yellow Crowned Night Heron