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I'll go with the Chuck-will's-widow, one of my 8 lifers today. Check the lifers thread in 10 minutes or so for more about my day. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489439801#_ga=2.202694612.453906290.1662158216-1648492956.1640720797

This House Wren didn't seem to care too much that I was only a few feet from it. Nothing was going to stop it chattering away. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489831821

Immature male Scarlet Tanager

This turnstone was friendly but proved difficult to frame as he never stopped moving… https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490270101

I don’t usually find pelicans to be cooperative so this was nice… https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489946401#_ga=2.265315722.426021591.1663591477-343137983.1663591477 Ratings always appreciated.

Pied-billed Grebe from a couple days ago. Went looking for wood ducks but this little guy posed for me instead.

Really like this one. Like Connor’s Brewer’s, Boat-tailed Grackles are beautiful in the right light. Ratings are always appreciated. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490580911

Tropical mockingbirds from Curaçao, pretty common but great subjects imo! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490233461#_ga=2.27503996.1329853829.1664868657-1235521333.1664437250 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490231221#_ga=2.99215838.1329853829.1664868657-1235521333.1664437250

Still going through NY photos. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490085611 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490085601

Not sure which one I like better https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489399801 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489399791

American Crow https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489376841#

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489253141

Red-footed Booby from my pelagic on Sunday. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489036681 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489036671

I don't often show off Boat-tailed Grackle pics, but this one is pretty cool. It looks fake, as if somebody used a cardboard cutout of the bird to superimpose it on a blurred-out background. Look at the top outline of the bird, starting from the left side of the neck. I really like the in-focus spider web, as well as the leaves and branches, which serve to keep the atmosphere true. I'm not a good enough photographer to deliberately create the bokeh effect. My point and shoot just created this. This is the original without any post-processing. Regarding the blue, Boat-tailed Grackle, color is simply what our eyes see after light reflected off an object gets back to them. So, the bird was indeed blue, as my eyes, and the camera lens saw it as such. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490643601#_ga=2.38894182.453906290.1662158216-1648492956.1640720797

Brewers Blackbird https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490501131

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490161861#_ga=2.201488724.453906290.1662158216-1648492956.1640720797

Sharing the full photo from the body parts thread https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/490154421#_ga=2.30552639.1835008370.1664737042-308597815.1632768399

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489958341 Love how this one turned out! Ratings appreciated.

Tropical Kingbird https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489800101

Northern Harrier last evening https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489708301#_ga=2.262174988.1835008370.1664737042-308597815.1632768399

I GOT 2 NELSON’S SPARROWS!!!!!!! They got the last laugh though… Anhinga is now a nemesis, and while I was looking for the sparrows the guy I ran into flushed a f#&*ing YELLOW RAIL across the field from me. He basically almost stepped on it, and barely had enough time to see it in flight and see where it went back down. He called me over but we couldn’t reflush it, but did kick up a few Sora throughout the walk, which was still cool. Next week is Fall Break, and I plan on going on a rail hunt, and getting photos of the sparrows.

Monarchs are massing

Willow Flycatcher https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/488728311 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/488728271

I couldn't get a clean shot of this Black-Throated Gray Warbler in the Mojave Desert.....I did try, but it wasn't happening. A lifer for me.

Are you sure? Sure looks like a Purple-spoted Snorklewacker to me.... 😛

Yellow-green Vireo, It's been a few years since I've seen one

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489652341#_ga=2.226373279.426021591.1663591477-343137983.1663591477 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489652351#_ga=2.225856927.426021591.1663591477-343137983.1663591477

Both are Common Yellowthroats.

Lazuli Bunting https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489482191 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/489482161

Yesterday's best.

caught in a storm

Canyon Wren