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Y’all know what I’m gunna post: 😁

OK lets try this one...

Heres a snappy head shot of a male... one of the few times I nailed the exposure on them

How it Started: Oh look. What a cute little bird. Oh it's so funny how it climbs down trees upside down, and makes monkey-like sounds. So cuddly. How it's Going: "I'm gonna gut you punk." "Not if I gut you first."

Incoming

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/301293041

Hows that?

Missed out on last weeks..

Just a classic upside-down Nut on a tree

I'm going to go with my best photo of a junco.

Here's my favorite Belted Kingfisher shot that I took this past July.

Long-billed Curlew in flight https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/354236581

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

This one is my favorite, wish I had framed it better though. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/317290821

Female Ring-necked Ducks

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Eagleville TN. Seriously, a real town!

And a non-breeding adult.

I wanted to pass along a thank you to all who helped ID backyard birds for me these past few months. Since April, my 9-year-old son has been writing a nature guide to our backyard. He finally finished it this past weekend. It is hands down the most entertaining nature guide I've ever read, and it includes all 75 species of birds we have seen here, many of which were identified by the good people of this forum. Here is his sources/thank you list from the end of the book and an excerpt from his chapter on songbirds.

I haven't seen a Baltimore in 6 years.. Here's a Bullock's though

Bullock's Oriole with a caterpillar in it's mouth https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/353723391

House Wren

Oh, my!! I have about 1000 Bluebird pictures. It's so hard to choose!! These are 4 of many faves 💙

Y'all are making me feel better...

Like someone else mentioned, they are only here in Winter, and aren't common even then. Add on that, if you see one, they are one of the hardest birds to get a decent picture of, because they move so fast and constantly, so I am very pleased when I do get a picture!!! I have only gotten a few 🤣

Catbird in the open doesn’t happen very often, so I risked the ticks to get eyelevel with this guy. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/449695811

For a few seconds the other day I got my first close and at eye level Scarlet Tanager views 😁 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/448455041

Really happy with how this Sora turned out! Had to run back to my car to get my camera because it was still raining, but thankfully he came back out of the reeds after I got down on the path, sadly, as I would later discover, right into some goose excrement. Worth it 😁 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/445246691

My lifer Hooded Warbler from the other day. Super cooperative, here's two I like out of about 150 photos I took... https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/442808151 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/442810571

So hard to choose! I went with this one because of the pretty green foliage. We have friendly nuthatches here so it's not too hard to get photos of them.

Don't know which one I like better..

Adult and a juvenile.