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Loggerhead Shrike

Wilsons snipe

Pure luck but this shot of some Waxwings coming in to land this morning has a slightly artistic feel to it, or maybe just me. Added a crop.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/305812641 Finally got a good picture of a Coop!

This Tri Color heron was colorful enough,then it landed on this mimosa tree

For Valentines day Kiss me you fool

An overwintering Virginia Rail! It’s been around for two months, hats off to this little dude for surviving 0 degree temps. https://ebird.org/checklist/S82375256

Fulvous Whistling Duck Orange County, FL

So hard to get these guys in the right light but when you do its fantastic Male Bufflehead

Fox Sparrow

I'm a great horn owl too - and I don't care what you say!

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/311979911

I think this is probably Mine

Will I ever be good enough? Will I find someone who loves me? Why do the best-tasting foods have to be so unhealthy?

I find Canada geese so expressive at times.

So we pull up in our driveway near dusk and this gorgeous Barred Owl is just over the fence in our backyard. You can see the rays from the setting sun in his feathers.

The closest I’ve ever gotten to an Aythya duck, and one of my favorites too! A Redhead in the sun. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/309843511

I didn't think this one was that good, but but got 35 five stars on ebird. I thought this one from the same checklist was much better, but it only got 3 ratings. The eBird community is weird sometimes.

I got closer than half a mile to Wood Ducks!!!!!!!!!!(More photos here:https://ebird.org/checklist/S81673862)

Male Female

I LOVE it @HamRHead!! Excellent job! Funny we used the same medium on the same size canvas! I may have been painting this until midnight last night...it was fun...

Cedar Waxwing acrylic on 5x7 canvas

Got some decent redpoll shots yesterday. Unfortunately they liked to feed on the ground surrounded by weeds, so the best view of them was while they were in flight. https://ebird.org/checklist/S82364235

It is a rare day that I get to the pictures I took that day, so I have to go back a couple of days. My fav from the last day of shots I've put on my computer... Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, enjoying the treat I got for the birds, to help them get through the crazy cold Texas weather.

Impossible to choose, but this is my favorite bird on the planet (not just species, but individual bird), and this is one of my favorite shots of her. Her name is Heloise, and she is a Barred Owl. She and Hootie have used the nest box I built for them, the last 3 years, producing 2 healthly hootlets each year. She is getting ready to start laying her eggs this year, and I finally got a camera inside the nest box this year, and am super excited about it! This picture was taken 7/6/2020, behind my house.

The long string of pearls created by subterminal white spots on the individual primaries is distinctive for AMKE and MERL. Accipiters don't sport them, nor do buteos. One can even sex AMKEs by the color -- white in males, buff in females. Throw in the reddish tail with wide black subterminal band, and the ID is straightforward.

Northern Harrier

Northern Shrike - a bird I have always looked up to 🙂.

As has been requested by the membership we now have this sub-forum for threads related to wild bird study, observation, counting, appreciation, etc. This will help keep the forums more orderly and prevent these topics from being overlooked or buried in the ID and photo sub-forums. Enjoy! Please remember that all posts should be related to birds and birding, or they will be locked and/or hidden.

Townsend's Solitaire lifer

Eastern Box Turtle

2 Tricoloreds today, this adult and an immature that was hanging out with him.

Baldie in a snowstorm

Don't think I shared this one--a nice Horned Lark from the other day.

An overwintering Great Blue Heron

Hooded Mergansers in Yucaipa Regional Park, Yucaipa CA today

A bit late, but my best photo of one so far. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/311442801#_ga=2.59986413.1931701491.1614291920-1564329242.1600456986