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Barn Swallow being fed

Roadrunner and a Lizard. Yucca Valley, Mojave Desert.

My best pic of the day is a pair of Painted Buntings. We have been lucky this year to have two pair frequent our feeders, and this morning one pair came up for pics.

Indigo Bunting

Some mallard ducklings on a floating log

Black crowned night heron

Come at me Bro

Screech-Owl from Sunday evening.

Little blue Heron fledgling getting in some flight time

Diversion Canal, Riverfront Park, Columbia SC.

Happy 4th of July

Benjamin, I am going through all of my photos at Gilbert Water Ranch beginning in 2007 and my observations lists (two years 2012-14) and posting them on Ebird. I am using Whatbird (the great and generous feedback) to check my ID's so I minimize Ebird reviewer's efforts and feedback. In the process I am learning much about ID'n the birds. I began walking GWR in about 2004 for cardio exercise. I go the camera in 2007. I met many high-powered-birder. Finally about 6 weeks ago after much encouragement from others I began posting on Ebird. I like the citizen-scientist contribution, and I have developed a good feeling with the contributions. I have made 'only observations' and 'first observations' so when I found the Fox Sparrow observation I was pleased. I also appreciated the support from Whatbird to not make me feel inferior and out-of-place seeking help. Thanks to you and the others in the community assisting me. I have many observations to examine.

Dunlin-0190 by peter spencer, on Flickr

Two for one.

American Redstart - very first bird to greet me this morning just after sunrise.

McCown's Longspur

This is a Pine Warbler.

Ibis Anahuc NWR 7-20 by johnd1964, on Flickr

Both of its parents were EAKIs. 😎 Seriously, though, Eastern Kingbird has a white malar area, Eastern Phoebe a dark one.

Yellow-crowned Night-heron.

Happy 4th! Great Egret

I like Greater. Extensive barring and upturned, long bill.

Brown Thrasher by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

I like juvenile Ring-billed Gull here- I would expect a more uniformly brown upperwing on Laughing Gull.

Thanks! Lifers, by the way.

This summer we had two hatches raise in the bluebird boxes on the backyard fence. I would set the camera on a tripod with a remote shutter release and take pictures when the occasion arose. In this shot, the male bluebird seemed to resent the click of the shutter when he came to feed.

Welcome to Whatbird! I agree with Cooper's Hawks. They're in the genus Accipiter because of their long tails with wide black and gray bars and relatively short wings (just reaching the base of the tail). They're Cooper's Hawks because of the relatively big bill whose top edge follows the line of the top of the head and the outer tail feathers shorter than the inner ones. The brown backs and brown lengthwise streaks underneath make them juveniles. (I'm not sure about the one at the top right if that's a different bird.)

You are right, it is a Western Kingbird. Not the sold black tail. Great Crested Flycatchers have reddish-brown tails.https://ebird.org/media/catalog?taxonCode=grcfly&regionCode=&mediaType=p

Black Rosy-finch

I got Blue Grosbeak, Short-Billed Dowitcher, Upland Sandpiper, Dickcissel, and Greater Yellowlegs as lifers today. (Didn't get great pics of the Dickcissel unfortunately)

Yes! Marbled Godwit with an American Avocet and a Black-necked Stilt. Note those long bicolored bills.

not a moment of peace with all these kids overwhelmed Cattle Egret parent by johnd1964, on Flickr

Spotted Sandpiper.

Those look like Northern Rough-winged Swallows with the brown upperparts and dingy throats/breasts.

"Between two terns" non tern species in between two terns.

Juvenile Tri Color Heron Anahauc NWR 7-20 by johnd1964, on Flickr

FYI, you should expect Purple only in winter. They won't be in Oklahoma in the Summer.

The curvature of the supercilium suggests some domestic heritage, but otherwise pure Mallard.

Today, Bozeman MT:

Dickcissel yesterday Dickcissel Anahauc NWR 7-20 by johnd1964, on Flickr

I wish they all could be California gulls.

That's a Canyon Towhee. Note the gray-brown appearance, buffy face, and rusty undertail coverts.

IMG_7920 (2) by johnd1964, on Flickr

Yellow-crowned Night-heron.