Seanbirds

@Aidan B, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Congrats on the big 20! Get some good birds for me.

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Uh oh, you're catching up to me...

Cool! Have a great one.

Well, happy birthday to Connor anyway...

But still... what even are those... 😆

MY question is: What in the world? 😂

No, not in real life, but you know what I mean. Hopefully one of these days though!

Happy Birthday @Connor Cochrane!! Congrats on another year of life and of being the best teenage birder I've ever seen! You rock man. Enjoy your day.

Yeah, somehow I'm up on Sumner County with a HORRIBLE shot of a Blue-headed Vireo. Lol

Checked off 3 and 4! The rest are winter stuff/potentially winter stuff so I'm still empty-handed on those. This is my projected likelihood for the birds on this list that I haven't got yet. 1. NESP 2. RUBL 3. SEOW 4. EASO 5. SMLO 6. GRPC

Why's that?

This finch looks awfully purple-y to me with all that facial contrast and the clean, bold streaking.... My yard, last week (to the day).

I found that out this morning. https://ebird.org/checklist/S119294024

Huh. They're pretty uncommon here, but not rare.

That's rare?

Last spring or so (maybe a couple of years ago, IDK) @Birding Boy posted a picture of an extremely cooperative (and FLOOFY) Least Sandpiper from an angle that made him look very round and fat and adorable. See here. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/342171981 He affectionately named the floof "Mister Waterballon" because of his perfectly round ball-ness, especially in that photo. We all thought the name was funny, which was also part of the intent. And then... two years later, Sean goes to Quivira. He finds some Least Sandpipers. And then he takes THIS photo.... And the rest is history.

But the waterballoon still remains in our hearts. 😊 🤣

IT'S HIM. At Quivira!!

Ah-HEM. @Birding Boy. I believe I may have found something that belongs to you...

Funny though how the last one I posted here was really giving me Alder vibes... But this one really feels like a Willow. But IDK. 🤷‍♂️

I know, it SEEMS like it should be. But I just don't know!!

Hey! This guy popped up in my yard a couple of weeks ago. Looks like a Traill's, and it didn't call. Unidentifiable, right?

Good luck man! Find some awesome stuff.

Thanks everybody for the input!