Totah Sam

UFO Unidentified Flapping Object? O.O

I would have thought, "Bigfoot!" while running away with my hands flailing in the air and doing a Gerty scream (from E.T. the Extraterrestrial). I'm not a brave man.

And that's how it's done. ❤️

Oh sorry. had a down turn so I was away from the computer. It's in the title. Pensacola City Beach, Florida. ❤️

Thank you so much!

My sister-in-law sent me this pic. I'm not good with gulls. I'm a born and raised desert rat from NM. I don't know from gulls. Can someone please identify this for me. The white tail is throwing me off cuz I'm stupid. ?

White-crowned Sparrows are one of my favorite winter birds. Last month we had a snowstorm and actually ended up with a couple of inches (NW New Mexico). Unfortunately, I have health issues and storms tend to put me in bed for a couple of days with intense pain. So I wasn't able to keep up with the feeding of my local bird population. I put the seed and nuts in bushes and around trees to give them a chance to escape and hide from our sharp-shinned community (which is substantial). I managed to hobble to the front door after the snowfall and opened it to see how much was on the ground. I saw a single set of bird tracks coming from the yard where I feed them leading to the path up my stairs and finally ended at my front door. That's when I realized I hadn't fed them for a couple of days. Karen in bird form came to complain to the manager. There's a lilac bush close to my door and as I stepped out to set out some seed a White-crowned flew from the bush into a tree close by... and scolded me! The audacity! ?

::jealous::

Can I chip in? Sorry. Couldn't resist. I'm a bad person. I love Chipping Sparrows.

::wakes up from hibernation:: wait.. what? I'm like Beetlejuice. Say my name and I'll appear. Except I'm not as charming or handsome. O.O

Gorgeous captures. Especially the sparrow. ❤️❤️

That's not just a purple finch that's a PURPLE finch. O.O I'd hate to get on his bad side.

Soooo jealous.

Bless you! ?

I usually see them hanging out with Nuthatches in my area. I have a couple of suet feeders as well as the seed feeders and they tend to stay in the area during the winter. I'm seeing more bird activity than in the past. I don't know if it's due to the severe drought or the wildfires. Probably a combination of the two. They sure keep the feeders busy.

Sorry for the quality. Taken on a phone. Phoenix AZ yesterday. Thank you so much in advance. Y'all are amazing. ❤️

The bill may look shorter because of the angle of the head.

Wow. ya'll are amazing. thanks so much.

My niece took this photo just outside of Bernalillo New Mexico yesterday. Heading south on 550. She is convinced it's a roadrunner. I'm thinking it's a type of grackle. She captured it on her phone so the quality isn't really that good.

I'm in New Mexico. irrigation is a way of life. ?

So jealous. Such a beautiful bird.

Beautiful bird and great captures. ❤️

I spent one summer as a young man in Canyon De Chelly. I spent a lot of time around Spider Rock looking down from the several overlooks and admiring the view. This was the place where Spider Grandmother taught the Navajo how to weave. Several times I observed the Ravens riding the thermals and using the updrafts to flip over on their backs and fly upside down. It seemed like they were playing games with each other. Reminds me of the story of how Coyote lost his beautiful eyes to prankster birds. They replaced his eyes with pine pitch which is why coyotes have yellow eyes to this day. God I'm getting old. I was amazed at the intelligence and ingenuity of the ravens in that area. ❤️

About a year ago someone from Durango posted pics of purple finches and was verified by people on here. I don't know why everyone is up in arms about this. I merely stated what has been posted here previously. I'm sorry if I've ruffled some feathers. I'll stick to lurking from here on out.

O.o Purple Finches are the bane of my existence. 70 miles to the north (Durango, Co) they have so many purple finches you can't shake a stick without hitting one. Down here in NW New Mexico? Nothing. I've been looking for YEARS. >=(