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Raven in Yellowstone.

If you didn't know those were a bird's feet, you could easily think they were some type of reptile. The reptile/bird connection is quite interesting.

Their feathers almost always look so smooth and perfect.

Horned Lark.

Ferruginous hawk.

Not the best quality in the world, but it was taken through a vehicle window. American Avocet.

It was at Steigerwald NWR near Washougal, WA. As I watched, it was perched on some low branches over a pond and it would fly down and appeared to be drinking and then flew back to the same branches.

Thank you all. It must be a juvenile because all the other pictures I've seen of those, there are other, more visible yellow areas.

I took a few pictures of this little guy, came home, and after searching my books and a few online pages, can't come up with anything, so I turn to the experts. I'll just upload one picture, but another one with the bird facing away from me showed a small, yellow spot on the lower part of the body. I can post that if it would be helpful. Thanks.

A couple of Ring-necked ducks at Steigerwald NWR.

What is that? (sorry, not as knowledgeable as some here).

A friend or mine has some great pictures of a GBH in a standoff with a Bald Eagle over some fish carcasses. Pretty impressive and the Heron didn't back down one bit.

But Probationary is much funnier.

Northern Harrier catching some early morning rays.