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[JDA]

Baltimore Oriole w/ snack for the fledglings

Baltimore Oriole by Johnny, on Flickr

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[Johnd]

 

 purple gallinule

 

purple gallinule by johnd1964, on Flickr

[hbvol50]

Sticking With Mom! by hbvol50, on Flickr

[MarkG]

Hooded Oriole by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

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[southisland]

I just gotta share these up-close photos from my Great Blue Heron close encounter a couple days ago.

These images were captured with a Canon T6i with a kit lens.

Apparently these birds have at least one grooved/ribbed toenail for some reason?!

You can see the herons cockatoo thingy on his head sticking out and in the last 2 photos, and I can just barely see his beak in the last picture.

I have never seen such a lovely blob of feathers.

[Kevin]

[lonesome55dove]

 

 

[roadcykler]

9 hours ago, southisland said:

I just gotta share these up-close photos from my Great Blue Heron close encounter a couple days ago.

These images were captured with a Canon T6i with a kit lens.

Apparently these birds have at least one grooved/ribbed toenail for some reason?!

You can see the herons cockatoo thingy on his head sticking out and in the last 2 photos, and I can just barely see his beak in the last picture.

I have never seen such a lovely blob of feathers.

 

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.

[hbvol50]

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), adult by hbvol50, on Flickr

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) by hbvol50, on Flickr

Edited June 30, 2019 by hbvol50

[MarkG]

Blue Grosbeak by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

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[Kevin]

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[MarkG]

Northern Cardinal by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

[Seattle]

This is actually my ONLY picture today!!  Sage thrasher in the sage

 

[bearcat6]

[Kevin]

My first Green Heron Photo!

[roadcykler]