Laura Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 May, 29, 2019 - Juvenile Hawk learns a lesson -not really I was on the deck listening to and watching the birds, when I spotted something near the top of a tree. This poor little hawk was all alone, no mommy or daddy to guide him in the nuances of landing or balancing in a tree. He dipped and swayed, tilted and tipped, and, as you can see, he didn't just use his feet to cling for dear life, he used his beak. All the other birds were laughing at him, and certainly had no fear of retribution. He eventually remembered he could fly, so off he went to find his family. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 6 minutes ago, Laura said: May, 29, 2019 - Juvenile Hawk learns a lesson -not really Very funny set of photos. It is an adult Broad-winged Hawk, in case you were wondering. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 14 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: Very funny set of photos. It is an adult Broad-winged Hawk, in case you were wondering. Well, I didn't know what kind it was, but I assumed it was just learning to land so I figured it was a juvenile. Thanks for the ID 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 On 10/14/2020 at 4:22 PM, MichaelLong said: Somewhere a doggo still looks for his ball There is another 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Got to see a lamb chasing a crow today 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 10 hours ago, Laura said: Well, I didn't know what kind it was, but I assumed it was just learning to land so I figured it was a juvenile. Thanks for the ID 🙂 It looks like it's gathering nesting material. It was probably trying to maintain it's balance while trying to snap twigs off the branch. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 9 minutes ago, lonestranger said: It looks like it's gathering nesting material. It was probably trying to maintain it's balance while trying to snap twigs off the branch. Well, that makes sense but I kind of like my theory even though it was wrong. It just looked so comical. I will say that I'm glad I was at the right place at the right time to see that. The odds of seeing hawks gathering nesting material are probably slim, but to have it happen in my yard - way cool! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Royal Terns especially during mating/nesting season are quite the clowns! The tern with the fish landed by the other two terns, strutted it's stuff showing off it's catch, flew off, made a circle and landed again, strutted around some more and flew off again. Hopefully, to eat it's fish. The other two turns had a noisy conference while strutting around with their wings held like you see in the photo. So far in my experience Royal Terns take the prize in the tern world for being the biggest clowns. Their "conferences" can have as many as a dozen bird noisily strutting their stuff and showing off their physique and their catch. Who needs TV when you can pull up a beach chair and watch Royal Terns. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 "Ahh yes, that's the spot!" 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 No dogs (I think there was a channel like this but can't find it) 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 3 minutes ago, MichaelLong said: No dogs (I think there was a channel like this but can't find it) Do you mean the 'other' things you see while birding? And, is that a dog or a wolf?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 1 minute ago, xpoetmarcr said: Do you mean the 'other' things you see while birding? And, is that a dog or a wolf?? Coyote, and I thought there was a stuff on appropriate signs but that may have been only for birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 8 minutes ago, MichaelLong said: Coyote, and I thought there was a stuff on appropriate signs but that may have been only for birds OK, it wasn't what I had in mind. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the winners of the Synchronized Looking event!! 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 With Royal Terns during breeding season EVERYTHING seems to be by committee. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 "Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 "Bartender, I'll have a longneck." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Food! 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) This is an aircraft carrier right? Then why will you not believe that I am an airplane! Edited May 22 by Kevin 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Aaaaah, that's the spot. Least Sandpiper today. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 "Nothin' like a mud salad to ease them hunger pangs!" 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Emergency recharging Station 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasCobra Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 2 hours ago, Clip said: Emergency recharging Station Black Buzzard Batteries introduces the mascot for its new advertising campaign that features the "Energizer Buzzard". 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 A Brown-headed Llamabird! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Does anyone see what is odd about this? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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