Got any bird pics?
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Jim F.
Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
The blood droplets on the wing & hole behind the bottom beak makes me thinks it may have been shot. Air rifle perhaps?
Possible I suppose but like I mentioned a crow was really going after it, pulling stuff from it, with enough vigor it looked to me like it could spatter, but I'm no expert.
Gyrfalcon22
Life of the Party
Spring favorites, Common Yellowthroat.
This photo is from a prior year. The nest was in a pile of wrack about 4’ off the ground and 20ish feet from a backwater.
There was a GBH rookery across the street from my office until the local eagles found it. It is no more....
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Could use some help.
Haven't been fast enough to get a pic yet. This spring we've had a large blue Jay with black wings and head visiting the backyards here.
I'm familiar with the eastern Bluejays, but this one has me stymied for I.D. since it's so fast.
Could anyone point me to which species this one is ?
Haven't been fast enough to get a pic yet. This spring we've had a large blue Jay with black wings and head visiting the backyards here.
I'm familiar with the eastern Bluejays, but this one has me stymied for I.D. since it's so fast.
Could anyone point me to which species this one is ?
Standing in the river swinging a gravel bar run
accompanied by an osprey
accompanied by an osprey
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Dunno. It's why am asking here. Soon as I can get a pic of the guy I'll post it . Trouble is, he's damn quick, and really jittery
On the way home from a trip to take pictures of spring wildflowers at Mima Mounds, I stopped off at McLane Creek. In my first glance around the lake, I spotted a wood duck drake resting on a log with a turtle. Two other wood duck drakes were snoozing on several lily pads. You can see the nictitating membrane covering the eye of the left drake.
A fourth drake was slowly working its way slowly through patches of lily pads to search for a snack. He approached close enough for some really good pictures.
I didn’t see any hens around; I suspect that they were incubating eggs in the nest boxes around the pond. To anthropomorphize the situation, it is as if the males are waiting around for the “babies” to be born. But more likely, they are just waiting for a late-arriving females for one more chance to breed this spring.
Steve
A fourth drake was slowly working its way slowly through patches of lily pads to search for a snack. He approached close enough for some really good pictures.
I didn’t see any hens around; I suspect that they were incubating eggs in the nest boxes around the pond. To anthropomorphize the situation, it is as if the males are waiting around for the “babies” to be born. But more likely, they are just waiting for a late-arriving females for one more chance to breed this spring.
Steve
Stellar Jay. I get both kind of Jays at my casa.
Thanks as always for sharing your way cool images Steve. When I participated in spring aerial and ground waterfowl pair counts, single drakes counted as "pair". You are spot on that the hens are likely incubating eggs or perhaps brood rearing. Male puddle ducks (woodies included) often group together and hang out in areas with lots of cover where they can go through the flightless molting period. The females typically molt after completing brood rearing process. Some waterfowl species will travel 100's of miles to congregate in specific areas for molting.
I had to chase off a couple of pairs of geese to get into work this morning. They were not pleased about my gentle, then not so gentle requests to move from in front of the doors.
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Uhhh, yeah with a bit more dusty black in the wings. Dude is maybe 10 inches tall
my son Jack and I were around this area today
We were following a magpie when it suddenly darted into the bushes just in front of us and tossed out a live bunny. I didn't realize how good these guys are at hunting!
Pithed, repeatedly, right in front of us...
Seen later in the day
Back at Smith Rock, on top of one of the towers was maybe a red tailed hawk eyeing a swallow. there are some golden eagles apparently there, I don't think we saw any though there were tons of geese and lots of vultures...
And right at the end of the footbridge is a tree with 6 magpie chicks in two nests...no one was eating bunny in this dorm
We were following a magpie when it suddenly darted into the bushes just in front of us and tossed out a live bunny. I didn't realize how good these guys are at hunting!
Pithed, repeatedly, right in front of us...
Seen later in the day
Back at Smith Rock, on top of one of the towers was maybe a red tailed hawk eyeing a swallow. there are some golden eagles apparently there, I don't think we saw any though there were tons of geese and lots of vultures...
And right at the end of the footbridge is a tree with 6 magpie chicks in two nests...no one was eating bunny in this dorm
I think this was an eagle fishing with me this morning, not an osprey, as it had a really white head, but I'm worse at IDing birds than bugs. In all the fish grabbing shots it's lost in the background. Next time by my indicator went down.
