I love cranes too. The one in your third pic is the one I posted about, ‘Walnut.’ She died last year at the ripe old age of 42! This guy, Chris Crowe, was her keeper/human ‘mate’ at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Front Royal, Virginia for 20 years. She was an endangered species of crane.
american robin. like hopping around and mercing worms. chad bird.
RIP Walnut. I'm glad they had 8 chicks together.
I've seen multiple Great Blue Herons near me, I love those guys. I've made it my mission for the summer to get a picture of one.
I heard these lil fellers "meeping" in the early morning when Spring first rolled around. One of my favorite bird calls lol.
I don't think I ever saw a blue jay in person before when I lived in the US... so sad. I did see Stellar'e Blue Jays though when I visited Utah.
They were probably trying to avoid something that startled them, like a falcon or hawk, and something went wrong where a bunch ended up hitting the ground. Thankfully this kind of mass flock accident is rare, but it does happen occasionally. What's more common is individual birds hitting windows and dying.
Reposting this bc I have a baby one of these (red-bellied woodpecker) that has started coming around to my window feeder. He’s really little and just starting to get a little bit of red on his head. (Can’t get a pic be if he sees me he flies off.)
They do have a tiny bit of red blush on their bellies, but it's very hard to see in the field.
