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[Cats]

Beautiful photograph of a majestic American Man comforting an eagle

 

[AbyssStarer]

Fall is coming, get ready for the migration. Already saw some geese flying south.

On another note, I like blue Jays.

 

[Gay Mouth]

Fall is coming, get ready for the migration. Already saw some geese flying south.

On another note, I like blue Jays.

Saw a steller’s jay in the woods, I’d never seen one of these before. Didn’t get a good pic so google to the rescue

 

[AbyssStarer]

Saw a steller’s jay in the woods, I’d never seen one of these before. Didn’t get a good pic so google to the rescue

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Stellar's are like Blue Jays with 2x attitude. I love seeing their crests through the branches paired with angry CAWs.

 

[keytar]

I've spent a bit of time recently watching gannets diving. I noticed when the weather/sea is rough they'll circle or bank then fold their wings at the last minute rather than dropping from high up. Maybe for control and/or visibility? Not sure, I'm not a gannet expert but I love them, they're beautiful birds.

Other birds I've spotted that I don't see every day: golden eagles, white-tailed eagles, pipits (I can't tell the species apart but they're very endearing), whinchats, ravens (caw caw), merlins.

I love birds so much you guys

 

[KingLiberty76]

Nothing hurts me more than knowing that the US had native parakeets but were wiped out because people wanted their feathers

 

[Cats]

 

[Cats]

what is happening here

did this guy just do a drive by on a bird with another bird? what

 

[Diet Coke 4 Life]

Drive-by falconry?! That's actually really damned cool.

 

[Hall of Cost Payer]

what is happening here

did this guy just do a drive by on a bird with another bird? what

European starlings are an invasive species in the US. They are hurting the local bird populations. So to protect them, this Kestrel hunts them.

 

[The Bovinian Derivative]

European starlings are an invasive species in the US. They are hurting the local bird populations. So to protect them, this Kestrel hunts them.

Even the European birds are colonizing.

 

[Piss Bear]

Saw a steller’s jay in the woods, I’d never seen one of these before. Didn’t get a good pic so google to the rescue

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OH SHIT THAT REMINDS ME I saw some Stellar's jays on a camping trip. I did take some photos. Some photos are better than others.


And you know what? I'm feeling like posting birbs so I'll post an assorted arrangement of random bird photos I've taken. I love all types of birds.

Spoiler: Random birbs

 

[internet friend]

Alas, Joshua the Janitor has not fixed his website, and only one of the four bird photos I was going to post actually load up and display. To make the best of a bad situation, I still am happy to present to you: The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet! While he may not be as visually stunning as his rainbow cousins, he is just as loud and obnoxious when he screams his head off.

 

[2525ABC]

Wildlife expert Chris Packham at centre of police probe for sniffing a goshawk as part of BBC’s The One Show segment on the successful return of the species to the New Forest

Bird sniffing? Got a loicense for that?

 

[keytar]

 

[Diet Coke 4 Life]

Did a nighttime nature walk today. Always fun to hear the barred owls courting each other off in the night. Their hoots are... beyond strange.

Not my recording, but exactly what we were listening to out there.

 

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Did a nighttime nature walk today. Always fun to hear the barred owls courting each other off in the night. Their hoots are... beyond strange.

Not my recording, but exactly what we were listening to out there.

I love owl calls. There’s one that sounds like a horse whinnying (screech owl?)

Another bird note- I think the hummingbirds have left for the year. I only saw one at my feeder all day yesterday and none today. I’ll miss them. Now looking forward to the return of the woodpeckers, flickers and later, the bluebirds. Still have Cardinals, chickadees and the occasional nuthatch every day. The cardinals are such moochers, they’re here all day everyday, all year round.

 

[Fake News Anchor]

Lads, lasses, I bring to you a most educational short film pertaining to our favorite bird...

 

[Anonitolia]

Lads, lasses, I bring to you a most educational short film pertaining to our favorite bird...

it continues to baffle me how people insist on there being no god in a world with creatures like this one

 

[Diet Coke 4 Life]

Wish I could get a better picture, but I'm using a potato for a phone.

Bluebirds are finally coming through the area, and managed to get some time at the bird bath while the jays are elsewhere.