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Lovely---photo and bird.
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Beautiful!
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Is it remotely possible that I just saw a blue finch in central Indiana? I couldn’t get a real close look because I was in the house and the feeder is 25’ from the house but it was the size and look of a finch with a bright yellow-orange beak and was blue all over. It’s definitely not an Eastern Bluebird or an Indigo Bunting. I can’t find anything else the right size and coloring but blue finches are South American birds.
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Nope, it had a blue breast. But I’m starting to wonder if the sun was playing tricks with the beak color. The Mrs. and I both swore the beak was yellow though.
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Or maybe a Norwegian Blue?
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They are very big birds with about a 5 foot wing span. We have a pair that nest every year in the creepy barn down past the bonfire field. The babies are very cute, white and fuzzy when they hatch. We use to have rednecks in the guest house who hunted on the property and came to the house one day because they had killed an injured and infected deer. Since it was not eatable he came over to ask me where he should dump it and I asked him to dump it outside my kitchen window on the hill that goes down to the pond so I could watch the vultures.
One day after it finally ripened 2 of them got must have had some sort of disagreement and squared off with each other while a 3rd one stood by watching from the side. First they each put one foot forward, raised one wing and bowed to each other, and then they stood up went at it and fought their way all the way down to the pond. It was very cool! I think I posted about that back on oldbow.
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Neat! Turkeys do something similar.
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This is not an unusual bird, but I have not seen a Baltimore Oriole in my backyard before, so I grabbed a quick photo.
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Beautiful!
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With the migration season upon us, DeSantis and Abbott has been bussing to here some birds I do not normally see. In the last week, I have seen or heard:
- Swainson's Thrushes
- A White-crowned sparrow
- This lovely lady, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak (I saw this and the white-crowned sparrow nearly at the same time).
With the Oriole, it has been quite a busy day. I even had a blue jay hanging out in my yard. There are plenty around and I hear them but they rarely show up up in my yard.
The brown-headed cowbirds came back a few weeks ago. Last week, the house wrens made themselves known for the first time this season. The dark-eyed juncos have decided to play snowbird and have packed their bags for destinations in the north.
- Swainson's Thrushes
- A White-crowned sparrow
- This lovely lady, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak (I saw this and the white-crowned sparrow nearly at the same time).
With the Oriole, it has been quite a busy day. I even had a blue jay hanging out in my yard. There are plenty around and I hear them but they rarely show up up in my yard.
The brown-headed cowbirds came back a few weeks ago. Last week, the house wrens made themselves known for the first time this season. The dark-eyed juncos have decided to play snowbird and have packed their bags for destinations in the north.
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Last week I had clouds of cedar wax wings stripping my toyon trees of berries. Toyon berry season is the only time I see them, and it only takes a few hours to remove most of the berries before they head back up into the hills.
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A berd, I haz one. This bad boy is the boss of the whole section of the river. The guys out there scoffed. Have you seen the bald eagles flying up and down the river?
We have, but he's way bigger than they are.
Anyway ...
We have, but he's way bigger than they are.
Anyway ...
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I love watching them. We have lots of them around here, but I've seen them in lots of places, in different countries, when we travel.
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all the birds, mostly pigeons, have fled my 'hood. haven't seen the stellar jay, sparrows, or starlings since like year.
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Yes, sorry, I finally got a decent photo of an unusual berd and I forgotted to identify him. He's a great blue heron, and there's a whole breeding area about a mile from the house. The trees they use are set well back from the paved Greenway, but we will see herons on the river fairly often. That's the biggest one I've seen.
The bald eagles are new over the past few years, but they're doing well. We've seen them a lot, but I despair of ever getting a good photo.
The bald eagles are new over the past few years, but they're doing well. We've seen them a lot, but I despair of ever getting a good photo.
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Birds are so rude. They don't sit still long enough to for me to grab my camera and zoom in to get a good shot from a distance.
There are times they do, but I also have ended up with lots of blurry shots of the tail feather tips.
There are times they do, but I also have ended up with lots of blurry shots of the tail feather tips.
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