Birds • Page 15

went birding on Saturday at a lake. Didn't add anything new to my list, but I see 7 Wild Turkeys, which aren't very common here. Also had a stare down with three coyotes lol

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S251020717

 

thick-billed Euphonia

 

love a thicc bill

 

red-capped Robin

 

Love the creativity of bird names

 

hell yeah got my wife's best friend to download Merlin and she recorded 14 different birds in her backyard

then she was like 'so now what. how do I make this app fun?'

the fun is the joy of hearing so many different birds right in your backyard! next, you learn which birds make which calls/songs, and then you get a feeder and watch them!

 

house finch

 

as someone that sees House Finches every day, that is definitely AI lol

 

every @angrycandy post in here looks like AI. respect to the commitment to the bit i guess weirdo

 

thanks ya weirdo

 

@theagentcoma

This you?

 

I've seen this and really want to try. I would die under all that cover in the Texas heat tho lol

 

moved to a new house. feeders are up and already got some House Finches visiting. Fastest feeder setup to bird visitors ever. And they are REAL finches, not the AI slop @angrycandy posted

 

took a walk to a little copse of trees at the end of our street that stand in a huge open field. Been able to see Common Nighthawks every evening flying around catching bugs. Pretty cool considering I'd never seen one before.

New place rules for birding

 

I love both those guys. Sure do miss Cardinals at the feeders. We had them every day before we moved. Now it's 100% nothing but female House Finches

 

long time bird enjoyer over here, one of the weirdest things just happened. I'm at work and was talking to a coworker in their office earlier. I commented on how it sounded like there was chirping coming from somewhere in the room (which has a chimney). They thought it was their chair squeaking when they moved but then sat still for a few moments and still heard the chirping. Turns out a literal new born, completely featherless chimney swallow was just sitting there IN the chimney on the floor. Poor thing must've fallen through the chimney from its nest to the floor??? Thank goodness the chimney isn't active. Its an old brick one that was filled with pink insulation years ago so I imagine the little guy must've broken their fall on the insulation. Luckily not a scratch on the chick and it was responding really well when we moved it into to a container to transport it. My co-worker ended up leaving to bring it to a local animal rehabber thank goodness so fingers crossed it can survive without its mother.

 

Florida is sick because you just see huge Great Egrets everywhere pretty regularly. I saw one the other day just chilling by the gas station.

 

those things are funny. affectionately called the 'flying cigar' because of their shape. They have a part of their brain that basically stays on so they can fly while they sleep. They literally can fly all day!

One of my biggest regrets in my life is getting into birding after leaving Florida

 

set up a hummingbird feeder in the new place and already got one visitor this morning

also have a window feeder right next to my desk in my office

 

It’s poppin in this bitch today

 

lmao we just moved and these are the only birds I get at the feeder. there were 3 on my window feeder not half an hour ago