“Gosh, my feathers need grooming. I feel totally plucky!”
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: plucky.
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Tag Archives: bird watch
grebe!
I think this is a Western grebe. Or a Clark’s. There was a pair together down by the water Saturday when it was stormy.Β They were fishing quite happily.
Together and then one dives.
It was hard to steady the zoomed camera in the wind. Here is without the zoom:
And both dived:
ducking
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: duck.
In the orchard
From Finnriver on Saturday, at the Interdependence Day Celebration.
Guard geese?
They seem to be enjoying the sunny day and people and music and kiddie pool too.
tilt
I love the great blue herons on the tops of trees: they look so comfortable even when the top is leaning way way over… I am no where near as comfortable in a tree! And think of being the size of a great blue heron and landing on that tree! I have been watching them locally more and more. They look unlikely and peculiar to me landing in trees, but it’s me that is uncomfortable, not them. They trust the trees and land with confidence.
lunar
Who is this diving? Can you tell?
Whew, at the end of Blogging from A to Z, happy things all month. I am tired. This weekend I went to see my daughter at college. We went for a walk and saw the above bird. More than one. Have you guessed?
This is a Common Loon, in breeding plumage, here.
I love the precise collar of black and white that stops at the back of the neck. They swim much lower in the water than our mallards, and the mallards don’t dive.
Ready to dive:
Gone!
Rest from the Blogging from A to Z Challenge! Right now we have 248 people who have completed it: here.
y for yes
Blogging from A to Z, happy things. Y for yellow, yearn and yes! w
I yearn to get more exercise. Sort of. I’m not making it enough of a priority. I did walk to work about a week ago and lots of trees were topped with birds. First a yellow shafted Northern Flicker. Am I sure it’s yellow shafted and not red shafted? Well, no. I would need a brighter day to see it’s tail that well.
Next:
Corvus, the crow. Here. Next a robin:
And who is this? Very upright and about the size of the crow:
The branches made it a tricky focus shot and I zoomed all the way in. There! Yes!
I think this is a juvenile Swainson’s hawk, here. It could be a Cooper’s hawk but doesn’t have a long tail. Correct me, birders, if I am wrong!
Yes, yearn and yellow…. yea for the letter Y.
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