Occasional Birdy Thread (In memory of Swampsniper)

Photos ^ | March 18, 2017 | Self

[Islander7]

A few recent shots from around home. If you have bird shots, please share 'em.

Mr Tricolor enjoys his breakfast.

Common gallinule or marsh hen

Our national bird. Love these amazing raptors

Coots in the sunrise. Lake Jackson is just a block east of us. I have to look at this each morning as I leave home for work.

[Bellflower]

Are Marsh Hens really common, or is that just their name?

[Bikkuri]

[Ezekiel]

Oh no!!!! Poor helpless cute little bunny. :-(

Why couldn’t that have been a rat.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Thanks!

[Bikkuri]

No problem ;~)

[Islander7]

They the most common of their specie, thus the name. They are common here, in Florida, though.

[b4its2late]

Tinypic or photobucket.

[mad_as_he$$]

Not a birder here - unless it is hunting season, but I do miss Swampy.

[wardaddy]

Nicely done

[ColdOne]

Thanks so much. Before he passed I asked him for a site that had info on birds. this is the one he gave me.

http://www.birdforum.net/

[Islander7]

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

This site is maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society. It is mostly for posting sightings, but there is also areas for search with recorded calls and songs. Pretty neat place.

[ColdOne]

Thanks, will check it out!

[Daffynition]

Thank you. :)

For all my birder Friends on the *other left coast*, don't forget to follow The RTHB hummie migration; in spite of the footage of snow in your yard, looks like they are on their way! HOORAY! Get out the feeders!

Record your sightings.

[Daffynition]

It was a fairly good duck season, if you ask our water dog

[Daffynition]

Some of Bob's/'Sniper's legacy can be found here

[ColdOne]

Thank you so much for that link.

[mad_as_he$$]

Nice! Good looking lab.

[wardaddy]

My wife said we had a slew of indigo buntings keep flying into out 35 foot wide picture window in our den today

They kept seeing a reflection and being males looking to mate they kept attacking their reflection

[wardaddy]

[Ezekiel]

That’s a handy map, thanks!

The world is so very highly organized. The little birds tell us. :)