Male Black-headed Grosbeak. Click for full size.
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Male Black-headed Grosbeak. Click for full size.
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A female Oriole enjoys an orange. Click for full size.
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A grackle gets the good stuff. Click for full size.
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From Lofty:
Saw these Little Corellas canoodling, eating and bickering in a city park today. Often they congregate in their thousands on the open grassy areas around dusk but I didn’t have my camera along a few days ago. They are easily spooked into wheeling clouds of screeching featherbrains. These I caught by zooming in from the bike path trying to not make any unusual noise or sudden movements.
They are gorgeous! Click for full size.
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Self explanatory, I think. :D Photos 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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Adult and baby Sparrows grabbing breakfast. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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From Crimson Clupeidae, beautiful desert. In the first shot, you’ll definitely need to click for full size. “Can you find (and identify) the bird here?” (I found the bird right away, and my guess is Roadrunner.)
And a beautiful shot of the sun behind a saguaro.
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The Mourning Doves are back in force, and I am so happy. I hear their song every day now. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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Baby Robin. Yes, I used a flash, it was cloudy, on the dark side, and baby was deep in the pine, so I opted for flash rather than super grainy from high ISO. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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We had the privilege of watching a pair of Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) choosing a nesting site, on our property! They danced off property a bit, because we were stalking them, but were attracted by some areas of high grass on our place. We have never seen killdeer in Almont, or even very close, before this day. The male was a bit upset with me, because the female was attracted by the shutter noise, and made right for me a time or two. Hopefully, after we left them, they’ll choose a spot on property or close, so we can watch them parent. A very exciting event for dinosaur watchers! All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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Lady Grosbeak. Female Black-headed Grosbeaks are one of my most favourite birds. I know the males have wonderfully dramatic colouring, but it’s the ladies that look beautifully exotic to me. Pheucticus melanocephalus. Photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.
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The front deck pines are full of baby Sparrows, trying to figure this how to be a bird business. They are all busy looking at all the food on the deck, but aren’t terribly sure about how to get down there, let alone what to do once they make it. Photos are 1300 x 863, click for full size.
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White-breasted Nuthatches from Kengi. The first two are male, the last female. Sitta carolinensis. Click for full size.
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