hi. unrelated to literally everything else (i'm drinking wine) i jokingly started figuring out what birds my friends would be if. you know they were birds. i cannot do this for random people but mutuals i can give you . a bird.
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Teen birds can be
very confusing, especially when you are just starting with birdwatching. They have the coolest patterns and colorations going on, and I have to say they are one of my favorites to see. It is fantastic that it is possible to see them even into fall. The calendar birds for August, September and October are teens. There’s a Rubythroated Hummingbird with just the first parts of the gorget appearing, a juvenile Cowbird morphing into adult plumage, and a teen Cardinal, still with lots of baby feathers and the characteristic brown beak.
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Sunday Birding 7/30/23
I had a lot of fun birding yesterday! Saw some of my favorite birds and a few new ones!!
I didn’t see as many around the pond, but I still saw my favorite funky lil’ guy, the green heron:
You can also see a frog in the left hand corner!
Some juvenile red-winged blackbirds:
A mourning dove:
I’ve been spotted!
At the arboretum, had to take some pictures of some pretty flowers:
some water lilies:
you can see another frog in this one!
A wild Kansas sunflower:
Big flower:
A turtle, relaxing out of the water:
Another big flower:
A butterfly! So pretty:
I saw so many of these guys out yesterday! A male northern cardinal:
I saw some more snowberry clearwings too:
Another male cardinal:
A wood pewee. There were two of these guys out, flying around, getting some bugs to eat:
A downy woodpeck, perched on top of a feeder:
A female cardinal, grabbing a treat:
A male indigo bunting! I met and helped a really nice older couple find this guy too. He was at the very top of the tree:
Some hummingbirds!
A male indigo bunting again, singing his little heart out:
Some pretty yellow flowers:
Some neat purple ones:
I thought this was a cool picture, an indigo bunting and an eastern bluebird:
I was SHOCKED when I saw this guy! A blue grosbeak!!! I almost confused him for an indigo bunting, but he’s too big, and you can see the brownish-red on his wings:
Some more water lily flowers:
Other neat flowers I saw:
A bee getting some pollen:
one last hummingbird:
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Since it’s a holiday weekend, I was able to go to the arboretum TWICE this week. Here is my birb haul (along with some additional goodies)
I was so happy to see the goldfinches again!
But it turns out, there are a shit ton here:
There are nine in this picture. NINE:
Maybe ten? I don’t know, there are SO MANY:
Blue bird!
PHOTOGRAPHER DETECTED:
I also saw a deer on the other side of the river! She was hongry:
This little Acadian flycatcher was so nice, and flew in close for me to get a good picture of him:
TITS:
A downy woodpecker (female, there’s no red on the back of her head like a male):
A male cardinal with his funky little hair doo!
MORE TITS:
An indigo bunting:
BUN DETECTED:
another good picture of a cardinal with his funky little hair doo:
ngl, I took so many pictures of the indigo bunting. Soooooooooo many pictures:
A robin! She posin’ too!
Brown-headed cowbird:
YOU GUYS!!!! I SAW!!! MY FIRST HUMMINGBIRD OF THE SEASON!!!!!! He’s so far away though (hanging out on the same tree as the cowbird). I saw him in the flowers and then followed his path when he went up to the tree to chill (he’s a ruby throated hummingbird, btw):
PHOTOGRAPHER DETECTED (again):
There were also some cool turtles! I thought he looked smug:
This guy was hanging out more in the sun:
They also have big ass koi fish in the big pond???? So cool:
Lily pads with lily flower!
I just think this is so pretty:
More pretty flowers:
I just love the lily pads:
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