Jim F.
Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
Congrats, John!A true top 10 bird in the US that I have wanted to see
Congrats, John!A true top 10 bird in the US that I have wanted to see
That top picture is OUTSTANDING.About a week ago this rarity showed up on the WA coast for less than a day and a half it appears. I was lucky enough to be talked into my first bird chase to try and catch it. Found it plus the Sun ! Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Magnificent bird to watch for 45 minutes feeding acrobatically.
Normally a bird of Texas/Kansas/Oklahoma. A true top 10 bird in the US that I have wanted to see.
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Outstanding!!!About a week ago this rarity showed up on the WA coast for less than a day and a half it appears. I was lucky enough to be talked into my first bird chase to try and catch it. Found it plus the Sun ! Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Magnificent bird to watch for 45 minutes feeding acrobatically.
Normally a bird of Texas/Kansas/Oklahoma. A true top 10 bird in the US that I have wanted to see.
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Or he will soon be hanging out with old man Jim
The crossbills are the dumbest. 95% of the time, it's them who hit the window. Always the yellow headed females. No red headed males have hit yet.Crossbill & goldfinch (maybe a tananger) hard to get an idea of size- I think.
Yes, they can somtimes recover from window strikes.
One of those would be hard on windows . . .Love my turkeys.
I use these to help with bird strikes, they are still see through and do not impede vision drastically like others.I'm a bird revival specialist. They fly into my windows, and if they don't die right away, they get the spa treatment.
Usually 15-30 minutes to shake off the cob webs. I've found most the time, they seem content to sit on my hand indefinitely. So after a while, I throw em up in the air, and make em fly away
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True story. My co-worker once came into work to find an injured but mostly okay heritage breed tom turkey from the neighbors across the street cowering under a desk, and the window above the kitchen sink busted out, glass everywhere. A review of the security camera showed a turkey running through the frame, then a coyote. Then back the other way--turkey, coyote.One of those would be hard on windows . . .
Silverfly - Not a meadowlark, it' a yellow rumped warbler. The bright blue on the bluebird would make me think western bluebird, just can't quite see the breast. The LBJ (little brown job), is a wren. not sure it it has a eye strip or not -