Got any bird pics?

[RRSmith]

I'm going through images this evening while watching USC and Washington trade touchdowns... what a game! Anyway, I came across this one which I took of a blue phase Ross' goose (in center/left of image) amongst a bunch of its normal colored brethren. I took the image several years ago at one of our wildlife areas in NE California. Ross' geese are a diminutive white goose - similar in size to cacklers. While the blue phase is common in snow geese, it's quite rare in Ross' geese (around 1 in 10,000 birds).

 

[SKYKO]

From this mornings walk.

 

[SKYKO]

Better Pic, there were two hanging out together.

 

[Bass-O-Matic]

 

[Scott Salzer]

That bird has a very serious stare.

 

[Greggor]

Better Pic, there were two hanging out together.
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Pterri, from Pee-Wee's Playhouse would be green with envy.

 

[Wadin' Boot]

Ran to get my camera today for a red headed sap sucker in the yard, but as usual, by the time I had it, the bird had moved on.... the crabapple is the candy factory this week, in the next week or so the berries will ferment a little and the robins will be trashed, crapping everywhere

 

[RichS]

 

[Bass-O-Matic]

 

[Jim F.]

My Son was replacing a windshield at a local business when he spotted this Flicker. The mechanics told him that the bird has wintered there & perched in that same corner for the last 3 years.

 

[Stonedfish]

Had three flickers in my backyard this morning with a stellar jay watching them.
The flickers were hammering my poor less than stellar lawn. Going after worms or something else?
SF

 

[SKYKO]

This morning.

 

[Scott Salzer]

Flickers do eat a lot of ants.

 

[Cabezon]

Crane fly larvae? There is an invasive species from Europe that can become a pest on well-watered lawns.
Steve

 

[Jim F.]

When we have had prolonged snow cover, Flickers would regularly work the soft snow-free soil next to the house foundation for any & everything edible. As I was cleaning up leaves today I saw "bore holes" along the back sidewalk where a Flicker had been mining ants.

 

[Bass-O-Matic]

Amazing "aerialists", bug catchers. Love seeing them working on the Yakima.

 

[VAGABOND]

Red Tail Hawk leaving the roost off on another hunt. Cell phone thru the windshield while stopped.

 

[Stonedfish]

Was looking out my home office window this morning when these two gals flew in to check the telephone pole out for breakfast.
SF

 

[Matt B]

Had three flickers in my backyard this morning with a stellar jay watching them.
The flickers were hammering my poor less than stellar lawn. Going after worms or something else?
SF

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The flickers around here seem to really love ants and termites, so maybe those, or these beetles that like our “natural” lawns. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...new-bug-in-town-and-its-coming-for-your-lawn/

 

[Cabezon]

White-breasted nuthatch from Potholes State Park.

Steve