The blood droplets on the wing & hole behind the bottom beak makes me thinks it may have been shot. Air rifle perhaps?I wonder what got it or what happened?
Possible I suppose but like I mentioned a crow was really going after it, pulling stuff from it, with enough vigor it looked to me like it could spatter, but I'm no expert.The blood droplets on the wing & hole behind the bottom beak makes me thinks it may have been shot. Air rifle perhaps?
This photo is from a prior year. The nest was in a pile of wrack about 4’ off the ground and 20ish feet from a backwater.Great pic @Kilchis! Is that Canada goose nest on an island or off the ground in a tree?
Could use some help.
Haven't been fast enough to get a pic yet. This spring we've had a large blue Jay with black wings and head visiting the backyards here.
I'm familiar with the eastern Bluejays, but this one has me stymied for I.D. since it's so fast.
Could anyone point me to which species this one is ?
Dunno. It's why am asking here. Soon as I can get a pic of the guy I'll post it . Trouble is, he's damn quick, and really jitterySteller’s Jay?
SF
Stellar Jay. I get both kind of Jays at my casa.
Thanks as always for sharing your way cool images Steve. When I participated in spring aerial and ground waterfowl pair counts, single drakes counted as "pair". You are spot on that the hens are likely incubating eggs or perhaps brood rearing. Male puddle ducks (woodies included) often group together and hang out in areas with lots of cover where they can go through the flightless molting period. The females typically molt after completing brood rearing process. Some waterfowl species will travel 100's of miles to congregate in specific areas for molting.I didn’t see any hens around; I suspect that they were incubating eggs in the nest boxes around the pond. To anthropomorphize the situation, it is as if the males are waiting around for the “babies” to be born. But more likely, they are just waiting for a late-arriving females for one more chance to breed this spring.
Steve
Uhhh, yeah with a bit more dusty black in the wings. Dude is maybe 10 inches tall