I love that we call New Zealanders "kiwis." Anybody else do that elsewhere? Maybe we could call US residents wild turkeys or call Californians acorn woodpeckers. #birding
"I gave you all the food."
"Nah nah nah I can't hear you."
"Still gave you all the food until you fly over to that other tree with more food on it."
"I'm just a lil baby, I can't hear you."
Another silly scene from the Red-bellied Woodpecker mother & child this morning, you can see better here why I think the little one's a male
A brown winged female pileated woodpecker has been coming regularly to the feeder. She stands out because usually, pileated woodpeckers have black wings feathers. I don't know the significance of the brown feathers on her wings, but at least they help me tell her apart from the other female pileated woodpeckers. #bird#birding#birdsofmastodon#birdphotography#nature#woodpecker#HoosierMast
Perched and posed. Whenever we’ve actively searched for Grasshopper Sparrows in meadows and high grasses, they’ve eluded us. Both times we’ve spotted one they’ve been perched along a roadside, the first in a bush and this one on a mossy post.
Tree pose. Who knew American Oystercatcher chicks practiced yoga on the beach?
(Apologies in advance for this, yesterday’s post, and future adorable fuzzy juvenile anniversary birding picture posts. Creation is so amazing!)
Anybody here with experience on the sounds a nestling or fledgling Anna's hummingbird makes? I am hearing a strange "peeping" that I've never heard before and an adult is seemingly responding. I posted last week about encountering what I thought was a juvenile, so there could be a second one too. I could not locate where the sound was coming from to get a visual on the "peeping" today.
I've been busy over the last several weeks and haven't been posting much but we've had a few good lifer weeks recently so here we go.
We were visiting my parents in South Central Pennsylvania and got a glimpse of this Sora..... with chicks!