Eagles.

The baby is on the left and the adult on the right.while we were driving by the great lakes,in michigan.

nest that the babies fledged

(He or she)screech owl.

ID please!birds at feeder.

we put up our suet feeders in the winter,and then we participate in the great backyard bird count.In febuarary

Hummingbird preening

I have so many hummers I’m going to have to buy another feeder. It was fun to catch this one preening as they are always on the move and so quick!

Titmice/woodpecker nest that survived the first brood:the 2nd brood:chicks got eaten by a snake):sad.

Injured Mourning Dove Update

Update: The male mourning dove’s wing has gotten much worse. It might be angelwing or something else.

Mother and baby dove eating suet and need feather ID

Mother and baby dove eating suet. The baby clung to the suet cage and was swinging around. What a silly baby dove.

The feather was found at Paul D Rushing’s Chain of Lakes when we were going to visit the (empty) mockingbird nest. It is a blackish brownish white feather. It was about 5” long and pointy.

White-winged Dove eating suet

I didn’t know that doves ate suet. Google says that they don’t. We got some new birdseed with milo, millet, and basically no sunflower seeds. (the birds don’t like it) We normally buy Economy Mix Wild Bird Feed Bird Seed Blend. It has black oil sunflower seeds, striped sunflower seeds, milo, millet, wheat, and corn. The birds love it. We get white-winged doves, mourning doves, Eurasian collared doves, house sparrows, European starlings, cardinals, house finches, and blue jays. Most of the birds are eating suet now. We are getting the good birdseed today so the birds will come back.

Mockingbird Nest Fate! 😭

Tweet and Barney nest fate… SO sad! 😭😭

Ruby- throated hummingbird

Ruby-throated hummingbird hanging out in the Chinese lilac tree early this morning. 8-9-22

Tweet and Barney are GONE!

We visited the nest later than we wanted today, (Almost dusk) we thought that the mother would be there. When we saw there was no mother we took the video of the nest and saw, it was empty! The nest wasn’t damaged so was probably a Blue Jay, Crow, or squirrel. Hopefully, we can find another nest to watch soon.

Loggerhead Shrike Fledgling Regurgitating A Pellet!

eastern phoebe and mr.cardinal.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay

Mr. and Mrs. Jay trying out the new feeders!

Nuthatch, Chickadee, Hummer

Red breasted nuthatch, Black capped chickadee, and hummer cooling off in the sprayer mist on Dogwood.
Hummer hard to see, but she’s there! So cute to watch them rub themselves all over the wet leaves.

How do I report a banded Shorebird sighting?

While on vacation at Dauphin Island, I photographed a lot of birds. I didn’t even realize this guy was banded until I looked closer at the photo. He has a bright orange band on his top, right leg and a light blue band on his bottom, left leg. I can’t remember how many other birds were around or what the weather was like. How do I report this sighting? Sorry for the bad photo quality, I had to take a picture of the picture from my camera.
Photo was taken July 25, 2022.

Half white House Sparrow

Rare half white house sparrow. His tail and back are white. There are two like this in our yard.

Injured Mockingbird Returns

Injured mockingbird eating suet. He gets attacked by the adult mockingbird. They dig their claws into him as you can see the black marks. I finally got some pictures to show how bad it is. The adults are really rough at him. They attack him in mid-air, chase him and dig their claws into him. They also scratch him with their claws too. 😟😢

Young male House Sparrow

Young male House Sparrow eating birdseed

Happy Birthday Barney!!

Barney hatched today! Now we’re waiting for Tweet! Happy Birthday Barney!! He has a few downy feathers on his back. His eyes are closed.

Birdwatching at the Beach!

During a vacation this past week, I watched a black backed gull catch a small fish and peck at it for a bit before swallowing the remainder of it whole. Very neat! Two laughing gulls were getting some morning sun on the sand. I also spotted a female house sparrow feeding her nestlings at an outdoor restaurant that I visited!

Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove just hanging out in the shade of the Maple tree on a very hot afternoon. 8-6-22.

Hurt Mockingbird

We watched this mockingbird grow up from a newly fledged bird and watched his mother feed him. Lately, for the past couple of weeks, he gets attacked daily and the adults that attack him dig their claws into him. The poor bird couldn’t defend himself because he was very thin at the time. His feathers were matted and in horrible shape. He has gotten bigger since he has been visiting the peanut butter “swing” but still looks horrible. Any ideas? He has lost a lot of weight.

Baby Grackles!!

Baby Great-tailed Grackles!

Immature Great-Tailed Grackles!

Immature Great-Tailed Grackles and European Starlings came to eat birdseed

I maxed out at five photos and have one photo left so please see the other photo!

Help! What’s wrong with this mockingbird!

As can see from the photos this mockingbird is not in good shape. He gets attacked daily and the adults that attack him dig their claws into him. The poor bird couldn’t defend himself because he was very thin at the time. His feathers were matted and in horrible shape. He has gotten bigger since he has been visiting the peanut butter “swing”.

I also saw an adult mockingbird with no head feathers. It looks like a vulture! This isn’t normal in mockingbirds. (It is normal for blue jays and cardinals to lose their head feathers.) Please help! This is really concerning as there are lots of sick/injured birds in our yard!

House Finches

House Finches!!

Downy Woodpecker

Look carefully. She’s on the feeder. I’ll try to get better pictures.

Mr. Cardinal

Mr. Cardinal and two other cardinals (a male and female) came to visit.

The starlings are here!!!

Unlike most people, I love starlings! They are colorful and fun to watch. It’s exciting to have them visit. It’s sad that people don’t like birds like European Starlings, House sparrows, Rock Pigeons, Muscovy Ducks, Canada Geese, seagulls, Cowbirds, and other birds and they feel the need to kill, trap, poison, chase, and destroy their nest, eggs and young. 😭😢

ID please!!

Hummingbird

Sweet little ruby-throat hummer.

This Finch dreams of being a Hummingbird

I set up our hummingbird feeder right next to the Ring camera so that we could watch the hummingbirds come to the feeder. One day, I was looking through the footage and was surprised to this male House Finch land on top of the feeder. He sat there for a minute, he even preened himself, then he just flew off. I’m assuming he was just attracted by the colors.
Screenshot was from July 7, 2022

Cozy Baby Dove

Cozy baby dove

Baby Dove has hair!

Baby Mourning Dove has hair!

American Goldfinches

Most likely a breeding pair of American Goldfinches, as they are late breeders ~ July, August, September.

Nest needs id!

Dove fledgling

Baby dove from a while back. He couldn’t fly and his mother fed him.

Foraging Finches

Lots of activity. The Goldfinch has been visiting alot and the hummers are frequent visitors as well. Trying to get a shot of the hummers bathing on the Dogwood ~ really cute.

Fledged titmice

Baby Great-Tailed Grackle

Mother Grackle feeding baby grackle, Sorry for the bad photo! Here is another time we saw Great-tailed Grackles and took pictures ~ https://ebird.org/checklist/S113698000

In bush.eastern towhee.

Id please!

id please!

Nest ID please! Suspected hawk nest

The nest is made of sticks and leaves. It’s at least 1 square foot, but possibly a little larger. It’s about 60 feet up but I’m not good with guessing height measurements. It’s towards the top of the tree, in a crotch from the main trunk. I have no idea how old it is, so I’m unsure if there was a body of water nearby when the nest was built. It’s a forest habitat, and a little bit of ways from the nest is an area that floods easily. I’ve seen Red-Shouldered Hawks, Red-Tailed Hawks, and Broad-Winged Hawks in my area. I’m guessing it’s a Red-Shouldered Hawk nest, but a Cooper’s Hawk nest is also pretty likely. Any ID help is appreciated!

Song Sparrow Loves Bird Bath

The song sparrows have been loving the bird bath, a few house finches (not pictured here) have also joined in on the fun during this excruciating heat wave. Our cardinals aren’t quite sold on the setup yet…

Doves

Lots of dove pictures I found.

Last egg never hatched

Of the 3 eggs in the Cardinal nest, only 2 hatched, they were named Red and Ruby. We went on vacation for a week so I wasn’t able to check on the nest until we got back. When we got back they were gone so I’m hoping they fledged. I removed the egg from the nest.

least flycatcher nest failed:baby fell out if the nest.sad):

Northern Mockingbird nest

Northern Mockingbird nest at Paul D Rushing Chain of Lakes. Update: Tweet and Barney haven’t hatched yet. I hope they hatch soon! This nest is near the side of the road in between two ditches.

American Goldfinch

American Goldfinch enjoying the Blue Fortune Anise Hyssop.

Feeding time

Family outing

Lunchtime

Winter cardinal

Juvenile Cardinal

Lots of cardinals around. Check out that head!

Cool Cardinal

Cardinal cooling off.

Tweet and Barney

Tweet and Barney. Tweet is the lighter one and Barney is the darker one.

Canada Geese

Goosey and Geesey the Canada Geese enjoying the lake. Goosey is the gander and Geesey is the goose.

Loggerhead Shrike Fledgling About to land on a beach!

This loggerhead Shrike Fledgling was given the leg of a small bird by the adult, then the fledgling flew down to another branch with it!

Hummingbird visitor

Cute little hummer stopped by today.

Newly hatched Carolina Wrens

Of the five eggs in the nest, three had hatched between about 5:30-7:30 this morning.

Used Nests

Used nest. Hoping someone can ID them.

Sparrows taking a look

Sparrows checking out wreath.

Infertile Blue Jay Egg

1 blue jay egg. Appears to be infertile as the baby blue jay already fledged. There used to be two eggs. There was an eggshell in the nest.

Baby Robin

Only one robin left. I guess the others fledged already.

First Egg in Carolina Wren Nest

This is a combination of several captured videos of the Carolina Wren’s nest in the nest box in our back yard. Video was captured on July 13, 2022 starting at around 6AM.

Total clutch size reached 5 eggs

ID needed for feathers and nestbox

Feathers were at John Paul’s Landing Park (24202 West Rd, Cypress, TX 77433) and the nest box was at Paul D Rushing’s Chain of Lakes. (9114 Katy Hockley Rd, Katy, TX 77493)

The feathers were about 2” long. They didn’t look like wing feathers.
The nest box was about 20 feet up on a pole. It was made of wood. A gray baby bird with a yellow beak poked its head out.

Mockingbird loves peanut butter!

This little mockingbird loves to eat the peanut butter I put out.

Mourning Dove

5 inches away from a young wild Mourning Dove. The pictures were taken with a phone. I took it on video and did a screenshot.

First egg in carolina wren nest

This is a combination of several captured videos of the Carolina Wren’s nest in the nest box in our back yard. Video was captured on July 13, 2022 starting at around 6AM.

Total clutch size reached 5 eggs

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Ruby – throated hummingbird coming in for a landing.

Tweet and Barney

Mockingbird nest with 2 eggs and used nest needs ID

Burlington, VT

Hummingbird enjoying the nectar of the trumphet vine.

Purple Martins

This photo taken in July, 2022, the first year for this Purple Martin colony at Beltzville State Park near Lehighton, PA. The gourd rack was erected and is managed by the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society.

Blue Jays!

Blue Jays!!!

Possibly injured Mourning Dove

I’ve been seeing this dove for months now. His wing looks like it’s falling off. I’ve also seen two birds with black intentions on their neck and belly. (Adult mockingbird and young male sparrow) Also, two birds were all puffed up and leaning over. Their beaks were open. (adult mockingbird and female sparrow) The mockingbird wasn’t moving for about 3 hours. The sparrow had trouble walking and was acting weird. There also was a mockingbird fledgling. I noticed it was very skinny and different looking. Then I saw it weeks after and it was very skinny and had matted feathers. I saw yesterday that an adult mockingbird was attacking the fledgling! Why do you think this is?

Mr. Dove

Mr. Dove eating at one of our feeders. He was very friendly and let me get within less than 2 feet of him until the door scared him.

A Sad Day for Last Surviving Chick

Blue Jay

Blue Jay in grass

Cardinal

Male Ruby- Throat hummingbird

Bright spot in my yard on a rainy morning. Three seperate shots although they look pretty much the same.
7-25-22.

Better picture of the Blue Jay showing the eggs

A better picture of the Blue Jay showing the eggs. The eggs are very light blue with brown speckles. In the first picture, there is the baby and one egg and in the second picture there is the baby and if you look carefully you can see one egg and one egg hiding under the baby. The third picture shows the eggs. The 3rd picture is older.

Its NOT a Cowbird! Its a Blue Jay!

It’s NOT a cowbird! It’s a blue jay! We saw it today and it has blue feathers, a black beak, and white and black on its face. The two eggs didn’t hatch so they are probably infertile.

Robin Nestlings

Three baby robins in a pine tree.

Eastern Phobe Hatchlings ~ Geese

Eastern Phobe hatchlings and geese. Kingsland Bay State park ~Ferrisburgh, Vt. 7-23-22.

Better picture of the Cowbird

A better picture of the Cowbird. What a sweet little cowbird. It’s taking good care of its not yet hatched Cardinal siblings.

Baby Mockingbird eating peanut butter

Baby mockingbird eating peanut butter.

ID please!

Nests Need ID

Three nests need ID. The 1st was about 10 feet high in an oak tree. The 2nd was in a small oak about two feet from the ground and the same with the 3rd.

Young Cowbird in nest

Baby Cowbird in a nest. Eggs need ID. White with brown speckles. The eggs are about an inch long. There are two eggs. The nest was made of mostly sticks and lots of white down feathers. Any ID?

Nest ID help please!

Found this nest in a tree. It’s about 10 or 11 feet up and it appears to be hanging. It’s made of sticks, leaves, and pieces of plastic. It’s in a forest habitat. The nest appeared to be inactive, I couldn’t get a look inside. Any ideas of what it could be?

Little hummer stuck in our garage, AGAIN

I think about a week ago we had a female hummer get stuck in our garage. She just kept hitting the ceiling and she wouldn’t go down. Now it’s happened again. I’m going to move everything red or yellow away from the entrance of the garage when she’s gone. She keeps landing on some fishing poles we have for a couple of seconds and then flying around for a couple of seconds. I got our feeder and she landed on one of the perches while she drank. That was neat, I could see every little detail of her feathers. I feel so bad for her. Right now we’re just leaving her alone to see if she’ll go lower.

The last egg hasn’t hatched. Should I be worried?

The babies were sleeping when I got there but I accidentally woke them up. The last egg hasn’t hatched yet. It’s siblings hatched sometimes between the 18th and the 20th.
7 / 21 / 22

cardinal nest & bird.

Young male or female House Sparrow?

See this House Sparrow every day. It looks like a female house sparrow but it has black spots near its legs. Young males don’t normally look like this. It looks to be an adult. There is another sparrow like this with balck spots only near its legs. Young males normally only have it under their chin. I saw a half-white male House Sparrow a couple of days ago. All near his tail was white.