This mourning dove seems to have buried its legs in a mound of loose dirt. Do birds like the feel of loose dirt between their toes like humans like the feel of wet sand?
Tag: birds
A couple of black phoebes spotted in the neighborhood the last few days.
A couple of black phoebes spotted in the neighborhood the last few days. They have this distinctive crest shape to their heads, at least compared to the other birds that live in this area.
Possibly a goldfinch
And another bird, possibly a goldfinch, that took off as soon as I snapped the shutter.
Lesser Goldfinch (major motion blur)
I saw a pair of what I think were goldfinches on this cable. Unfortunately they took off as soon as I snapped the shutter trying to photograph this one. You can at least tell that it’s got a very yellow body and less yellow wings.
A birb caught in the act of NOPE!
I can hear these sparrows all day.
I can hear these sparrows all day. There are a few nests around in bushes and possibly in roofs. But this year’s generation is also really good at hiding and dodging cameras, so I don’t often get them on camera.
Brewer’s Blackbird (on roof)
There were two of these birds. I couldn’t tell what they were from a distance except they didn’t look like crows.
House Finch
European Starling
Somewhere between five and ten starlings were flitting up to a wall and back down to the open part of a greenbelt that’s been closed to foot traffic for pandemic distancing, walking around through the grass. From a distance, they were often completely hidden by the grass and I had to take a lot of pictures just to be sure I could see them on *some* of them!
A black phoebe on a fence.
A crow on a street lamp
House Sparrow
American Pipit
There were at least two, possibly three or four of these birds hopping around the grass next to a bike path. They weren’t easy to spot at a distance.
This bird’s new to me: apparently it’s an American pipit, also known as a buff-bellied pipit, a small ground-nesting insectivore. I spotted several of them walking around in the grass next to a bike path that’s just been closed down, though I could see them from the sidewalk with a zoom lens.
House Finch
Say’s Phoebe perched on an outdoor lamp.
Say’s Phoebe perched on an outdoor lamp.
#birds
A common House Sparrow
A common House #Sparrow perched on what looks like bougainvillea. It sounded like there were a lot of them in there, but I could only see one.
Flight to the sea.
Some more house finches and a hummingbird.
Some more house finches and a hummingbird. Hummingbirds always look weird to me when they’re perched.
#photo #birds #finch #HouseFinch #hummingbird #nature
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Finch (in grass) on Flickr
I must have seen over a dozen house finches on a very short walk today. I assume there’s a nest or several in the area.
Hummingbird on iNaturalist
Finch (on wire) on iNaturalist
Finch (in grass) on iNaturalist
A dove spotted this morning.
A dove spotted this morning. I just walked around the neighborhood and most of the birds I spotted were on cables like this.
Might be a mourning dove, turtle dove, or collared dove. If you happen to know, feel free to chime in at #iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40535563
Finally recovered enough from the flu to get out for a walk in the neighborhood (while that’s still an option).
Finally recovered enough from the flu to get out for a walk in the neighborhood (while that’s still an option).
I think this first bird (possibly a goldfinch?) was trying to practice social distancing, though the crow in the third photo seems to be doing a better job. The house finch was such a bright red that I thought it had to be another kind of bird until I looked at the photos.
#photo #birds #nature #finch #HouseFinch #goldfinch #crow
