Tag: birds
A few of the *real* animals that I spotted on my hike in the botanical gardens
A few of the *real* animals that I spotted on my hike in the botanical gardens today: a #MonarchButterfly, a #BlackPhoebe, a #hummingbird and a #rabbit.
#animals #birds #butterflies #nature #inaturalist
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Monarch on iNaturalist and Flickr
Black Phoebe on iNaturalist and Flickr
Hummingbird on iNaturalist and Flickr
Desert Cottontail on iNaturalist and Flickr
Rufous, Allen’s, and Allied Hummingbirds
Mallard
American Wigeon
Mallards, Pintails, and Allies
Mallards, Pintails, and Allies
Canada Goose
At sunset, the geese all lined up on the edge of the pond and honked until they jumped in, one after another, sown the line like a synchronized swim team.
Canada Goose
Canada Goose (charging)
Mitred Parakeet
It’s not uncommon to hear the parakeets flying overhead (and sometimes see them), but it’s been a while since I’ve seen any close enough to take a picture. These two were just sitting on a cable, totally quiet.
Large White-headed Gulls
Large White-headed Gulls
I had to be somewhere near the coast this morning, so I figured I’d take …
I had to be somewhere near the coast this morning, so I figured I’d take 10 minutes to look for seagulls for #iNaturalist. I found a lot of them, but they were mostly hanging out on the beach, not flying around. Still, that’s plenty for observation purposes, and I did manage to catch this shot too!
#birds #seagull #photo #beach #ocean #wave
Oo’s there?
Red-winged Blackbird (perched in reeds)
Canada Goose
Turtle Doves and Collared Doves
A Black Phoebe, spotted on a break from work this afternoon.
Literally confusing hawks and doves.
Usually #iNaturalist’s AI is pretty good at narrowing down to a genus, but sometimes it can get confused. Like this #pigeon sitting on a silk floss tree branch. It was “pretty sure” it was a *hawk*.
Um, nope!
I can sort of see that with the first image, but the second one makes it blindingly obvious!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30408488
@KelsonV I just realized it’s literally confusing hawks and doves.