Birding/Birdwatching Discussion Topic

I was looking at that the other day! Below are some migrants new I have seen the the last few days. I have also seen and heard many that I could not get photos of yet.

Male and female Rose-breasted grossbeak.

Baltimore oriole

American redstart

Chestnut-sided warbler

Blackburnian warlber

Two fledgling wrens were being instructed on the ways of the world by their parents. They watched while the adults found them food, and begged for the snack. I watched them from by a tree less than ten feet away, so they never noticed me but I could observe them perfectly. I got some absolutely adorable photos of these little wrens!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358494467

how sweet! the fledging fluffed up looks really cute :)

I think this shot would be much better if you could get a little lower. LOL

How did you take this? Are you in a floating blind?

I was hanging the camera off the edge of a steep drop off into the water. The bottom of the lens foot actually was in the water a little.

Wow, I admire the commitment! I really want a camera with a fold-out screen…

It can come in really clutch sometimes. It takes some getting used to though, especially when tracking things. I obviously don’t use the screen normally, but when this Ruddy Duck took off I still had the screen up and thankfully managed some in focus shots.

9 lifers today! (That puts me at 150 since Jan!)
-black necked stilt
-bank swallow
-bronzed cowbird
-black throated green warbler
-blue grosbeak
-western cattle egret
-northern yellow warbler
-western kingbird
-Couch’s kingbird

Congrats! What’s your life list at?

I only started counting in January of this year lol

Added a few new birds to my lifelist today, including the dunlin and northern shoveler duck.


https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/361267807


https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/361267792

I just spotted 2 Y-C night herons next to my house!! That means babies soon! (Sorry for poor photo quality I was mainly shooting on my Nikon)

Bluebird

Golden crowned kinglet

Juvenile Eastern Bluebird https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/362427661

Well, I didn’t see any of those rare birds, but I saw so many sandpipers and shorebirds! :heart_eyes:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S335694518

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/360717392

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/360718233

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/360718303

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/360785272

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https://ebird.org/checklist/S335884389

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/360785534