Silently perched and very well hidden within a backdrop of fresh fresh leaves this Olive Sided Flycatcher spent a morning enjoying the crisp spring air teeming with newly hatched insects. Fresh, a synonym for spring?
Tag: birding
Yellow Rumped Warblers
There is no doubt about it, the sound of Yellow Rumped Warblers is a fine way to start a Friday morning.
Usually flittering about in the tree tops we typically hear Warblers them more frequently than we see them. This spring they have given us a few good looks and even time enough to snap a few photos while they were foraging for meals.
Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend.
grass, sky and wire
Along a quiet road with fresh grass and a subdued sky a bird balances on barbed wire in a place where the wind forever blows.
Western Wyoming
Good Evening
Hello Mr Grosbeak what a big bill you have.
The Evening Grosbeaks have made an extended appearance this spring and we are enjoying seeing them in the trees nearby. Such a large finch (about 6.5-7.0″), that imposing beak and so darn colorful they really stand out compared to the other birds in the Finch family that typically hang out in our forests like the demure (5″) Pine Siskin and slightly larger (6″) Cassins Finch.
Spring Shower
A coot family in the foreground and a stray pie-billed grebe youngster in the rear, enjoying, or perhaps tolerating, a spring shower on a local pond.
Spring Snowy
With the grass greening up and water in the pond the frogs better keep their eyes open for this little hunter. A Snowy Egret works the ponds on a sunny spring morning.
Never a dull moment
It is never a dull moment when the White Faced Ibis are around. So full of color you just look and be in wonder. A full palette all in one bird. Truly amazing.
Little Grebe
A little Pie Billed Grebe affectionately described by All About Birds as “Part Bird-Part Submarine” for their ability to quickly dive like a submarine when threatened. Luckily this one did not feel threatened and we were able to observe them swimming in this small river hunting for their morning meal.
Blue Grey Gnatcatcher
What an amazing looking little bird to spend some time watching. He hopped around from branch to branch and getting a photo or two seemed in the end pure luck.
All about birds had this to say “A tiny, long-tailed bird of broadleaf forests and scrublands, the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher makes itself known by its soft but insistent calls and its constant motion” and it sure fit this guys behavior to a tee.
To read ore about this bird visit https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue-gray_Gnatcatcher/lifehistory
Clearly Incompatible
An Adult Black Crowned Night Heron was quietly minding their own business standing silently and hunting in that patient Nigh Heron way. Then along came the Ibises probing and prodding right in front of the heron.
These two foraging styles were clearly incompatible and there heron quickly and elegantly took flight to find a quitter corner of the pond.
Leaving the Ibises to have this spot for their own.
nature has no boss 
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