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I see hawks, crows, barred owls (at dusk), vultures, my chickens, mourning doves, cardinals, occasionally bluejays, tiny warblers (they make a nest and hatch out chicks every spring in a bucket hanging from the roof of my back porch), two kinds of woodpeckers, starlings. Those are the typical birds seen around my home.

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Terrific pictures!

Starlings
Black birds
Mockingbirds
Kill Deer
Mexican whistling ducks
Canada geese
Hummingbirds
Scissor tails
Swifts
Crows
Buzzards
Sparrows

I think that is about it today.

Busy day, and spent no time at the feeder, but driving around I saw

Killdeer
Pelicans
Crows
RW Blackbirds
Grackles
House Wren
GB Heron
Vulture

Small Raptor (falcon?) Gliding into cover the wings and body formed an almost perfect cross.

Drove through some awesome turkey country without seeing a one

Hawks, Eagles, Crows, my special little friends are some kind of Flycatcher's, not sure if they are the same ones, but its been 4 years now I have been noticing them, cute little guys.

Blue Jays, robins, mourning and euro doves

Haven't seen one of the redtails lately. Used to be
at least one on the utility pole at the SE corner of the
back



Never "see" any. Several barred owls hoo hoo
during the wee hours daily

Starling
English House Sparrow
Western King Bird
Whitewing Dove
Mourning Dove
Euopean Dove
Black Vulture
Redtail Hawk
Barn Pigeon
Western Siccortail Flycatcher

I could watch Western Kingbirds all day, they are so graceful in flight. Around here the scissortail flycatchers get back first, many of which are aggressively displaced when the western kingbirds arrive a couple of weeks later.

OTOH western kingbirds depart in August on account of they do their post-breeding molt on the winter range in Mexico/Central America.

Scissortail flycatchers are cricket and grasshopper specialists, catching a lot of their prey on the ground, such prey generally being most abundant late summer and fall. So scissortails hang around on the breeding grounds to molt after breeding. Around here where I am you can find then until November.

‘Nother point of trivia, in Oklahoma scissortails get shotgunned in some places on account of the Indians use their tail feathers for peyote fans.

When I drove through South Dallas at about 11:00 in the morning the other day I saw a flock of Blackbirds hanging out at the 7-11 on the corner nearly all drinking 40 oz of Colt 45 and Old English.

Still learning about the camera, but things are getting a bit better in general

Same ole' water birds. Lots of roseate spoonbills lately.

A few cardinals in the water sprinklers

More sea roaches.

I did see some bird in the front yard a couple of days ago that was all yellow with dark wings, no idea what it was but the sea roaches ran it off when they came to steal cat food.

My Painted Bunting is back after a 3-week absence.

The pad is right below my hospital window.

Kingfisher having a snack in the pond