What is your favorite bird? And every fowl encounter you've had under the sun

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My spouse and I had this running joke. Every time I was asked what kind of bird that was, my answer was Turkey Vulture. We were at the Sandy Eggo wild animal park dear spouse asked one of the attendants what that big bird over there was. Answrr: Turkey Vulture. I burst out laughing.
 
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Well, it will be nice if I can find them. After a summer shower, the pair of Turkey Vultures were perched, one on a chimney and the other on a nearby utility pole, with their wings outstretched as if they were drying their feathers in the sun.
 
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I’m so glad I found this thread! I love birds and feed the wild birds every day.

Here is a picture I took not too long ago while out driving around.
 
Here’s my #112th species to encounter this year, a Western Bluebird(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)

And #113 and my #301 lifer for Pima County, Common Goldeneye. See her golden eye?
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A Rufous-winged Sparrow ended my day at #114 species for the year, but it wouldn’t let me take it’s picture.
 
As promised, Ladies and Gentlemen, my 500th US lower 48 life bird, Couch’s Kingbird! Those with sharper eyes might ask me, “How do you tell this from a Tropical Kingbird?” Well, dear friends, it made a noise.

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I spotted a Pidgey outside New Bark Town!
 
I went looking for one of these last Sunday in honor of the OP. I didn’t find it. This one is from last summer in Vermont.

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Not a great shot, but I thought it was appropriate for the day, an Ash-throated Flycatcher.(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
 
Who needs a bird picture? Here’s an Anna’s Hummingbird in my backyard.(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
 
Different varieties of hummers populate different geographical areas. The one like pictured above I also get to see daily.
 
They do. The bird in my picture is a full blown adult male. It’s a common garden resident in the western US. Out east they would be very rare. I’ve identified 6 species of hummingbird in my garden. I forget how many species I’ve seen in Arizona.
 
Very interesting Tad and Milt,for some reason growing up I thought the humming bird was a South American bird. Not so rare ,but they still seem almost mythical to me 🙂
We have Lathams Snipe ,a visitor from Japan.They don’t nest here .
They are protected now, but I remember my father explaining how difficult they were to shoot as they twist and turn when they fly .
 
We get about that here too. There’s always a few flitting about. They are such interesting charavcters, even if they do leave little yellow “offerings” all over my csr.
 
What kind of camera do you use? I’m curious.

Do a lot t of you amateur ornithologists uses binoculars?
 
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