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

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I had to laugh the other day seeing the sulpher crested cockatoos walking under the cypress…they were so close but my iPad showed too much sunlight to be of any help.One chap was hopping along instead of walking … their feet have very sharp claws and it must have been easier just to hop 🙂
 
That’s the new Canadian national bird. It displaced the loon because it’s so friendly and it doesn’t leave in the winter. 😃
 
Known as camp robbers in some parts. So friendly that they help themselves- no need for invitations!
 
Made it out into the field today

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Great shots tad ! 😃
Are the flock of birds a type of tern?
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Thank you. 😊

The flock of birds are small sandpipers, or what we call ‘peeps’. The falcon would come by and make a few passes at them every hour. I didn’t see him catch one, though. Only the smallest sandpipers would take off, the ducks and larger shorebirds would just look a little excited.

Here’s a pic of what they look like on the ground. This photo has Least, Western and at least one Baird’s Sandpiper as well a couple of Wilson’s Phalaropes. So much fun!

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Here’s a bad, heavily cropped photo of a Semi-palmated Plover I found yesterday. This is only the third time I’ve seen this bird in my life. So cute!

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A few birds from last Sunday’s outing.

A handsome Gambel’s Quail

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And one of those notoriously hard to ID empids (my best guess is Pacific-slope Flycatcher. An expert who also saw it thinks it’s a Hammond’s Flycatcher. I don’t think the primary projection is long enough for a Hammond’s)

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I have an expression, “bird don’t care”. What I mean by that is that it doesn’t matter how sad you may feel, the birds don’t care, they just continue to go about their business, quibbling over the food supply. But there are exceptions.

Last Saturday I was very sad about my mother who has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I stayed home quietly adding onto the garden of my Lego church trying not to be too upset. That afternoon it rained. While most the birds scattered, a single Mourning Dove stood vigil out in the rain. While I may be reading way too much into it, that bird brought me comfort.

Here’s a picture of that dove in the rain. A truly unremarkable photograph save for the story that comes with it.

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I’m keeping you, your mom and your family in prayer, tad.

I’m about to go right now and see my mom, 92 and still healthy, but I dread the day when her health starts to fail.
 
Praying for you and your family also, Tad. May God bless and strengthen all of you and may you find comfort in His faithfulness.
Amen.
 
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Thanks for the prayers all. It’s my mom’s fault I’m this way. As a young tad she encouraged my birding habit. She used to drive me and my dorky little friends on bird finding expeditions. We had a lot of fun back then. It helps to go out in the field. It gets my mind off of things and I know it’s what my mom would want me to do.
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I’m about to go right now and see my mom, 92 and still healthy, but I dread the day when her health starts to fail.
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It’s inspiring to see how well you take care of your mother.

Here’s another photo from last Monday, It’s a yellowlegs,an avocet, an avocet and a willet. (or won’t it?)

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Some terrible news:

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'Rio' Blue Macaw Now Officially Extinct In The Wild

In the face of human-caused climate change, the rampant expansion of urban areas, and increasingly extreme weather events, many of the world's animals are truly in an adapt or die situation.
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If you’ve ever gotten to see any of the Macaw species in real life, they are just so beautiful. Their colors are so vivid.

Just so sad. 😦
 
Lesser Goldfinches in the garden this morning. This is why my flowers looked so chewed on.

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I’m pretty sure I saw one of those goldfinches on my morning walks here last year. The yellow plumage really caught my attention, and they are not at all common in my neighborhood.
 
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