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[Bill in Texas]

Greater roadrunner

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Greater roadrunner

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Interesting brain color.

 

[Juli]

Reflection

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[Kevriano]

Black Headed Gull with his eye on the prize...

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Cardinal in the backyard today.

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Goldfinch in the backyard today.

Just basic backyard birds here lately. The last few days we have seen a drought of shorebirds and raptors.

 

[Bill in Texas]

Black-throated blue warbler

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[Kevriano]

Black-throated blue warbler

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Nice looking bird

 

[Bill in Texas]

Nashville warbler poised to feed.

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[Bill in Texas]

Green Jay

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Green Jay

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It may be a Green Jay but I can't get past calling it Groucho. It's just missing a cigar and the Secret Word dropping down from above on a string.

 

[Moonraker]

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[Bill in Texas]

It may be a Green Jay but I can't get past calling it Groucho. It's just missing a cigar and the Secret Word dropping down from above on a string.

I agree.

 

[Bill in Texas]

Black-throated blue warbler

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Looks like a Merlin.

 

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Merlin Falcon fantailing it today in the morning sun.

 

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Cardinal in the backyard this morning.

 

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Hairy Woodpecker (pretty sure maybe almost positive) in the backyard this morning.

 

[Kevriano]

Spoonbill in breeding plumage. These birds have really started to become re-established in the UK after a re-introduction 25 years ago.

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Spoonbill in breeding plumage. These birds have really started to become re-established in the UK after a re-introduction 25 years ago.

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Excellent. Were they eradicated at some point?

 

[Kevriano]

Excellent. Were they eradicated at some point?

Thanks Bill. Yes, several hundred years ago by the aristocracy using the feathers for hats and the like. The same with White Storks and Cranes, which are also now part of successful re-introductions.