Nice one Mary! I love the expression on its face. I don’t exactly know why, but I do 😄
Super cute! Smaller than a teacup you say? I always wonder which bird species have occupied all the various tiny nests I see after the foliage clears. I’ve never photographed anyone occupying one though like this. 🪺
Gorgeous! When they are against lush greenery like that it really makes that Indigo POP! 🤩 I love that the females get in on the indigo game as well, even if slightly duller. It’s still stunning especially since it gets extra accents of other colours.
Haha, this is one of the biggest joys in birding for me. I LOVE seeing cool birds just as much as slowly learning enough about them to figure out where and how to see them, and eventually follow through on a plan. 😀
I’m disgusted by this post. DISGUSTED I SAY! 😜 Why? Because I want to see one a lot. 😄 I believe all of my children have seen them, I apparantely am the cheese standing alone. Ok, back you *YOU*. Beautiful photo! It actually is nice to see even if not in person for me.
I am actually shocked by the colour!! SO much brighter and more vivid that I ever imagined. 😲
Awesome photo 😀 I swear that their heads have an antifocus coating on them. That is definitely a bird I would love to see more of.
WOW 🤩 Consider my tri-coloured with envy! It’s a little trippy seeing a Heron with so much colour like that.
It’s nice to see both of those. Flowers are still scarce here, but I’m excited to see them soon. This is a good reminder for me to quite literally stop and “photograph” the flowers! I love seeing the giant bumble bees buzzing around even if I’m still a bit scared (irrationally I know).
Today’s birding anecdote is brought to you by the letter “H”, for “Harris Sparrow”. I definitely have days where I feel bloated. I just wish I could show it as spectacularly as #birds because then people would know that I might not be as chi(r)pper as usual! 😜 #winnipeg #canada #borb
OMG, that never occured to me, but of course that would add to the challenge!
One of the thing that surprised me about Pelicans was that getting their food down is no simple feat. Because they don’t chew it up, because it fights back, and because it’s big, it takes time and patience. Yesterday it took 8 minutes to get down! ⏳#birds #winnipeg #canada
I’m happy to see both of you! :-) Look, I still may go dark for periods of time, but I absolutely love my nature friends, and even more important, I love sharing what’s going on in nature around me. 😊
Nice one Glen 🤩 Perfect lighting for it. Their head always gets a bit washed out for me, but you literally nailed it bill to tail 😄
Pretty good. Was knocked out of birding for basically a year, but I’m back at it now! 👍 Here’s an article about my stay at the hospital where I was laid up at and had spinal surgery at following the utter collapse of my lower vertebrae while birding! www.hscfoundation.mb.ca/stories/a-ne...
Amazing. My interactions with them have always been at great distances and usually with them moving swiftly through the sky.
Mike, is this a juvenile or an adult? In as many photos of these awesome raptors as I’ve taken, this really beautiful angle/perspective on it is like looking at a whole new bird. I love it! I’m staring at details I’ve never seen quite like this before. 😃
If you’ve never taken your camera (or camera phone) out during the golden hour before sunset, GO. Do it. A female Canvasback. It’s mate. Then a female and male Blue-winged teal. I mean, really, how could you NOT fall in love with birds in this light! 🤩 #birds #winnipeg #canada
The lady butter butts are showing up the boys by a large marg(ar)in, hence why lack photos of the butter boys 😄
My life’s work is to find one that doesn’t 😂
They always sing/call over their left shoulder. Seriously. I’ll wait while you check your photos. 🧐 Ok, maybe you knew this already, but it blew my mind four or five years ago when a friend told me this. I scoured thousands of my photos of them to prove him wrong. I failed. 😄
Warblers….WARBLERS!🤬 😂 The annual Warbler ID guessing game is upon me. I strongly believe this is an Orange-crowned Warbler because of the broken eye-ring, faint smudgy streaks on the breast, dull olive and yellow colouring, and yellow undertail coverts. #birds #winnipeg #canada
I love answering questions about blackbirds, because they really aren’t black! The Brewer’s Blackbird is one that flies under the radar of many people. Often confused with the Common Grackle, the Brewer’s Blackbird has a PURPLE head vs. BLUE in the males, they are smaller, and have more pale eyes.
Oh Janet, as I take breaks from social media and then start dabbling again, you’re always here to represent the prairies and make me smile!!!
The mating chase is still on-going for almost all #bird species in my backyard. On any given day we have between four and eight Northern Shovelers on the pond. The males outnumber the females so the females are quite literally run/flown ragged fending them off. #birdwatching #winnipeg #canada
This morning I went looking for #birds including a rare, stray visitor that @jeope.bsky.social got to have an amazing encounter with. While I didn’t see that bird, I did see around 50 Tree Swallows Zooooooooming inches above the water grabbing small insects. AMAZING! #Winnipeg #Canada
FANTASTIC! I recognize those branches oh so well as it is the home to so many other gems that most people rarely see. WELL DONE!!!
Now, the female Buffleheads, being far smarter and wiser than their testosterone laden lads, relax and let the boys wear themselves out before she picks one that she deems worthy of giving her everything she wishes. :-)
Good morning fellow birders. The pond by our house is currently inundated with Buffleheads, YAY! These tiny diving ducks are some of the best water skiiers around. I LOVE watching the males trying to prove who’s the biggest and bravest to the females this time of year. #birds #winnipeg #canada
Here’s the female. In contrast to the males that have to prove how macho they are by being all flashy, I love how the female is more subtle, but just as, if not more, full of incredible colours and patterns. She’s much smarter than the male and becomes lunch less often because of improved camouflage
