The Uncaged Bird - Hummingbirds will be migrating soon so keep your feeders full.

Morganna said:

KarenMarlowe said:

Saturday at the Duck Pond. Too bad the water was mucky. 

Hmm, could it be my visiting Blue Heron or are they joining the neighborhood?

certainly could be the same one. You are not far at all!

The Great Blues are not an every day sighting but not a rare sighting around here either.  Not rare to see one standing in one of the ponds at the lower end of the Rez fishing.  What you really want to see is one flying close up.  Up to a six foot wingspan.

bub said:

The Great Blues are not an every day sighting but not a rare sighting around here either.  Not rare to see one standing in one of the ponds at the lower end of the Rez fishing.  What you really want to see is one flying close up.  Up to a six foot wingspan.

That's how I spotted the one that I posted, standing on my garage roof. I saw him flying, grabbed my camera just as he landed on the roof.

I was about to post that I haven't seen any Hummingbirds the past several days, when I looked up today and saw one flying over my head. Later I watched one busy sipping on the Honeysuckle. I've had an arbor covered with the flowers for a few years and the feeder hangs below.

Little Woodpecker helping me remove a tree stump.

A little boy downie! Kira named ours Mr. and Mrs. Frankie. 

PeterWick said:

A little boy downie! Kira named ours Mr. and Mrs. Frankie. 

Its been a small variety here lately. I've had Grey Catbirds again, a large collection of Robins, Blue Jays and Sparrows. Then the little Woodpecker and today a Northern Flicker. Almost no Hummingbirds lately.

Science Week was recently celebrated in Australia.

One of the features of the week was a competition run by ABC Australia - the country's non-commercial national broadcaster - to find the most popular of the country's animal wildlife sounds.

Birds, of course, featured strongly amongst the 28 contenders.

The Australian Magpie topped the list of favourite animal sounds.

The list, complete with the sounds of the wildlife, is here - https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-07-31/australia-favourite-animal-sounds-list-version/102702734#listversion 

This is the winner - a very handsome specimen!

marksierra said:

Science Week was recently celebrated in Australia.

One of the features of the week was a competition run by ABC Australia - the country's non-commercial national broadcaster - to find the most popular of the country's animal wildlife sounds.

Birds, of course, featured strongly amongst the 28 contenders.

The Australian Magpie topped the list of favourite animal sounds.

The list, complete with the sounds of the wildlife, is here - https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-07-31/australia-favourite-animal-sounds-list-version/102702734#listversion 

This is the winner - a very handsome specimen!

What a gorgeous bird!

Morganna said:

What a gorgeous bird!

It is!

For other videos featuring the magpie, look for those put up by The Magpie Whisperer.

Then there's this Dodo compilation of some of her videos:

Great Blues -- Difficult to see but the underwing has a patch of pink that gets exposed at the beginning of flight.

Formerlyjerseyjack said:

Great Blues -- Difficult to see but the underwing has a patch of pink that gets exposed at the beginning of flight.

The one I posted on the page before, came back about a week later.

I was pretty late this year getting my thistle feeder out. Does anyone still have goldfinches visiting?

jamie said:

I was pretty late this year getting my thistle feeder out. Does anyone still have goldfinches visiting?

I had only one visit this year. Also when I put nyjer seed out very few birds like it.