What’s Up? – Patriotism, Heat and Humidity

Patriotism, Heat and Humidity

We are still under a heatwave that is not yielding any rain, instead we get only humid sticky weather.

Despite the actual weather, we had a wonderful Independence Day (July, 4th).

Our son Tyler made some little flags and placed them on the table center when we had lunch. Tyler and I, traditionally wear the same design and color shirts every 4 of July, he loves that and he usually picks the new designs for that particular day.

We also ate our lunch utilizing some paper dishes with the flag motif. All went perfect, and we enjoyed some moments together. At night, we had many friends from our Community exploding many fireworks until midnight.

We went to bed very satisfied of the joyous day we had. Despite the heat and humidity.

My backyard continues to be visited by many birds, some of my local birds are going through the process of molting, which give them a different look. I do not like to display them on my galleries like so.

Photo Gallery

E. Starling (Juv.)

Brown-headed Cowbird (F)

House Finch (M)

Common Grackle (M)

Northern Mockingbird

Tags: birding, birds, Brown-Headed Cowbird, Common Grackle, European Starling, House Finch, Northern Mockingbird, photography, photos of birds, What's Up?

17 thoughts on “What’s Up? – Patriotism, Heat and Humidity”

shoreacres on July 8, 2019 at 7:31 am said:

You may get some rain from the system that’s developing, and that may bring us our first tropical system of the year. At least you’ll get it at the beginning, instead of at the end. Me? I’m going to lay in some peanut butter and find my insurance papers.

I smiled at your molting birdies. The first time I saw a molting male cardinal, I thought the poor thing was going to die. Nope — just part of the process.

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 8, 2019 at 5:43 pm said:
  
  I’m used to seeing them during the molting process, most of them look really terrible, but at the end of the process they look more beautiful than before! I just hope that the tropical storm will not affect you. Thank you, Linda. 🙂
  
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KDKH on July 8, 2019 at 7:48 am said:

Our parrots are also molting, and they molt in such an organized way that it never makes them look bad. I guess they’re lucky!

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 8, 2019 at 5:50 pm said:
  
  For birds living in the wilderness, the molting process is very risky because they can’t afford to lose their mobility or be restricted to be ready to escape predators. Thank you, K. 🙂
  
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  - KDKH on July 9, 2019 at 9:37 am said:
    
    That sound scary for them. Can you imagine if we humans went through that level of vulnerability once or twice a year?
bayphotosbydonna on July 8, 2019 at 8:08 am said:

Glad you had a great 4th, HJ! Wonderful bird gallery, the male House Finch shot is gorgeous! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 8, 2019 at 5:51 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Donna. 🙂
  
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susanpoozan on July 8, 2019 at 8:34 am said:

Glad you had such a good July 4th despite the weather.

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 8, 2019 at 5:52 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Susan. 🙂
  
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Mags on July 8, 2019 at 12:43 pm said:

You can’t beat quality family time. Your 4th sounded like a perfect day. Great photos. Hugs

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 8, 2019 at 5:57 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Mags. Hugs 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on July 8, 2019 at 6:44 pm said:

I am glad that you had a good day in spite of the unfriendly weather.

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 8, 2019 at 8:45 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Tom. 🙂
  
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de Wets Wild on July 8, 2019 at 9:50 pm said:

The House Finch looks like he’s blushing after you caught him doing something naughty!

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 9, 2019 at 5:59 pm said:
  
  Thanks, D.
  Maybe! 🙂
  
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Virginia Duran on July 10, 2019 at 5:10 am said:

Your house attracts beautiful birds 😉 Happy belated 4th and cheers from an also very humid and hot London.

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 10, 2019 at 7:14 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Virginia. Take care. 🙂
  
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