Morning Surprise
One of the things I’ve been doing more often is shoot photography early in the morning because is cooler and I can see more variety of birds, these make quick stops to get some seeds and move on. When ever it rains most birds take shelter and when i ends they mob the feeders.
I had a surprise this morning when I saw a House Sparrow for the first time in my backyard. It’s not a new bird for my list but it’s new for my backyard list of birds. It was not immediate that I ID this bird, I knew it was a sparrow but not the kind of sparrow. After seeing the pictures I shot I was able to ID and did verify it by searching in guides and the internet to be totally sure. The reason I had to search was because this bird is young and non-breading, not displaying the usual characteristic plumage of the House Sparrow.
Text and photographs © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
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Last Week’s Visitors
The gallery that I post today is to give you an idea of who my visitor were during the past week. Of course this gallery does not show all of them! Enjoy my friends!
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Show and Tail
Male Blue Grosbeak —
Female Blue Grosbeak —
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Panoramic View of Birds
Brown-headed Nuthatch — Click on image to see enlargement —
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ANSWER TO SUNDAY QUIZ
Can you ID this bird?
ANSWER: Snowy Egret
At one time, the beautiful plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand by market hunters as decorations for women’s hats. This reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels.
Now protected in the United States by law, under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, this bird’s population has rebounded.
Special thanks to all who participated in this quiz! – HJ
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