Incredible!! ![]()
Your suet cage looks terrified! ![]()
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Yes but that’s an elite bird spot
Old but gold! I found these while yesterday from years ago. Forgive the low quality, I wasn’t able to find the RAW versions!
My neighbors installed a fountain last week so there are birds galore flying around in my backyard, looking for my batteries for my Nikon so I can get back into the hobby! ![]()
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Scaled Quail and chick
(Thicc) Gambel’s Quail
Peregrine Falcon
Snow Geese (this and the bottom image are from the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge)
Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes
This would make a super Christmas Card!
Hummingbird in my olive tree. It’s mating season for them right now and they have really interesting vocalizations. I see them in my yard year-round though. With the distance and the sun glare, I couldn’t tell what kind this was.
Another one showed up and they both flew right past my head, it was sick.
If you stay very still they will get really close to you.

From my illustrated Nature of Arizona field guide - these are the hummingbirds I see in my yard most frequently. Love to see them pretty much every day, although I think I prefer the Anna’s Hummingbird.
American Robin
- About 8–11 inches long, making it the largest North American thrush
- White crescents above and below the eye, and white corners on the tail feathers, visible in flight
- Found across North America in woodlands, parks, gardens, and even arctic tundra
- Often seen walking on lawns, pulling up worms. In fall and winter, they form large flocks and eat fruit.
Say’s Phoebe
- Pale brownish-grey above, with a darker head and a buffy-grey throat and breast, contrasting with a warm cinnamon-colored belly and under-tail coverts
- Prefers dry, open country like sagebrush flats, badlands, canyons, and deserts, avoiding dense forests
- Catches insects in flight (sallying) or pounces on them from low perches, sometimes hovering
- Builds cup-shaped nests in sheltered spots, including under eaves, in mailboxes, on machinery, and in old nests of other birds
Have you ever played Wingspan the board game? I had a game today and the Says Phoebe helped me with insect collection. Nice bird.
The game is phenomenal if you like birds and board games. It’s strategy, engine building, hand management and highly addictive. Recommend.
I haven’t, which is a little surprising considering how much I like birds, board games and the Stonemaier Games company! I have Red Rising and Scythe made by them and have played them so much!
Thank you for the suggestion, I definitely know what board game I’m investing in next ![]()
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Enjoy! Stonemaier for president ![]()
Thanks for the board game recommendation, I showed it to by brothers who I play with and, while they enjoy birds, we tend to be a more fantasy based game family, so we went with Wyrmspan instead! I believe it’s essentially the same game, but with dragons instead of birds! ![]()
Oh nice! I have all of the wingspan expansions plus the two player standalone and also Finspan (fish!). You can’t go wrong! Enjoy it ![]()



























