Bird watching

Sweet little hummingbird, we have a ton of these flittering around. I think it may be a Broad-Tail female :sparkles::heart_eyes::hibiscus:

Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus

-Some of these common seasonal migrants nest in parts of southern Arizona, and others are just passing through on their journeys further north. A majority of the broad-tailed hummingbird population resides in Mexico and Guatemala most of the year, but are common throughout much of Arizona from March through August.

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My kiddo (10) snapped this pileated while I was a meeting. He was SO excited to capture it. His Merlin life list is getting longer :heart:

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Lovely! Do you see them often there?

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Also, I had to google twitcher. I think my son and I are turning into this :joy: :heart:

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Never seen them there before! Amazing!

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Baltimore Oriole?

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Yes! We have seen a few but this was the first at our camera feeder. Lured in with Mandarin orange :laughing:
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I love that you have a camera! I’m so excited to see all the birds that come. Thanks for sharing.:slightly_smiling_face:

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Apparantly they like jam/jelly a lot!

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Duck with an attitude haha

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Birds from my menkle elf walks: red wattled lapwing

Indian roller bird

And I always see these guys: hoopoe birds, but can never get my own decent photo

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This jaybird visited us yesterday.

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Top five woodland bird: smart, shy, beautiful and wily! I’ve loved this bird since I was about 6. Total babe :heart:

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I adore our Lapwings! Do this variety mimic and make crazy little noises like they are remote controlled and using a voice synthesiser? They are elite birds!

And that Hoopoeeeee… Dream spot for me, not managed it yet. Where do you hail from?

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I’m based in West Asia.

Yes the lapwings make crazy sounds and dive bomb the cats around our area. They compete with the massive crows for elite divebomber status.

There are so many hoopoes near us. I call them dinosaur birds because they look prehistoric to me :t_rex:

I’m now noticing birds more after reading this thread :laughing:

I saw one of these flying above my car as I was driving this morning. Never heard or seen it before and they aren’t native apparently so it’s part of a feral population that used to be part of a zoo: African sacred ibis

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Wow, that’s an extraordinary bird.

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Resurrecting some fave shots…

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