Birds in the Wild

Mrs. H & I saw a pair of kestrels in the 'hood today. First of the season here.
No photos of those today, but I actually ran back home & got my camera to get photos of these dudes.



This foursome of male wood ducks (note the one way over to the left) had been tusslin' just a little while previously, tryin' to impress a lady, who... by appearances... was not impressed, as she summarily disappeared. ;)

While I was at it, I snapped a few piccies of these two couples.



green winged teal, known at least to the birders on the MA North Shore as butterbutts for that yellowish color in the vicinity of their... umm... well... butts.
 
Interesting...we have a completely different bird that winters here in huge numbers that we have awarded that same less-than-flattering name:

Common name: Yellow-rumped Warbler
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When I think of prehistoric birds, I think of (in roughly this order)
cassowarys (or is that cassowaries?)
great blue herons


... and these guys (particularly the guys, too)...



back on topic :)

We had that Wild Kingdom thing goin' on out back this morning.
Predator and prey.



sorry the photo's only so-so.
perhaps you can see the feathers of the poor red-wing blackbird that has been seized by the Cooper's hawk.
 
Was out walking the dog. Stopped by a cluster of honeysuckles to enjoy the fragrance. Saw something zipping around. Turned out to be a tiny humming bird. About the size the flowers.

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Upper left.
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Tedrick said:
Looks like a Costa's hummingbird, or more likely an Anna's x Costa's hybrid.
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I’m leaning towards the later as well, since it had markings of both varieties. Beautiful to look at. I have short video of it that I may post too.
I also have a road runner that frequents our neighborhood, just need to get a decent pic of it.
 
I too thought it was a moth at first. However, the flight pattern was not similar to any moth fluttering I've seen. Then, when his buddy showed up. I was fairly sure. We were a good four - five yards away. No way to get good pictures.
 
Tsingtao_1903 said:
I too thought it was a moth at first. However, the flight pattern was not similar to any moth fluttering I've seen. Then, when his buddy showed up. I was fairly sure. We were a good four - five yards away. No way to get good pictures.
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As is the case with the hummingbird moth (and/or sphinx moth). I don't have videos, but they behave like hummingbirds. :)
 
mhardy6647 said:
As is the case with the hummingbird moth (and/or sphinx moth). I don't have videos, but they behave like hummingbirds. :)
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You may be right. We'll have to go back there to see if we can see the little bugger again. It's quickly becoming our favorite trail for after dinner walks.
 
Either way, very cool! :)

We have some kind of weird invasive stuff here that's referred to as honeysuckle -- but it's not the outrageously gorgeous smelling stuff I grew up with in B-more. The stuff I grew up with looked just like the honeysuckle in your photos. :)
 
mhardy6647 said:
heh, a hummingbird moth pretendin' to be a butterfly...
I'm tellin' ya: them danged things just can't be trusted.
:D
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Can't say that I blame them. Moths really get no respect. "Hey everybody! Look! A hummingbird!" "I planted a butterfly garden. You should see all the beautiful butterflies that come by." "Eww, a moth. Kill it!!
 
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