Winged Wednesday - 03-26-2025

[Douglas Sherman]

Eric will be gone this week and next and has asked me to start this thread. The birds shown below are those typical of the spring in my area. I look forward to your contributions.

Lazuli buntings are one of the prettiest spring migrants.

Northern cardinals are brilliant red and have an easily recognized song. This one is sitting on an ocotillo plant.

Northern mockingbird. If you want to know what birds are in your area this bird will sing all of their songs.

Hooded orioles come to my Palo Verde tree and nectar on the beautiful flowers. This is a juvenile male.

This is an adult female hooded oriole. She is seeking nectar from this flower.

 

[AlanLichty]

Lovely collection with some very colorful birds Doug.

My offering for today are a couple of shots I grabbed this past week from my backyard.

A Pine Siskin lurking in a neighbor's Ginkgo tree:

And a Scrub Jay in another neighbor's apple tree:

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

Here’s an egret for you.

 

[JimFox]

Eric will be gone this week and next and has asked me to start this thread. The birds shown below are those typical of the spring in my area. I look forward to your contributions.

Lazuli buntings are one of the prettiest spring migrants.
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Northern cardinals are brilliant red and have an easily recognized song. This one is sitting on an ocotillo plant.
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Northern mockingbird. If you want to know what birds are in your area this bird will sing all of their songs.
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Hooded orioles come to my Palo Verde tree and nectar on the beautiful flowers. This is a juvenile male.
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This is an adult female hooded oriole. She is seeking nectar from this flower.
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Thanks Doug for helping it! It's really appreciated.

And what a colorful looking selection of birds!

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Lovely collection with some very colorful birds Doug.

My offering for today are a couple of shots I grabbed this past week from my backyard.

A Pine Siskin lurking in a neighbor's Ginkgo tree:

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And a Scrub Jay in another neighbor's apple tree:

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Great images, Alan. What lens were you using?

 

[Trent Watts]

Eric will be gone this week and next and has asked me to start this thread. The birds shown below are those typical of the spring in my area. I look forward to your contributions.

Lazuli buntings are one of the prettiest spring migrants.
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Northern cardinals are brilliant red and have an easily recognized song. This one is sitting on an ocotillo plant.
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Northern mockingbird. If you want to know what birds are in your area this bird will sing all of their songs.
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Hooded orioles come to my Palo Verde tree and nectar on the beautiful flowers. This is a juvenile male.
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This is an adult female hooded oriole. She is seeking nectar from this flower.
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Thanks Douglas for the great series. Except for the Cardinal I have never seen these birds so really enjoyed looking at the images.

 

[Trent Watts]

I have a few spring/migration related images for this week.

The Black-billed Magpies have started making nests or refreshing old ones.

This pair was working away at a nest just down the back alley from me.

This is from a few years ago when the Tree Swallows were coming through Saskatoon.

Two Canadas doing what needs to be done to make more Canadas.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Here’s an egret for you.
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Wow, Michael. That's a good-looking great egret. He looks gigantic.

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

Wow, Michael. That's a good-looking great egret. He looks gigantic.

Thanks, Douglas. It’s not often a bird tolerates me getting so close that I can take a picture with my phone.

 

[AlanLichty]

Great images, Alan. What lens were you using?

Thanks Doug - the lens is a Canon RF 100-500 f/4.5-7.1 L mounted on a Canon R5 Mark II.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I have a few spring/migration related images for this week.

The Black-billed Magpies have started making nests or refreshing old ones.
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This pair was working away at a nest just down the back alley from me.
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This is from a few years ago when the Tree Swallows were coming through Saskatoon.
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Two Canadas doing what needs to be done to make more Canadas.
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Thanks Doug - the lens is a Canon RF 100-500 f/4.5-7.1 L mounted on a Canon R5 Mark II.

Thanks, Alan.

 

[Joe Colozzo]

awesome shots eveyone.

heres my addition

Blue winged teal duck

Purple Galinule

 

[Ken Rennie]

More Whooper swans
This one was having a bath, lots of action and noise. Ken

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I have a few spring/migration related images for this week.

The Black-billed Magpies have started making nests or refreshing old ones.
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This pair was working away at a nest just down the back alley from me.
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This is from a few years ago when the Tree Swallows were coming through Saskatoon.
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Two Canadas doing what needs to be done to make more Canadas.
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I have a few spring/migration related images for this week.

The Black-billed Magpies have started making nests or refreshing old ones.
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This pair was working away at a nest just down the back alley from me.
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This is from a few years ago when the Tree Swallows were coming through Saskatoon.
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Two Canadas doing what needs to be done to make more Canadas.
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I love those magpie images, Trent and the Canada geese. The tree swallow numbers in one tree are impressive.

 

[Trent Watts]

I love those magpie images, Trent and the Canada geese. The tree swallow numbers in one tree are impressive.

Thanks Douglas.