This gallery covers a week's worth of birding, mostly at home but I did head out to the lake as well. I saw my first Western Tanagers of the year at home, spotted on each of several days. A Cooper's Hawk, with bird feathers still stuck to its talons, landed on the bird feeder pole and scared them away on one occasion. I also got some (pretty bad) photos of Evening Grosbeak, another first of the year. I also saw a new yard bird, Warbling Vireo, and got photos.
My favorite photo from the lake trip was the American Crow and Common Raven in flight photo, where you can see the size difference, how the Raven's outer tail feathers are shorter than the middle ones, how the Raven has a proportionally larger bill, and the Raven's shaggy throat. There were three juvenile Bald Eagles flying around but I didn't get any good photos of them. I also saw a flycatcher, though I don't know if it's a Hammond's, a Dusky, or a Gray.
These photos are © 2022 Phil Thompson, all rights reserved.
My "birds in review" collages can be found here.
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8:52AM Wednesday May 04, 2022
Vaux's Swift
1:49PM Wednesday May 04, 2022
House Finch
1:49PM Wednesday May 04, 2022
House Finch
12:07PM Thursday May 05, 2022
Cooper's Hawk
12:07PM Thursday May 05, 2022
Cooper's Hawk
12:09PM Friday May 06, 2022
Evening Grosbeak
12:37PM Friday May 06, 2022
Black-headed Grosbeak
12:44PM Friday May 06, 2022
Evening Grosbeak
12:44PM Friday May 06, 2022
Evening Grosbeak
12:44PM Friday May 06, 2022
Evening Grosbeak
12:47PM Friday May 06, 2022
Black-headed Grosbeak
4:43PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Wilson's Warbler
4:54PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Western Tanager
4:54PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Western Tanager
4:56PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Western Tanager
4:58PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Western Tanager
5:01PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Pine Siskin
5:02PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Black-capped Chickadee
5:06PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Western Tanager
5:10PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Warbling Vireo
5:11PM Sunday May 08, 2022
Warbling Vireo
10:21AM Monday May 09, 2022
Western Tanager
10:22AM Monday May 09, 2022
Western Tanager
10:41AM Monday May 09, 2022
White-breasted Nuthatch
10:41AM Monday May 09, 2022
White-breasted Nuthatch
10:42AM Monday May 09, 2022
White-breasted Nuthatch
10:43AM Monday May 09, 2022
White-breasted Nuthatch
8:55AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
Brown-headed Cowbird
9:19AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
American Crow, Common Raven
9:33AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
Bald Eagle
9:44AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
Warbling Vireo
9:52AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
Spotted Sandpiper
9:52AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
Spotted Sandpiper
9:58AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
Spotted Sandpiper
9:59AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
American White Pelican
9:59AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
American White Pelican
9:59AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
American White Pelican
9:59AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
American White Pelican
10:09AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
American Robin
10:24AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
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10:24AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
10:30AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
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10:31AM Tuesday May 10, 2022
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