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Shoot 2022-05-13-071230

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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Vaux's Swift

House Finch

House Finch

Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Evening Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Evening Grosbeak

Evening Grosbeak

Evening Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Wilson's Warbler

Western Tanager

Western Tanager

Western Tanager

Western Tanager

Pine Siskin

Black-capped Chickadee

Western Tanager

Warbling Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Western Tanager

Western Tanager

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Crow, Common Raven

Bald Eagle

Warbling Vireo

Spotted Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

American White Pelican

American White Pelican

American White Pelican

American White Pelican

American Robin

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