Critters and wildlife in your area - post your pics

Oh my goodness! I just answered my own question. Isn't that always the way? Whenever you're trying to think of something, as soon as you say it out loud it comes to you? I just happened to try and Google again and I thought well maybe it's not Kingfisher but King, just King. And there it was! Pretty, isn't he ?
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Well, now I have to spy on my little bird in the nest. I showed my husband the pictures of the Titmouse and Kingbird and he thinks what he saw was the King bird! He's got me questioning myself. Maybe that IS what I saw. I can't remember now.

The mystery continues...
 
MyBuddy said:
It made me think of that particular bird because we have a titmouse bird building a nest
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A Chickadee is much like a titmouse, if maybe that's the bird name you're thinking of? I mean, it doesn't look like one, but same size and visits bird feeders. A Kingfisher hangs out near sources of water & as the name suggests, feeds on fish, but doesn't' swim on the water like ducks do. Kingfishers are a delight to watch if you have them in your area! Hope you figure it out or get a photo - I love wild bird watching!
 
Ravenbird said:
oops, I answered before I came to the next page and saw your Kingbird.
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Yeah it's not the kingfisher. That's why I was confused I knew it started with the word King! But definitely was not that! LOL After all this discussion I'm hoping that now that name sticks in my brain! We have a lot of chickadees here. Lots at my feeders! I know it's not that one. I have to get a look at that bird in the nest again. I thought it was the titmouse but now that my husband thinks it's the king bird he's made me doubt myself LOL now I have to get a better look at her!

Here's her nest. It's really in a pretty neat place because it's on the east side of the house so the house is blocking the wind and it's right up there in the corner. Pretty protected spot except if we're out there working doing things we're going to be disturbing her. But for the most part we are out back anyway.

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JanS said:
I never got around to posting a photo of a Cardinal hanging out at our bird feeder
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I grew up with these in Arkansas so they were never a big deal. Now I haven't seen them in forever so I really appreciate their beauty. Really, how many people have solid red birds around! Enjoy your rare sightings when you get them!
 
Ravenbird said:
Now I haven't seen them in forever so I really appreciate their beauty.
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It's funny but I heard one bird singing all the time last summer when I was in Louisville so I turned on the Merlin bird ID thing and it was a Northern Cardinal. I never saw the bird there but it made its presence clear.
 
JanS said:
I never got around to posting a photo of a Cardinal hanging out at our bird feeder last November. I know some people see them quite a bit but we don't here.
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Cardinals are very common here. Winter and summer. And I always enjoy their colorful red display!

But what you have that we don't have is Pileated woodpecker! If they are here, I've never seen them. And it's really a cool looking bird!


JanS said:
Grosbeaks are some of the few colorful birds we have around here in the winter. These are Evening Grosbeaks
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My husband was just saying that the groesbeak and Baltimore Orioles will be back soon. Spring is when we really see the color! Those two and also the indigo bunting, the bluebird, Blue Jays and Cardinals. Sometimes everybody's at the feeders and it's a real display of color!
 
I was taking a walk around the property with Kali this morning and saw the bird go into the nest on the gutter. I was trying to get close enough to get a picture of him so I can figure out what kind it is. I've ruled out the Eastern Kingbird simply because when it flew away I did not see the white on the tail plus the tail was shorter than the Eastern King. I was leaning more toward the tufted titmouse.

I took a couple of videos and some pictures so I can zoom in on them and I didn't see the little tuff on the top of the bird's head. So started to rule out the titmouse. But I wondered if maybe the female doesn't have that. 🤔🤷‍♀️ Because then I decided to check out the sounds on my Merlin app and this is what I got!
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So then I was doing a Google search on a couple of my photos. ( her breast is white. The sun is making it look yellow)
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and not having much luck when it dawned on me that I could do the same thing on the Merlin app and it would probably be much more accurate.

Well, then it came up with this!
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That looks like what I have! No tuff on the top of his head and a little white chest with a blase brownish-black color. I think that's my bird. 👍I'm going to keep trying to get a better picture.

I'd love to see my Merlin app recognize that bird too.
 
I know, I know! Out of sight out of mind! Every time I go back in the house I forget about putting the darn trail cam out there. But this one this morning looks like somebody got the Easter Bunny LOL
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Although the fur doesn't look soft. Like I would think a bunny would be.
 
It looks like porcupine quills to me and yes, there are a small number of animals that can and will kill them.
 
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