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Post by conchydong on Jun 15, 2024 16:14:27 GMT -5
Growing up I always liked the raptors but I am sitting in my backyard watching a male tobacco dove chasing a female and I have become very fond of them. I guess it is becoming more “chill” with age.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jun 15, 2024 17:11:06 GMT -5
I have a bald eagle that comes and sits in the tree 30 off my back deck. That is my favorite bird.
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Post by 4ward on Jun 15, 2024 17:11:51 GMT -5
Kites
I enjoy watching ALL birds:
I like to eat a few of them too sometimes, when I’m done observing 😋
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Post by swampdog on Jun 15, 2024 17:13:37 GMT -5
I guess my favorite is the Cardinal. They visit the feeder earlier and later than the other birds. They get used to you and will get pretty close.
I admit to being a birdwatcher as dad instilled it in us on our hunting trips. It wasn’t enough to call it a pond bird or tweety bird. He knew their real names and we do as well. If I see a bird that I’m unfamiliar with, I’m looking through my books or google till I find the name. I like Bobwhite quail a lot because they’re very colorful and not seen as often as when I was a kid. All the game birds and especially waterfowl are beautiful when you see their feathers up close.
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Post by Tarpon65 on Jun 15, 2024 17:23:25 GMT -5
Crested Caracara. The wife's is a Red Cardinal as she thinks it is her deceased aunt come back as the bird.
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Post by ferris1248 on Jun 15, 2024 17:31:01 GMT -5
Hummingbirds, finches, and hawks.
It's fun to sit on the porch and have hummingbirds buzz though under your nose, chasing each other. Reminds me of F-4s coming across the firebase. You don't know they are there till their gone.
Finches are such a wide variety of colors.
Hawks are cool,sitting in a treetop, shoulders hunched up,
Gazing across the landscape under hooded eyes.
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Post by johnnybandit on Jun 15, 2024 18:15:12 GMT -5
Growing up I always liked the raptors but I am sitting in my backyard watching a male tobacco dove chasing a female and I have become very fond of them. I guess it is becoming more “chill” with age. I like all sorts of birds....... Crested Caracaras are my far and away favorite
I photographed this one this morning munching on remnants of a gator carcass.
I also photographed this Killdeer Chick this morning.
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Post by Mango Man on Jun 15, 2024 18:29:59 GMT -5
I used to run a tour boat up on Lake Lure NC and there was just something to watch as the Bald Eagles would soar overhead. I enjoy watching most birds. Hummingbirds are incredible to watch.
Growing up in PA we had a owl, not sure the type, but he/she was BIG, I could sit there looking out the huge picture window watching for hours....
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Post by tonyroma on Jun 15, 2024 19:12:37 GMT -5
Pileated Woodpecker, goofy fuckers are my spirit guide, every time I see one I feel good things are going to happen.
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Post by 4ward on Jun 15, 2024 19:30:58 GMT -5
Owls, shrikes, herons, flint heads….
I am lucky to be able to drive rural areas and cross Paynes Prairie several times a day. The birds always cheer me up a little.
We always have several wren nests on our porch. We make sure that they are comfortable.
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Post by gardawg on Jun 15, 2024 19:39:30 GMT -5
Mocking bird ...
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Post by anumber1 on Jun 15, 2024 19:55:14 GMT -5
I like all at our feeders.. favorite is a bold blue jay
I like the green eys on cormorants..
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Post by bullfrog on Jun 15, 2024 22:12:03 GMT -5
Well, besides the galliformes….
I like ospreys.
I hate, hate, hate, bald eagles.
I like red-shouldered hawks, barred, and screech owls.
I like mockingbirds and whippoorwills.
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Post by Stumpy on Jun 15, 2024 22:39:40 GMT -5
 Painted Bunting |
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Jun 16, 2024 2:20:17 GMT -5
Turkeys...........they taste the best.
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