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Birdies!!

raechiemay

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Ruth have you seen those all black birds that have like a bright orange or red spot on them? I've been seeing them at the park but they're so fast I can't get pics of them
 

raechiemay

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Yes those are it! So I must be seeing the males. I don't notice the spots until they're in flight & they usually fly right in front of me
 

ruthcatrin

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Male and female red-winged blackbirds, you probly don't notice the red spots till they're in flight cause half the time they fold their wings so the red spots aren't noticable. I'll see if I can get a good shot of one though, they're all over here too....
(and female and male cowbirds *sigh*)
 

northernmastiff

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Wish my hubby had the camera last weekend. He was sitting in the backyard watching 4 baby squirrels playing on a tree limb when this hawk swooped down and carried off one of the baby squirrels. Would have been an amazing shot if he had been snapping pictures of the squirrels. :)

Lovely pictures Ruth.
 

ruthcatrin

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that would have been awesome!

I totally missed getting a picture of a Merlin a couple weeks ago, he swooped very low over my head, low enough I could see all his markings....and me without my camera! I was so mad...
 

raechiemay

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I thought about you Ruth the other day. One of those red-winged black birds almost smacked me in the face. Flew right in front of me, landed on the fence about 2 feet from me & was making some awful high pitched noise. Didn't have my phone ready to take a pic!