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Kelson's Photos

Finally recovered enough from the flu to get out for a walk in the neighborhood (while that's still an option).

I think this first bird (possibly a goldfinch?) was trying to practice social distancing, though the crow in the third photo seems to be doing a better job. The house finch was such a bright red that I thought it had to be another kind of bird until I looked at the photos.

A gray and yellow bird hiding its face behind a leaf.
A red and gray bird on an outdoor hose spigot.
One crow in a field of grass and wild barley.
#photo#birds#nature
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A dove spotted this morning. I just walked around the neighborhood and most of the birds I spotted were on cables like this.

Might be a mourning dove, turtle dove, or collared dove. If you happen to know, feel free to chime in at : inaturalist.org/observations/4

A very white bird with a blue beak and circle around its eye, seen from below, perched on one of a zillion cables that take up half the frame.
#birds#photo#dove
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Some more house finches and a hummingbird. Hummingbirds always look weird to me when they're perched.

A tiny hummingbird perched on a cable, with darker almost scale-looking feathers on its head and its tiny beak looking like a needle.
A finch (small bird) perched on a cable, with red feathers on its head and breast and gray/white/brown feathers everywhere else.
A male house finch (small bird) standing in the grass, with red feathers on its head and neck and brown feathers everywhere else.
#photo#birds#finch
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A common House perched on what looks like bougainvillea. It sounded like there were a lot of them in there, but I could only see one.

A small bird with white, brown and black feathers perched on a bare twig sticking up from a bush with green leaves and red flowers.
#photo#birds#nature
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This bird's new to me: apparently it's an American pipit, also known as a buff-bellied pipit, a small ground-nesting insectivore. I spotted several of them walking around in the grass next to a bike path that's just been closed down, though I could see them from the sidewalk with a zoom lens.

inaturalist.org/observations/4

Small drab-looking bird with a narrow beak and feathers in various shades of brown, standing in grass and looking over its shoulder.
Small drab-looking bird with a narrow beak and feathers in various shades of brown, standing in grass and looking forward with its beak slightly open.
#birds#photo#pipit
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A black phoebe on a fence.

Small black bird with a white belly sitting on a chain link fence.
Small black bird with a white belly sitting on a chain link fence.
#phoebe#BlackPhoebe#birds
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A couple of black phoebes spotted in the neighborhood the last few days. They have this distinctive crest shape to their heads, at least compared to the other birds that live in this area.

A small black and white bird perched on a sign, a palm tree in the background.
A small black and white bird perched on top of a rain gutter, clear sky behind it.
#birds
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This mourning dove seems to have buried its legs in a mound of loose dirt. Do birds like the feel of loose dirt between their toes like humans like the feel of wet sand?

A gray bird standing on a mound of loose dirt, its legs hidden, surrounded by wild barley.
A gray bird standing on a mound of loose dirt, its legs hidden, surrounded by wild barley.
#birds
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Two finches spotted in the empty greenbelt below a line of transmission towers. They're several meters apart, though I took the photos from the same spot on the sidewalk, and the female chased a sparrow away when she landed.

A bright red bird standing in the grass.
A drab brown bird standing in the grass.
#birds
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Also you can really see the difference between the "look at me!" coloring on the male finch and the camouflage coloring on the female.

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Ducks at a city park that's recently re-opened the walkways and open space, though facilities and playgrounds remain closed.

1. Join me for a drink?
2. OK, ducks can't read.
3. Three ducks ignoring a pigeon.

Some photos of the park facilities and warning signs: hyperborea.org/journal/2020/04

Two ducks drinking at the edge of a cement pond.
Two ducks next to each other in the grass near a sign telling people to stay six feet apart.
Three ducks (one a male mallard, the others maybe some sort of cross) ignoring a pigeon on the grass.
#birds#ducks#photo
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Doves always look silly to me when they're in the middle of turning their heads.

Silly-looking dove with its neck and head feathers sticking out as it turns its head.
The same dove looking more serene.
#birds#doves#pigeons
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Bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky.

A hawk soaring up above in the distance, its wings stretched out, in an empty blue sky.
#Earthsea#hawk#birds
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Dance of the house .

Two small birds clinging to a metal cable, one brown, one brown and red. The red one is singing below the brown one.
Two small birds clinging to a metal cable, one brown, one brown and red. The brown one is grooming herself while the red one looks on.
Two small birds clinging to a metal cable, one brown, one brown and red, looking in different directions.
Two small birds clinging to a metal cable, one brown, one brown and red. The red one is in flight, preparing to grab onto the cable above the brown one.
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This northern mockingbird flew across the street and landed on a lawn. While I got the camera out, it flew up to a rooftop, then flew across the street again to land on a signpost, where it stretched its wings briefly (as seen here).

Fun fact: mockingbirds are able to recognize individual humans, and their ability to mimic sounds extends beyond birds to cats, dogs, and even car alarms. inaturalist.org/taxa/14886-Mim

A small brown and white bird with a long beak perched on top of a signpost with its wings half-spread.
#birds#mockingbird#nature
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Some spotted at a park. There's a corner that's landscaped with plants that are a bit better suited for more birds and butterflies than the usual giant lawn with a few trees, and I've seen bluebirds, phoebes, towhees and others in the area.

I'm not sure if they're female or juvenile (only adult males are bright bright blue), but you can see the blue on their wings...and how well their bodies blend in with the ground.

#birds#nature#photo
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I was watching a bunch of Lesley The Bird Nerd's vids yesterday [closed caption turned on, since I have no speakers at work] to distract me from... everything.

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@xenophora I'll have to look for those. I'm just glad I can still go for walks in the neighborhood for now. As you say, birds are a good distraction!

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the_cheddarverse_flick 🐚

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It's true. Ask any cat. 🐾 (Mine only watches from the window. He is not a free-roamer.)

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It might be regulating the body temperature this way.
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