Grifftopia's Birds
 

I walked the place with a birder last evening, so I think I'll start posting the different birds I see or hear. Scarlet Tananger

Towhee

Great Blue Heron
 

I love birds. May I?
Saw one of these beauties on the river the other day. It was hunting for fish, then took off in flight and skimmed the water. The sun was setting and it was gorgeous!

I love, love, love birdsong in the morning!

Sure!
We've got Blue Heron's here as well. I always think teradactyl when I see them.

This guy is giving me hell right now. House Wren song

My older brother, the enigma, was a bio major as an undergrad. He also played football and rugby, and was a grad assistant coach in football as he got his masters degree. Why am I telling you this? His specialty was ornithology, and he knows so much about birds. I always think of him vs. Jane from Beverly Hillbillies. Rugby player vs. birdwatcher in the funny shorts, hat, and giant camera.

I want to save up for a nice camera so I can get some good pics of the wildlife I see on the river I live beside.

My, I'm chatty today. :o

the train i take in the morning passes through the meadowlands and i always enjoy watching the local egrets.

I saw this bird on the way in this morning. I think its the seldom-seen meatball-headed wise guy bird.

He was on his way to swim with the fishes, or is it sleep with the fishes?

I think he was sizing me up for some concrete shoes and trying to decide which pier was closest. :eek:

I know I've mentioned the Muscovy duck that hung out with the white ducks when I first moved to the river. One day last winter, he just wasn't there anymore. I was talking to an old fellow who told me he had been there for years. I said I was sad he was gone, to which the sweet old man said "yep, he was a good ole duck." I miss my Willie Muscovy.

There are 5 white ducks who used to hang out in two groups of three and two. They didn't mingle, so I named them the Aflacs and the McCoys. Now, sometimes I see 4 together, then just three again...etc. They're pretty tame, though, and when I walk by they don't even move, just quack and "quack" me up.

Those are all very nice, but I admit I was wondering if it was "birds" in the colloquial British sense of the word.

An altogether different kind of bird (nsfw)





sorry, griff

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