First flight and others

Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
edited June 2, 2008 in Wildlife
I have been watching these little starlings for a while. The mother would fly down to my feeder and then back up to the tree to feed her young (boy are they noisy). Well, I was sitting out there watching this for a while as the mother took multiple trips. Then on one trip, she lands and I guess one little bird figured he wanted to be fed first so he clumsily fly’s down and lands by her. Well, the others would not stand for that so, here comes the rest. Fun to watch!



#1
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#2 (Can someone ID this small little one?)
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#3 Northern Flicker
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Thanks for looking!
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    great set clap.gif :ivar
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    Dave
  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Thanks Dave :-)
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    yellow wabler woulld be my shot at it ne_nau.gif
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  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    jwear wrote:
    yellow wabler woulld be my shot at it ne_nau.gif

    That was my first thought too but another person out there said it looked like a wilson somthing ne_nau.gif but I think your right.
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Love the flicker and the warbler. You did a great job with the starlings but I just can't stand those birds. Where's a cooper's hawk when you need one?!?ne_nau.gifwink
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Mark Edell wrote:
    That was my first thought too but another person out there said it looked like a wilson somthing ne_nau.gif but I think your right.

    it does not look like woodrow headscratch.gifhttp://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=399

    here is a link to wilson --you can have a look the shot you have is not the best for Id but with the eye and that much yellow I stick with my pick
    Jeff W

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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    cool capture on that first one. Good set thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    Good set mark thumb.gif
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    The flicker is my pick from this batch. I believe Jeff is correct and that is a Yellow Warbler. A Wilson's Warbler has a little black square patch on the top of his head, so if you remember seeing it then your friend would be correct.
    But your bird looks like he/she has faint red/orange streaks on breast marking it as a yellow. Look at your original to see if that is so.
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  • coscorrosacoscorrosa Registered Users Posts: 2,284 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    I love the flicker with the flowers (rhododendron?) in the background!
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  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    coscorrosa wrote:
    I love the flicker with the flowers (rhododendron?) in the background!

    Ron,
    yes, this is a rhododendron bush.

    Thanks for the info and comments everyone!
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    The starlings are the most interesting with the commentary added but the flicker is absolutely a stunning image. Well done on all three thumb.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    I don't care much for Starlings either...but that is a very neat shot nicely captured.thumb.gif
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