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Green-Winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve, Newport Beach, California, USA.
The Red-Winged Blackbirds are back and they were singing their hearts out along the marshy area of the St Mary's River. Mating rituals begin with the song of the male. Females often do not return songs until they have established themselves in the territory of a male. Male displays include vocalization in a crouched position with rapid and highly conspicuous fluttering of the wings. The female responds with a similar crouch and vocalization. You can read more about this bird at www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=426
***Rarity***Glaucous-winged Gull 11/18/2011 Glendale Recharge Basins, Maricopa Co., AZ. Previously reported by Tommy DeBardeleben 11/9/11, seen by many.
Inspired by Linda's photo, www.flickr.com/photos/lindyannajones/5840133652/in/photos... , I photographed one of the White Winged Doves that sing their morning song to me as I drink my coffee. ooo, ooo, ooo...
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Edward Abbey
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Blue-Winged Teal © Eileen Rutherford. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders of Boulder Walk on April 2, 2022.
There are always several red winged black birds in this field which is near my neighborhood. Last night, I decided to hang out there until I got a decent picture or two, which turned out to be easier said than done. One, they move incredibly fast, so all of my attempts at panning for in-flight pictures were total flops. Even at rest, they were usually behind the grass so that even if I got a decent shot of the bird, there was too much blurry grass in the front. Anyway, here's the best two shots of the evening. Maybe I'll get another chance to get back out there and see if I can get any better ones.
Yesterday we had about 50 blackbirds arrive. Most of them were Red-winged Blackbirds, but there were a few Grackles and Brown-headed Cowbirds. Today the flock had grown to over 100 birds. They hung around all day devouring all the seed that I put out.
Berkshire, NY
Jerry Acton
PS - My daughter and grand-kids are visiting for the month, so posting will be spotty.
Easier to notice at this angle, the red-winged blackbird flashes its bright red-orange shoulders and flares its tail feathers while calling in defense of its territory.
Thraupis abbas
The little bit of yellow on the wing is the thing you are least apt to notice on this lovely tanager. These guys tend to flock and there was a small flock most of the time outside of the dining area at Mamanoots.
Two of the Sealey aerobatic display team performing a wing over with smoke here seen at the Chatsworth Country Fair in Derbyshire.
Red-winged Blackbirds - Boulder, Colorado ©Dave Christenson. Photo taken during Wild Bird Center of Boulder, CO Saturday Bird Walk in Boulder County - January 19 , 2013.
Rufous-winged Fulvetta - Schoeniparus castaneceps castaneceps - Краснокрылая альциппа
Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Bamphu Camp, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 03/05/2023
The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels. This Eurasian and African species was sometimes combined with the Australian black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris) and the white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) of North and South America which together form a superspecies. This kite is distinctive, with long-wings, white, grey and black plumage and owl like forward-facing eyes with red irises. Although mainly seen on the plains, they are sometimes seen on grassy slopes of hills in the higher elevation regions of Asia. They are not migratory, but make short-distance movements in response to weather.
This long-winged raptor is predominantly grey or white with black shoulder patches, wing tips and eye stripe. The long falcon-like wings extend beyond the tail when the bird is perched. In flight, the short and square tail is visible and it is not forked as in the typical kites of the genus Milvus. When perched, often on roadside wires, it often adjusts its wings and jerks its tail up and down as if to balance itself. The sexes are alike in plumage. Their large forward-facing eyes and velvety plumage are characters that are shared with owls and the genus itself has been considered as a basal group within the Accipitridae.
The black-winged kite is a species primarily of open land and semi-deserts in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia, but it has a foothold within Europe in Spain and Portugal. The species range appears to be expanding in southern Europe and possibly in West Asia.
Their prey includes grasshoppers, crickets and other large insects, lizards and rodents. Injured birds, small snakes and frogs have also been reported. The black-winged kite flies slowly during hunting like a harrier, but it will also hover like a Kestrel. It has on rare occasions been known to hunt prey in flight. Perches are used for hunting and for feeding but large prey may sometimes be handled on the ground.