What is/are your favorite bird/birds? Mine is the Hummingbird , I can sit and watch them forever. What about you?

[debm55]

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[Ocelot II]

1. Owls. I love owls. They are like cats with wings.

[debm55]

2. Yes , owls are beautiful creatures. Thank you Ocelot II

[Sanity Claws]

3. Me too

They seem magical.

I love other birds but I could sit and watch them.

[debm55]

5. Thank you, Sanity Claws. I would always be in awe when I would see one.

[claudette]

4. Cardinal

But I love the tiny sparrow too!❤️

[debm55]

6. Thank you claudette. I love cardinals in the winter with the snow. Beautiful.

[claudette]

25. Yep

Even the not so colorful female cardinals are a joy to watch at my bird feeders!!

[debm55]

111. I agree. thank you.claudette.

[wnylib]

88. I love cardinals, too. I used to be pretty good at imitating their calls.

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I have no idea what I was saying to them in cardinal language, but I got responses from them that amused friends.

[claudette]

90. 😊

[Botany]

7. 2 and they are becoming rare

Ruffed Grouse



American Kestrel

[debm55]

9. Thank you, Botany. I have the Ruffed Grouse. They remind me of little turkeys. The second bird, I have never seen in my

Both are beautiful.

[Botany]

14. Also called the Sparrow Hawk. A small native falcon they used to be very common but I haven't seen ...

… one for years.

[Ocelot II]

17. I've seen them in my neighborhood this summer.

[Niagara]

8. My middle finger!

I love all types of backyard birds.


I like to watch the blue jays, cardinals, woodpeckers, sparrows, hummingbirds and orioles. Besides my hummingbird feeder, I also set out an oriole feeder this year.


I have a collection of owl related items so owls are also on my list.


I also have grackles that are are eating out of my oriole feeder but these birds are sometimes troublesome for the other birds.

[debm55]

12. I was whating for some to post about the middle finger. HAHAHAHHAH. You have a great list of birds in you area.

Thank you Niagara.

[Niagara]

13. Hahaha, leave it up to me to be the smarty pants. Thank you, Debbie!

[thatdemguy]

10. Then you should love this video, I do

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[debm55]

16. Thank you thatdemguy. That is so unigue. I love it. I don't see how it is done as my hummingbirds will fly away if I

get too close, That is wonderful.

[Raven123]

11. I love strong contrasting colors

Red breasted grosbeak




Red headed woodpecker too

[debm55]

18. Thank you Raven123. That is absolutely beautiful.

[BlueSky3]

31. I love the Grossbeaks, too. We

saw very few of them this year. Maybe 4 or 5 at the most.

[debm55]

65. Thank you BlueSky3, I hope they come back.

[BlueSky3]

32. Sorry for the double post!

Can someone tell me how to delete the duplicate?

[JoseBalow]

61. Click the "Powers" button at the bottom of the post

[BlueSky3]

93. Thanks! I'll

remember that next time.

[JoseBalow]

62. Suprisingly not ravens

[debm55]

66. Oh you. hAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH.

[grumpyduck]

15. Two of them.

Macaws and mallards.

[debm55]

19. Thank you grumpyduck . Yes two very unique and beautiful birds.

[lark]

20. It's hard to pick a fave.

I love watching the aerial flights between ravens and hawks - happens above our trees frequently
I love woodpackers flight pattern and pecking
I love my husband whistling to the mocking birds and them whistling back
I love the blue jays sitting on the roof above me when I;m on the deck, checking me out
I love the beautiful colors of the Bluebird and Cardinals
I love the whooing and the silent flight of owls and how one seems to follow us when we walk sometimes
Love the plummage of the herons and egrets, especially the blue heron, love watching them stalk their prey
I love watching the hummingbirds by our 4 o'clocks and having them whizz by me if I stand still or hover in front of me!

I love living in this area where I get to see these frequently.

Guess if I had to pick one - I'd say the owl

[debm55]

21. Thank you, lark. What an area you must live in see all these beautiful and unique birds.

[lark]

22. Thanks - I do really like our neighborhood.

We live in an old growth oak forrest where anything will grow so there's lots of shrubs/bushes/trees for birds and they do seem to love it. The river is right across the street so we see the wading birds plus the regular tree birds.

[vanamonde]

23. Meadowlarks

I love their songs.

[debm55]

26. Thank you very much vanamonde. Yes, bird songs are so lovely and relaxing.

[surrealAmerican]

24. sandpipers

The little ones look like sparrows on stilts.

[debm55]

28. Thank you, surrealAmerican. That is very funny. and so sweet.

[rockbluff botanist]

27. Reddish Egret

The Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) is a fascinating large egret that I have watched for hours, days, weeks, months and years. They perform the most amazing dance in the act of feeding. It's a beautiful avian ballet with a full complement of magnificently executed Tour en l'air and grande Assemble' en tournant.

There is also a rare white morph type. They flock in mixed color. Their habitat is the shallow coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic estuaries. I have often seen them at Canaveral Seashore and Merrit Island National Wildlife Refuge in Titusville, Florida. They are exquisite.

[debm55]

29. Thank you very much. I have a book on birds on order from Amazon. Both birds you have described in beautiful detail.

Thank you again, rockbluff botanist.

[BlueSky3]

30. The Wood Thrushes-

I love their songs as they are shared, echoing back and forth among the trees in morning and evening in June.

[debm55]

33. Thank you BlueSky3. That sounds very lovely and relaxing.

[BlueSky3]

43. You're welcome!

[LastDemocratInSC]

36. Same for me.

I recently counted 3 different hermit thrushes that circulate around at dusk. Checking to see if they are around in the AM would require getting up early so that hasn't happened. In the evening they emerge one after another and fly circuits around their territories. They appear to come out in the same order each night. I think the echos that result from a thrush's song are so beautiful. Those beautiful notes echoing off thousands of leaves...

[Conjuay]

34. Well, I've raised geese, ducks and swans...

There are few sights more tranquil than a pair of swans moving along. ( Just steer clear of nesting birds).
Wood ducks and Mandarins are my favorites; but both are very skittish and not the best "pets".

[debm55]

35. I love swans. So majestic. When we go up to Boston they are in the water. So beautiful to sit and watch them Thank you

Conjuay.

[Conjuay]

45. My pleasure. Nt

[duncang]

37. Carolina wren

My wife and I used to watch them hop around flipping over leaves, etc. hunting for bugs. They have built nests in our hanging baskets so it seems they aren’t afraid of being around people.

[debm55]

38. Thank you duncang. We had a bird build a nest in our hanging basket. We watched her for weeks and she laid her eggs.

Another bird arrived and they fought over the nest. The nest fell out of the flower basket and all the eggs cracked. I never saw either bird again. It was very sad.

[Silver Gaia]

79. Oh no. That IS sad!

😥

[Conjuay]

46. I simply can't believe how. LOUD a teeny

Carolina wren is!

[Different Drummer]

49. They are loud to be so small.

I've noticed the ones in my area are especially loud after their eggs hatch.

[Walleye]

77. Love the Carolina wrens, they fill the yard with song

[debm55]

98. Thank you Walleye. That sounds wonderful

[Different Drummer]

48. Carolina Wrens love to be around people.

They have been building outside my home every year for years.

[Dear_Prudence]

82. My favorite too.

We have an old wood pile and the wrens treat it like a birdfeeder. I just get happy when I see one of them hopping and hunting.

[ailsagirl]

39. A few...

Blue Jays
Hummers
Western Meadowlarks
All woodpeckers
Thrushes

for starters

[debm55]

41. Thank you ailsagirl. You can hear the woodpeckers around here. Blue Jays I like in the winter. But they drop peanuts

all over my yard.

[JoseBalow]

40. I love Penguins

[debm55]

42. Thank you JoseBalow They are such interesting birds.

[OldBaldy1701E]

44. I have two.

The majestic red tailed hawk...



and, my home state bird...



(North Carolina)

[debm55]

47. Thank you OldBaldy1701E. They are absolutely beautiful. We have cardinals in PA but I have never seen a red tailed hawk.

[electric_blue68]

115. When people think of Manhattan[NYC] they don't often think of Wildlife. But there are two big parks at the very top west

and the west below the other .

My sis lives up there, and got a photo of
red-tailed hawk perched on her fire escape!
I love it! 😄

[RandomNumbers]

50. All of them, but the voice of the Carolina Wren is amazing.

That little bird can really belt it out!

Another one with a cool voice is of course the Catbird. They are fun to listen to because it sounds like they're just messing around with their voice to see what sounds they can make.

[debm55]

67. When I get my bird book. I am going to look up that bird. Is only in the Carolinas?

[Different Drummer]

51. A few of my local favorites.

Carolina Wrens



Tufted Titmouses



Black Capped Chickadees

[debm55]

75. Thank you Different Drummer. We do have the Titmouse here in western PA. All three are beautiful. I like the coloring

on the Carolina Wren.

[10 Turtle Day]

108. Three of the cutest little birds! My favorites as well. (NT)

[True Dough]

52. Definitely this one:

But Snuffleupagus is really something special, don't ya think, Deb?

[debm55]

68. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. You are something, True Dough. Thank you for making me laugh. I needed it today. Deb

[applegrove]

53. Loon. There used to be a show on CBC Radio

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that would play on Saturdays or Sundays. It had a theme song that was called "Call of the loon". It was almost as good to listen to as the real loon calls we would hear from the lake.

[debm55]

69. Thank you applegate. I have never seen one in person. But have seen them on TV.

[WheelWalker]

55. Domestic chickens.

[debm55]

70. Thank you WheelWalker. You would like my neighborhood. On my street 4 of the 8 houses have LARGE chicken coups.They are

very unique.We have 3 damn roosters that make their call ALL day. I thought roosters only made the call at sunrise.

[WheelWalker]

81. Do the properties with chickens have room for birds to roam or are the chickens cooped?

Livestock is permitted in our village. I've had both sheep and goats graze my 3/4 acre in town. The exceptions are roosters and pigs/hogs which are forbidden by ordinance.

[debm55]

83. My friend Chris lets his roam. in the yard and is now making a large coup the size of his shed. One uses his McMansion

coup . the other has a old but large coup and sorry to say the last neighbor used what looked to me to be a rabbit hut. All the chicks were killed by a wolf

[TlalocW]

56. Flamingos

They're delicious.

I MEAN PRETTY! Pretty. I don't eat flamingos. Anymore... this week.

[debm55]

74. Oh you, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. They are beautiful. I have seen some white ones mixed with the pink. LOVE THEM

Thank you TlaalocW

[Pinback]

57. I love the improvisers

— the Mockingbird, the Brown Thrasher (Georgia state bird!), and the Catbird. They are all so creative and cool, the jazzers of the bird world. And I’m fortunate to have all three abundantly in my neighborhood.

[debm55]

76. They sound wonderful. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Paladin]

58. Roadrunner. (nt)

[debm55]

73. Thank you Paladin. I have seen them when I went out west. They were smaller then I had imagined. But were so different

Then any bird I have ever seen.

[TexasBushwhacker]

86. I just moved to NM

and saw my first one last week!

[debm55]

102. They sure are different aren't they?

[sop]

59. Spotted a Golden Eagle on the ground feeding, then watched it taking flight when it saw me approaching.

Incredible wing span, most impressive bird I've ever seen.

[debm55]

72. I saw one at the Pittsburgh Aviary. There were two types there. One was a little smaller But the other spread it's wing

It was majestic, We have wild eagles along the walking trail in Pittsburgh. I station has set up an eagle cam so you can watch on the computer.It started out as one male and female. Now there are many. I believe it is an American Bald Eagle. Thank you, sop

[Thunderbeast]

60. I can sit by a stream and watch water ouzels all day

https://www.tiktok.com/@peterlewispearsall/video/7214547552832736555

[debm55]

71. Do they swim? Thank youThunderbeast.

[Thunderbeast]

106. They dive under water to get bugs.

They fly like penguins below the surface. There are some really cool YouTube videos.

[debm55]

107. Thank you. Thunderbeast. Interesting.

[Probatim]

63. This isn't a fair question Deb...

First off, except for Brown-headed Cowbirds, most birds are admirable.

A few of my favorites are the Nuthatches (White-breasted, Red-breasted, and Brown-headed) are all gregarious and charming. The Eastern US Falcons (Am. Kestrel, Merlin, and Peregrine) are all amazing flyers and super aggressive. Blue Jays are hilarious with their constant yapping.

The bird that got me starting in bird watching is the Eastern Kingbird (Latin name tyrannus tyrannus). I remember as a kid hearing a cracking sound in the backyard and found this striking black and white bird snatching Japanese beetles out of the air. He'd snatch them and they'd crunch in his beak. To this day, I still smile when I hear them crunching bugs in early summer.

[debm55]

64. Thank you Probatim, I love birds. It might be because as a kid I wanted to fly away from my home situation. Anyhow, the

birds you describe all sound wonderful. I am supposed to get my bird book from Amazon on Wednesday. I can't wait.They are all delicate little creatures and not so delicate creatures, but they are all unique.

[Walleye]

78. Me too, love to watch them fly and defy gravity. Always delighted when they come back.

They’ve gotten so they returned to my house in the spring, the last week of April, like the swallows returning to Capistrano on time

[madaboutharry]

80. I really like Owls.

But I love shorebirds, Sandpipers and Plovers.

[debm55]

103. Thank you madaboutharry. Owls are one of my favorites too. We have a couple around the property and you can here them

at night.

[Dear_Prudence]

84. Least favorite?

The house sparrow or English sparrow is a non-native bird that is disliked because it out competes and displaces native birds for nesting. Ecologically, I get it. But my mother-in-law lived off the grid, close to nature for many years. When she had a stroke, she went to a nursing home with an interior courtyard and she was wheeled outside there sometimes. The little house sparrows seemed to be the only avian visitors there, my mother in laws last link to nature. So, I developed a soft spot for these friendly pests.

[jmowreader]

85. Turkey vultures

They are extremely important beasts ecologically because they eat animal carcasses before said carcasses get a chance to breed flies, and their great size and amazing grace in the air belies the fact they're so fucking ugly their mothers have to tie pork chops around their necks to get the other buzzards to play with them.

Fun fact: New World vultures have no distinctive call because they're the only birds that don't have vocal organs.

[debm55]

94. thank you jmowreader. I know they are important in the ecology. But in the spring, I was walking Dolly Dog and one was

a dead rabbit, The bird was huge and to be honest it scared me. But it was doing what nature intended it to do.

[AllaN01Bear]

87. all of them.

[debm55]

101. Thank you , AllaNo1Bear.

[FirefighterJo]

89. Mine is the sparrow

Albeit an inconspicuous bird, they are always fun to have around and be around with. They are smart, quite cheeky and always full of life.

[debm55]

100. Thank you FirefighterJo. we have lots of sparrows around here. I agree they are full of life.

[electric_blue68]

91. Hummers, then Blue & Yellow/Gold Mcaw (BIG Parrot)

Other favorites
Crows - beautiful black feathers & smart
Northern Saw Whet Owl - adorable
Snowy Owl - beautiful
Egrets & Herons - beautiful and majestic
Bald Eagle - majestic
Quetzals - those long green tail feathers

Honorable Mention
Sparrows - they're so cute, and energetic together hopping around

[debm55]

95. Thank you for your choices of birds. I love your favorites. especially the Snowy Owl and Bald Eagle

[electric_blue68]

92. My 4 favorite bird stories [3 real, 1 comix]

•Not too many years ago after they sawed down the tree for The Rockefeller Center Xmas they found a owl! Saw a photo of it in box. Was taken somewhere safe.

•California guy living in a more rural area saves a condor chick. It leaves at some point. But X time later returns as a full adult.
The man crouches down, and the condor w it's ? 6 ft wingspan wraps it's wings around him, and lays it's head upper neck on his shoulder!

• There a 2 very big parks on the top west and western side, then the very upper westside of Manhattan Island. Inwood, and Ft Tryon Parks.

So just few years I read that Wild Turkeys live in the lower bottom wooded area of Ft Tryon Park! I text my sis (we both lived near there in our then family home) "Hey did you know....".
She texts me back:
"OMG"
I found that hilarious!

•Finally from the comix "Rose is Rose"
First panel - close up of her birds are returning for Spring in her suburban house's yard, and tree.
The birds "say" "we the descendents of the mighty dinosaurs have return. We let out our roar".
Next panel: pull back some, and the birds are chirping (we see music notes) in the tree.
Final panel: Rose is leaning out her windows saying "feels like I haven't heard that song in a million years!".

I'm pretty sure the cartoonist was making a play on words/situation re Rose's ancient ancestor would have probably been a tiny mammal avoiding being trampled on by dinos. Back then dinos did roar, but is it possible some of the little ones on two feet ever chirped?

[debm55]

96. Thank you electric_blue68. I remember the owl in the Christmas tree. I love your post of bird stories. Very interesting

[electric_blue68]

114. Thank you much, glad you liked them.

[Rebl2]

97. The Tit Mouse

and the comical Blue Jay. Jays have quite a range of sounds they make. I know their alarm sound when they are chasing off a hawk, I also hear them make noises that almost sound as though they are laughing. The Tit Mouse, for such a small bird, has a very loud call. They are cute and friendly!

[debm55]

99. Thank you, Rebl2, Our BlueJays are sort of nasty when I go outside. But I love their colors and songs. Yes the titmouse

is a friendly little bird. very delicate.

[FarPoint]

104. Yes, the hummingbird and

Woodpeckers.

[debm55]

105. Thank you FarPoint. yes my favorites too along with others.

[AnnaLee]

109. Since I want to be reincarnated as a bird of prey

Soaring and gliding for the joy of it, I think my favorite might be the red-tailed hawk.

[debm55]

110. Thank you AnnaLee. excellent choice of the red-tailed hawk.

[dai13sy]

112. Owls are #1 forever

Howsomever Flickers and Hummingbirds are amazing and beautiful too. It' awesome our many gifts.

[debm55]

113. thank you.dai13sy. very much