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drmeow

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17. I miss the hummingbirds the most

Reply to asiliveandbreathe (Reply #16)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 09:12 PM

Mar 2021

For almost anything else (except the quail) I've got something here to see but there's nothing like the hummingbirds in Arizona! There was a Black Chinned Hummingbird that hung out in our front yard for 2 or 3 years - I named him Fred

On the other hand, I've been seeing Bald Eagles almost every day for the past week or two - 2 adults and 2 juveniles. It is quite majestic and awe inspiring.

It is nice to be able to relax and enjoy each other more now that we've got an adult in charge!

Where in AZ are you?

I'm in Richmond, VA now.

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I had a new bird show up today that I've never noticed before. [View all] Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 OP

Nice! I haven't caught any, but elleng Mar 2021 #1

We used to have those up in Massachusetts... regnaD kciN Mar 2021 #2

Thanks AG.. Permanut Mar 2021 #3

Full disclosure: I didn't take the photo. Found it online. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #5

Credit acknowledged.. Permanut Mar 2021 #9

That looks like a Towhee. wendyb-NC Mar 2021 #4

I had to use a bird id website to find out who he was. I don't recall seeing them before. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #7

Had them in the DC area when I was a kid soothsayer Mar 2021 #6

Lovely..I do notice that the AZ birds are not as colorful, other than asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #8

Last summer there was a Mourning Dove that brought 2 fledgling to the Forsythia bush in the corner Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #13

But the variety of hummingbirds in AZ drmeow Mar 2021 #15

OH, how could I forget our lovely Hummingbirds..I have two feeders.. asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #16

I miss the hummingbirds the most drmeow Mar 2021 #17

We are the last stop before heading towards the Salt River in the Salt River asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #18

I never got up that way drmeow Mar 2021 #19

I don't have any towhees, but always got goldfinches around the thistle feeder Walleye Mar 2021 #10

Looks like the Rufus-Sided Towhees we get here in Oregon. nt Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 #11

Beautiful! MLAA Mar 2021 #12

I have never seen one of these... Blue Dawn Mar 2021 #14

That photo is actually a spotted towhee. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #20

Oh, thank you! Blue Dawn Mar 2021 #21

Easy mistake. They are pretty similar. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #22

Umm... If AR Granny really is in AR, it's more likely the Eastern towhee. However ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #23

I was about to clarify, but see you caught the mistake. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #24

I really am in Arkansas, which is on the western edge of the Eastern Towhee according to Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #26

I saw one of those for a few days about a week ago. He arrived with the red-wing blackbird Donkees Mar 2021 #25