common_nature | Entries tagged with bird

Taken 15 May 2023, 19:13 U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time, at the Wright Stop Plaza(1) bus hub in downtown Dayton, Ohio.

This handsome gent was the last photo I took in Dayton before my departure for Florida, and I’m rather pleased with the role the strong contrasting lines of the paving stones and the bars of the metal bench play in the composition.

(Out of frame: the flock of English sparrows he was challenging for the rights to a popcorn spill. Also out of frame, except for the merest edge of her jacket to the right of my purse: the young lady conducting a live webcast on recovery and the Gospel from her smartphone.)

(1) The Wright Brothers’ names and likenesses are all over the Dayton area, from Wright Memorial Library to Wright State University to Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; these guys are our unofficial genii loci and patron saints.

ysabetwordsmith

Continuing the photo tour of the yard, most of these are from the savanna and prairie garden.

See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

These pictures are from Sunday, but it's after midnight so the timestamp will say Monday. See the savanna and house yard.

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

calzephyr

The bird feeder had a visit from grey partridges the other day. I've accidentally startled them before--the sparrows toss seed down from the bird feeder and they don't care for corn--but it was so polite of them to use the sidewalk :-D

EDIT: Alt link in case Instagram isn't working: https://bsky.app/profile/purpleponyart.bsky.social/post/3lii5kvgets2f

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Christine 🦄 🐦🌈🍁 (calzephyr77)

ysabetwordsmith

For our Yule ritual this year, we planted our new hollies in the Midwinter Grove.

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

These photos are from yesterday in my yard. This batch is mostly from the prairie garden and ritual meadow.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

Today we went out to the lake. The first few pictures are from my yard, though.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: accomplished

linky

Three starlings resting in some branches.

Spotted many starlings, as well as what I believe to be a lapland longspur in the trees today. Took some pictures with my phone. Three more images under the cut, including the one with the bird I think is a lapland longspur. But it was so far away and I wasn't able to see it's entire body so it's hard for me to guess, so please feel free to let me know if I am mistaken!

( Read more... )

turlough

I was in England last week and one day when I took a walk by the River Yare in Norwich I spotted a bird I didn't recognise among the usual greylags and mallards. A bit of internet research showed it was an Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca). The breed was apparently introduced to Britain back in 17th century and is now mostly found in East Anglia and along the Thames.

Click to enlarge:

Current Mood: peaceful

nanila

Yellow wagtail standing on the wing mirror of an old blue Toyota Yaris.

This is how we know spring has finally arrived. This yellow wagtail - I assume it's the same one - arrives every year to use our house as the stage for his mating dances. One year he spent his time prancing on the windowsill of my husband's office. Another year it was my office window. This year, he's decided that the best place to show off is the wing mirror and passenger door of our second car. He has also produced a prodigious quantity of poop to festoon the mirror's casing but it seems pointless to wash it until his ritual has paid off!

( Three more poses )

turlough

This morning a Jay (Garrulus glandarius) showed up at my bird feeders for the first time ever.

Click to enlarge:

beige-pink, blue, and black & white bird on the ground

Current Mood: impressed

yourlibrarian

Last Friday our area got about 8 hours of first rain, then ice, then snow. Our balcony turned into a bird sanctuary as high winds kept sending all the precipitation sideways (and causing damage along the way). ( Read more... )

nanila

It's a phone photo but that's all we had with us when a flock of energetic long tailed tits descended on our parked car and started pecking at the windows. Youngest and I were startled and delighted!

turlough

A small flock of Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) visiting my feeders today and managed to get a pretty good photo of one of them. They're such beautiful birds but I'm grateful they don't visit very often - the rate they consume hemp seeds would soon ruin my finances :-)

Click to enlarge:

brown and black bird with red, white, and yellow markings on bird feeder

Current Mood: relieved

turlough

I had a new visitor at my feeders today, a Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes). I haven't seen one of those in at least fifteen years!

Click to enlarge:

black and pale orange bird perched on feeder

Current Mood: surprised

nanila

The reward for going on a long walk on this icy morning was a close encounter with a flock of redwings feasting on ivy in the hedgerows.

( +2 )

turlough

This afternoon a small flock of Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) visited the maple outside my window and I managed to take this photo sequence of one of the females.

First she was crunching a seed
Click to enlarge:

( then she digested it... )

Current Mood: pleased

nanila

One of the advantages of giving up on the battle with the dandelions in the lawn is that it means more finches visit the garden, including this handsome bullfinch.

( +1 with a beak full of seed )
(Photos taken back in May 2022 but I forgot to post them.)

turlough

No matter how hard it rains I don't think I've ever seen a bird looking wet before but this Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) that visited one of my feeders today looked distinctly damp!

Click to enlarge:

black and white bird with red markings on bird feeder

( One more photo... )

Current Mood: thoughtful

emeraldarrows

This bird appeared in my backyard yesterday, flew around a bit near the bird feeder, and then settled on the fence just long enough to snap a couple pictures. I know it's a bird of prey of some kind (falcon, perhaps?) but a very unusual sight here.

Profile

Common Nature

May 2025

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

Syndicate

Page Summary

Active Entries

Style Credit

Style: Fall Leaves for ColorSide by branchandroot
Resources: Stock.XCHNG

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Page generated May. 16th, 2025 04:22 am

Common Nature

wonder and joy and mystery in everyday things

Entries tagged with bird

Mallard drake at the Wright Stop Plaza bus hub.

Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden

Photos: House Yard and South Lot

Leave only footprints...

Photos: Hollies Planted

Photos: Prairie Garden and Ritual Meadow

Lake Pictures

Up In The Trees

Egyptian Goose in England

Yellow wagtail

a new visitor

Quite the Day

Birb?!

beautiful bird!

a new visitor

Redwing with ivy berries

Female Bullfinch outside my window

Bullfinch

Woodpecker in the rain

Backyard visitor

Profile

May 2025

Syndicate

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Active Entries

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags