The bluebird has about the same colours as our European kingfisher, one of our most colourful birds, here a googled photo:
The bluebird has about the same colours as our European kingfisher, one of our most colourful birds, here a googled photo:
One of the few US bird species that even I as German can recognize thanks to my Birds & Blooms newsletter: Bluebird. Cute photo. 😍😍😍
Pair of Great Tits on that ! (Branch) 😀🤔
Quite
We saw one the day before yesterday. I think that means luck, right?
What kind of bird is that? I have a Christmas tree ornament my late Mom gave me and that looks exactly like it! I just thought it was a fictional bird, but apparently I was mistaken.
Eastern Blue Bird! Very real!
Thank you! I learned something today, living in the far west.
The alt text of the picture mentions that it is a male bluebird. A quick search (I was also curious) shows it's specifically the eastern bluebird, which is the state bird of both New York and Missouri. By the by, the alt text on the original picture is SPECTACULAR and well worth the read.
Thank you, I needed that.
Much appreciated. Beautiful picture.
couldn't agree more...what a beauty!
Except they’re threatened by climate change and we’re all doing stuff-all-of-nothing-much to save them and us, so for now thanks for and to the birds
They've got you sucked in. 🙃 Never forget, these are living dinosaurs.
To offset my humor, here's my bird, Hapi. She knows she's a dinosaur.
... Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself when she woke at dawn Would scarcely know that we were gone.
if the banker from New York, will bomb the arms and legs off of children in Palestine, ...you are not being realistic if you think that birdies, or hippy dippy good vibes will stop them. #WarCrimesInGaza #DefundThePolice #WhoControlsTheMedia
How did you know to say exactly what I needed to hear? :)
Really loving the bird vibe Chuck!
My cat Pearl agrees and goes further There should be more Bird videos not just photos…
Thank you! 🐦 Bluebird of happiness. An Eastern Bluebird, a bird I’ve never seen. Western Bluebirds and Mountain Bluebirds are other such pretty birds of happiness ❤️
Thanks! I was wondering the kind!
Love herons! They look like statues of themselves.
Oooh, nice one.
Thank you, I really needed this today. Everything is becoming too much.
Nice picture!
Imagine being alive in America before the demand for feathers in ladies hats in the 1920’s and we eradicated countless bird species for the sake of fashion!
You have obviously never encountered a Canada goose.
A recent immigrant to Canada, talking to someone after his encounter with a Canada goose, not knowing what it's proper name was, called it a 'Cobra Chicken'.
Humans don’t deserve to be here, BIRDS DO 💯
Nice. I love hearing owls occasionally at night here in NC.💙
Oooh, a very good bird* *Ok, they're all very good
I like birds better than most people 🦉🦆🦅
Love the bird protocol. Thanks.
Birds are good. Thank you for your amazing bird photos. They are appreciated and needed.
Thank you Chuck!
After many years and duck photos this modest gadwall is still one of my faves
Funny you should show this, but for the first time in a life of bird feeding, I have Bluebirds at my feeder, for the suet. I was going to end it and put out the hummer feeder, but they’re still there! I’ll add a hook.
Such a pretty little thing.
Thanks I need that!
Had to follow you because of your name. Dagnabit!
Had to follow you back Emo racoon! This handle came about because, as unusual as my real name is, I was trying to set up an an account and every variation was taken. Impulsively typed this in because I annoyed and bam!😂
Imbeciles. Couldn’t see this in 2015????
Thanks I needed that !
Hubby & I watch an egret on nearby pond--which I am painting versions of-- and just sold an older painting, plus print. Am wild about egrets, herons.... Dad and I "saved" a freezing blue heron from a frzn marsh, as a teen, b4 realizing ab his beak--I "unfroze" him (in a big box)wood stove.
Cedar Waxwing.
Yup! 😍😍😍 I love them
They can be a little wacky! When they feed or bath as a group, have you seen that?
Yes! I also love Stellar’s Jay. I have several that I feed at my house. Wanted to draw in the crows but the Stellar’s took over. Which is fine. They have blue eyebrows and they are rascals! ! 😍😍
These are spectacular. You probably know they’re cousins with crows, corvidae, so they’re great problem solvers. We have the California scrub jay and they’re rascals - and are sometimes really bad bullies. They used to bully our blind cat for his kibble!
Right! I think most corvids are bullies. Maybe they get board and do that to pass the time!!
Beautiful! My favorite! 🥰
Absolute stunner of a bird. Seeing my first one was a magical experience
Their feathers look like they are plastic! I get so excited when I see them!
Truth
Yes, birds are very good. But that does not excuse us from taking any action to counter the actions of the terrorist and his gang in the White House. We must fight with all the tools we have.
"Everything bad, birds good," will stay with me. Thank you!
BeauTifuL!!!!
Thank you.
What a very patriotic plumage!
👍🏻💝🦜
Is this the famous kookaburra? I did not know they lived in the city!
It’s unusual to see them this close to the centre of the city, but not impossible!
Very bold bird. Has adapted well to suburbia and will accept handouts or nick food off your BBQ.
Thanks, pretty birdie!
Your hummingbird photo is way better then mine ❤️
Aww 🥰 thanks! it was just luck… usually my pics are blurry but I think this one worked because it was so bright out
What a little cutie 🙏🕊️
On the whole American birds are so much more colourful and showoffy than British birds
I agree completely. Enjoying the songs in the early am!
Pro Dinosaur propaganda.
Our birds at the feeders give me a sense of peace - it really does offset the negativity out there.
Chuck, he is adorable and beautiful. I like birds too.
#PutABirdOnIt
Someone told me about the Merlin app. This bird was identified by listening to the song! Several ways to identify, photo, song, description, & keeps track of your list of sightings! Fun!
So true. I love my visiting birds.
What type of bird, please?
I love these little grumpy guys 😂😂
Lovely.
Can I get a bird protocol any time I wish just by clicking my heels together?
Thank you
Wonderful photos, all of them!
Saw a bald eagle this morning!
Thank you Thankyou! I need an intensive 6 weeks of this.
To be fair, he looks a little blue
I put a feeder right outside my favorite window for this reason
Handsome little guy. I feel shielded now. Thank you.
Guess from out of left field, indigo bunting?
Summer Tanager. Photo by me. Only third recorded time in Placer Co.
Cassowarys. Cassowarys are proof not all birds are good.
Love birds❤️Back in the day… 1970’s & on, I rehabed birds from hummers to raptors & had a starling that actually talked but had a slight speech impediment.Wish thete were cell phones back in the day to record these awesome creatures❤️
Birds ARE good. Love seeing them.
Thank you 🐦
What beautiful colors!
It was a rushed phone pic but I was so excited to see this black crowned night heron last weekend Austin
Yellow crowned***
I bet ya $10 that bluebird lives in either that fence post or one nearby.
I can feel my heart rate coming down... 💙
Please educate yourself. Birds aren't real. They're government drones
I love these friends. And they are singing up a fabulous chorus out there in my New England spring.
Sorry, no. Not yet in Massachusetts. We've had the odd 65-70 degree day here and there, but it's mostly been a nice November here lately. Even my field pansies are struggling. 😡
Ruh roh! I should narrow it down. I am in CT. We have had some very spring days lately, but others have been cold and drizzly — even a little snow. Even so, our local birds are sounding mighty festive.
Lovely. I *so* can't wait!
🪶Steller's Jay. This bird was banded in Yosemite National Park in May of 2021 by IBP biologist Lauren Helton. It had mud and grass in its mouth suggesting it was in the process of building a nest. (All birds handed by certified banders under appropriate federal and state permits.)
Beauty.💙
Thank you for the Mr. Bird
Birds are proof you can overcome anything: dinosaurs nearly wiped out by a meteor, massive, persistent climate change, scarcity, end up controlling all biomes and can fly over mountains. The bad stuff will persist. Let’s be terrible lizards. We can become birds.
youtu.be/wiuUipqWUfU
Species please?
Live video from a stork’s nest in Poltava region of Ukraine www.youtube.com/live/u5XWXjX...
Im lucky with bluebirds. Get a couple every day at the feeder. They love oil soaked rolled oats.
🥰Beautiful and great news to feel the good vibes!🎉 💞🌞🦋🕊️
Mountain Blue Bird. They are beautiful!
Woodpeckers are cool. That bird looks like one. I am not a bird expert. God made many cool birds.
It is! It's called a Red-bellied Woodpecker 🙂
Birds are better than us.
I like your way of thinking. And a lovely photo! Birds are good
Are they real?
Great photo!
Agreed!!!!! Love watching birds and spoil them rotten in my little backyard in Baltimore 💙.
*Merlin
Love that Merlin!
It's a wonderful birding app!
That is such a beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing that little nugget!
B u r d .
*except sea gulls, who are very bad and should not be counted among the birds
Though I'm not "bird people", I like this idea...it's an interesting one, Chuck.
Just had my first nesting Bluebird pair in the house I put up 3 years ago.
Love bluebirds!!!
So pretty!
My cat agrees with you.
I don't know if I should laught or cry now. 🥲
Awesome.
Beautiful shot!!
If you are interested in birds from Brazil, this is the perfect account to follow: @avesbrasil.bsky.social
Good birdy
So true. Time to go our for our morning walk and listen to the bird song. And for those of you who walk around with ear buds b/c you're talking on the phone or listening to podcasts: DON'T!
😍🎊 Vibrant and beautiful! 🥰 💞🌞🦋🕊️
the subject of feral cats is not mentioned often. A house in my neighborhood offers shelter and food to them. They, in turn, are devastating the bird and bunny population. Apologies to cat lovers, condolences to bird and rabbit lovers.
This is why I became a bird.
But Canada geese? Not so much, right?
If only they were real 😪
Yes
they sing for democracy
The epic Alt Text made my day. What a triumphant little bluebird!
I was just outside and a pileated woodpecker flew and landed on a nearby tree that had quite a hole pecked into it. Yes, Birds are good!
You are right, and thank you very much. 😊
I love birds. They are awesome creatures 💙🐦⬛🦢🪿🐣🐦🦅🦜🪿
Gorgeous little blue !!!
😍So beautiful a feast for one's eyes!🥰🎉🎊 💞🌞🦋🕊️
Great photo! Gorgeous bird❤️
Beautiful
WOW! So lovely.
Stunning❤️❤️❤️
Wowser! 🙂
This Osprey is letting me and my dogs know that they are nesting and in full Murder Mode.
WE HAD ONE OVER THE WINTER DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA. They usually don’t go further south than Orlando and we are at least a three hour drive from Orlando. It was a sight to see! We also have a similar looking loggerhead shrike that hangs out.
This little guy is Henry. He would stop by often for fresh meal worms.
They certainly are. What a beautiful bird & wonderful picture. I've recently managed to lure a neighborhood family of crows to my yard for treats. I haven't been able to get a great picture. At first it was only the smaller one that came, now one of the bigger birds comes with. They are so cute.
He thinks he's hiding. They aren't that smart.😁
He was after the roadkill on the road I was heading home on. With fields on one side and wooded lots on the other ... there is plenty of roadkill happening there. See Turkey Vultures along this stretch al the time, but first time with a bald eagle.
….and that is a particularly good bird 😍
wow!
Birds are the best!💙
And blue birds are the best!
Birds are GREAT✌🏻
🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
With Cyclone Alfred came a bunch of kookaburras and currawongs that i started feeding. They’re still here. Last count 7 hackies; 3 curras. The music they make is blissfully distracting.
Birdenergy🦜🦚🦉🐦
We're keeping our feeder stocked for the duration of BIRD PROTOCOL.
What bird is that? Such cool colors!
The alt text will give you the ID and so much more!
Whoa! So much more info! Thanks!
We saw 3 blue birds on our “escape-from-the-horror-that-is-reality-hike”, yesterday.
Love those birds. Photo below by me. There were six on the railing but I only got three in the photo.
Bird Protocol engaged! #osprey #easternbluebird #barredowl #redwingblackbird Join the cause!
The birds are alright!
My squirrels like to steal from my birds. The bluejay is an asshole anyway.
Yes!!!
From a group chat with my coworkers, our conversations go down strange paths!
The mildly ominous hook gives the whole thing Fabritius vibes
Good think it's not a shrike
I'm more afraid of an angry bluebird (there is no other kind) than the hook. I write this after a carolina wren just landed on my toe, scream at me with air-raid siren volume, and fly off in less than a full second. Territorial little birds can be real butts.
Thank you for making me Google Fabritius! Now I have lovely other stuff to look at!
Really nice blurry forsythia is a great touch .
I love birds & as I got older I especially love big birds- hawks,vultures,raptors,owls.love seeing them high in the sky
Great plan!
#Nature continues to be amazing‼️🤩💚💚💚 #FloraAndFauna
The only "good" photo ended up being its backside, but we got visited by our first-ever purple finch yesterday 🐦
!! — we get them here but only ever hear them and not see them. Nicely done!
What a beautiful view of wing & tail feathers❤️
I mostly watch birds in my back yard and find they transport me to a calmer place where MAGA cannot intrude.
After pruning a perfect shaded bench was set up for hummingbirds.
Beautiful bird.
Mountain bluebird? Beautiful whatever it is. Thx
They are precious and they keep me somewhat sane.