Back In Blue

We have been looking for an Indigo Bunting for a few days. Yesterday I was happy to photograph this one. I heard many more on our hike but could not find one. We kike 2.5 miles and I lost count of how many we heard. They are beautiful.

~ Rick

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The Karaoke King

We have heard at least one Common Yellowthroat on every single hike we have taken this spring They like to hid in the tall grast, shrups and trees and I usually don't get a photo. It was cloudy but this one gave me lots of time to capture a photo.

~ Rick

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Mockingbird: ‘I can sing anything—watch me remix your ringtone!’” 🎶🐦

I didn't expect to see a Northern Mockingbird on this outing but there he was. I usually hear their call before I see them but this one didn't make a sound.

Blog title courtesy of Grok.

~ Rick

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A Unique Call

This was a first for us ... a Great Crested Flycatcher. You could hear him long before we were able to locate him.

Let's start over. We drove to the bike trail south of town for an early walk. As we began our hike, we heard a bird that we didn't recognize. I could tell he was in the top of the trees above us, but locating him proved to be a challenge. Then he flew away (bummer) so we continued with our hike. !

The bird activity was nuts, but they were difficult to locate in the dense spring foliage. As we walked back to our starting location we heard that unique call again. After a lot of looking for him, I spotted him, but the dude was hiding in the leaves. After what felt like hours, he jumped on a branch where I could snap a couple of photos. What a beautiful bird. A first for sure!

~ Rick

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