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西藍鴝 (Sialia mexicana)觀察者
ungerlord描述
The photo is of a Violet-green Swallow in a nest box with 5 Western Bluebird nestlings. The Violet-green Swallows have returned after migrating and are looking for cavities to nest in. The swallows won't harm the nestlings, and there are reports of swallows actually assisting in feeding the nestlings.
Violet-green Swallows and Ash-throated Flycatchers are the late nesters and often have to use whatever cavities are available. I've been finding both Tree and Violet-green Swallow nest starts in boxes from which other species have fledged and before I had a chance to clean the used nest out.
This is another example of the competition among birds that occurs for cavities to nest in. I added another nest box nearby in hopes that the swallows will use it.
Here's the swallow observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79034267
📸: By Lee Pauser
This observation was part of a nest box trail done in conjunction with the California Bluebird Recovery Program (CBRP), which runs the Cavity Nesters Recovery Program (CNRP). CNRP involves many volunteers across California who establish and monitor nest box trails for cavity-nesting birds. During the breeding season, these boxes are checked weekly for parasitism, predation, number of eggs, nestlings, and number of young fledged. Then at the end of the nesting season, volunteers submit their results to CBRP. We compile these results and submit them to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s NestWatch program and other interested organizations.
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鳥綱 (綱 Aves)觀察者
aleetavp描述
Call is a shriek, repeated over and over. I think that most likely it is a barn owl.
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dylancreatures描述
I was taking photos and scared it. It ran into to me and bit me on the nipple and wouldn’t let go. Here’s the news article https://www.the-sun.com/news/2169452/snorkeler-attacked-nurse-shark-nipple/
Big shoutout to Rich, Chris, and Billy at Caloosa Marina for getting it off of me.
Hurt a lot.
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短耳鴞 (Asio flammeus)觀察者
sam727描述
Don’t you just love beautiful pictures that take your breath away in awe of how a photographer was able to capture such a gorgeous and unbelievable photograph?
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紅頸x紅胸吸汁啄木鳥 (Sphyrapicus ruber × nuchalis)觀察者
nevusmom描述
It has no business being here in NE Oklahoma. This is not a Red-headed Woodpecker. Absolutely not. Hubby trying to get a better photo.
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the-catfinch描述
This is probably one of the weirdest things I've seen a raptor carrying. I haven't ever heard of red-tailed hawks catching and eating birds, and yet here is one carrying a flicker.
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皇葦鷦鷯 (Thryothorus ludovicianus)觀察者
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megararity found yesterday by Matt Brown & Tom Wood; 1st county record
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argyl1描述
I saw this guy plunge directly into the water. Then he couldn't get aloft again. The sequence of photos show what happened next.
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披肩榛雞 (Bonasa umbellus)觀察者
the-catfinch描述
Somehow, this grouse flew into our window. I have no idea why he was in our area, nor any idea why he was flying but he crashed into our window anyways. After that he took a 2 hour long nap and then strutted away into our woods. I think he will be fine.
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alishastamand描述
The oval shape and the pink flowers are a key ID feature of this vegetation.
