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[deepsand]

Assuming that the colors are fairly true, that's a female Boat-tailed Grackle.



Here is a male.



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[Dreamrage]

Hmmm, its a total reverse from the birds around here. The female color seems to be dull, where the male color is vibrant.

[deepsand]

What you see here is a usual color relationship between the sexes for birds of North America, though in many species the differences are subtle to non-existent.

The Northern Cardinal



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[Dreamrage]

We have cardinals here too, I have seen one once, lol they're very rare though, I'm not sure its the same species, but the male I saw had the same bright red plumage. I think I have a pic of the little blackbird we saw as well. Need to get it from the iPhone. It's strange because we have never seen a bird like it before and then this one pops up outta nowhere.

The pic's blurry though. We took the photos from our lounge on the second floor.



hmmm found my flood pics as well, I had forgotten all about that.

[deepsand]

Like this?

Purple Indigobird / Purple Widow Finch



From South African National Parks ORG:

Fairly common resident associated with bushveld habitats in northern South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.

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[Dreamrage]

That's him. hmmm we're not exactly bushveld, but there is a lot of trees, open fields and such from neighboring farms though. He's a long way from home it seems, wonder how he got here. I'm in the eastern cape, nowhere near Zim or Botswana.

Thanks for finding out about him though. It's adorable. Could also explain why we've never seen him again after that one time.

[deepsand]

A few members of many species do, for whatever reason, at times find themselves well outside of their usual ranges; to bird watchers they are formally referred to as "occasionals."

Happens particularly during migrating seasons.

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[Dreamrage]

Originally Posted by deepsand

A few members of many species do, for whatever reason, at times find themselves well outside of their usual ranges; to bird watchers they are formally referred to as "occasionals."

Happens particularly during migrating seasons.

Could be that I think. He came here for a pit stop it seems, he landed on my washing line, flew around my backyard a bit, topped up on water and seed and was off again. That's the nice thing about having my birds and ducks. I have an abundance of birdlife around here daily. And my kitteh's can't touch them because they are petrified of said ducks.

[ejingram]

Does anyone know what these are?

The first 2 are of a goose - but I don't know what type. I saw it and thought it was an ugly duck.

Thanks.

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by ejingram

Does anyone know what these are?

The first 2 are of a goose - but I don't know what type. I saw it and thought it was an ugly duck.

Thanks.

The first two are of a duck. As can't see any of the coloration of the wings or tail, and very little of the breast, it's difficult to say with any degree of certainty. My best guess would be a Brown or a female Mallard.

As for the last, absent sufficient perspective for determining size, and given that the coloration does not look quite natural, an offhand guess would be a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.

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[ScriptMan]

The last one resembles a Canada Warbler but the throat markings are not correct for the male. It may be the female whose throat marking are not as defined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Warbler

[deepsand]

Missing the yellow eye-ring, and the upper blue-grey, of the Canada Warbler.

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[ScriptMan]

Here, you pick one: http://www.google.com/search?q=yello...w=1440&bih=746

[Cricket]

The lemur has his sights set on a another electronic to destroy....

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by ScriptMan

Here, you pick one: http://www.google.com/search?q=yello...w=1440&bih=746

I based my best guess on:

• Assumption that picture is current, so that immature warblers can be ruled out;
• Assumption that photo was taken in the region of Rhode Island;
• Assumption that the sighting was not an occasional;
• The primary body color;
• The secondary colors;
• The length of tail relative to body;
• The size and shape of beak;
• The presence/absence of conspicuous marking, such as eye-rings and wing bars;
• The shape of wings;
• The shape of body;
• The shape of head;
• The length of neck; and,
• The total length of bird, relative to other items in photo.

Even with the final item encompassing both small and medium sized birds, I end up at the same place.

Of course, if any of the three assumptions are false, particularly the first - Fall Warbler migration sightings are confused as hell - then all bets are off.

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[deepsand]

Originally Posted by Cricket

The lemur has his sights set on a another electronic to destroy.

That one's easy.

An excellent and difficult to attain closeup of the elusive copy cat.

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[robjones]

Was at a gathering today at a place an ex partner owns but has rented out. Her tenants were outta town and she's having it re-roofed while they're gone, and we had a party out in the pasture after the roofing got done. There was a blue healer pup there about 3 months old and I asked who he belonged to. Turned out the tenants don't do well with dogs. They bought it for their kid, and have pretty much been ignoring it. Theyre taking it to the shelter Monday, which typically means it's gonna get euthanized. They'd already removed the nice collar my ex partner had made for the pup, in prep for sending it to hell. Ignorant stupid sonsabitches.

That's a long way of saying I just got another dog. She's smarter than her former owner, but in fairness, so are stumps.

Will bring a pic soon as I have one.

[deepsand]

Too bad that there aren't "shelters" for callous animal owners.

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[snakeair]

Originally Posted by Cricket

The lemur has his sights set on a another electronic to destroy....

Such a lazy cat. Sleep all day. lol

[ejingram]

Originally Posted by deepsand

The first two are of a duck. As can't see any of the coloration of the wings or tail, and very little of the breast, it's difficult to say with any degree of certainty. My best guess would be a Brown or a female Mallard.

As for the last, absent sufficient perspective for determining size, and given that the coloration does not look quite natural, an offhand guess would be a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.

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The first 2 are not a female mallard. I have added a side view of it. It was hanging out with all the other Canada Geese. It wouldn't go near the other mallards. If you notice, it has the same marks and coloring as a Canada Goose.

Thanks.