Birding Pics

27 May 2020

The most common animals I spot are birds, so my favorites of those will be here.

Blue Heron Taking Off (5/27/20)

I am always looking for this one in my area, so I’ve named them “Waldo”s, but really they’re blue herons. This one was taking off as I took this picture. You can really tell why they’re called blue herons.

Mallard Babies (5/27/20)

May was the time for baby birds, and I got a lot of pictures, this was a good one though. They are baby mallard ducks.

Bird of Prey Surveilling (5/19/20)

I’m not sure what this is, my guess is an osprey.

Mourning Dove (4/13/20)

Against the icy sky and the tree in the background, it’s just a beautiful picture.

Red-Winged Blackbird Watching the Snow (4/13/20)

Here’s another RW picture, this time while it snowed.

Also in Storms & Other Weather

Blackbird People-Watching (3/7/20)

I visited the Fashion Island (outdoor mall) in Orange County like I usually would with my family (I had gone alone this time). There were birds looking for crumbs as usual, so I took some pictures. This was my favorite because it looks like she’s watching people like people would watch people.

Hummingbird (3/6/20)

One of my grandfather’s favorite pastimes is feeding the neighborhood hummingbirds. When I was out there I would sit in the backyard and listen and watch for them.

Mussel Bird (3/6/20)

I’m not sure what this is actually called, but it loves to run along the water’s edge looking for tiny mussels to eat.

Also in Beach

Little Birb (9/29/19)

On the University of Minnesota campus, we have a stadium that birds run into all the time. In the winter this can be bad though, as the birds can then freeze to death. My best friend and I found this one still breathing, and because it made me sad he walked all the way to his car to get gloves and place it in the bushes. Hope it got out of there

Crow Yellin’ (6/28/18)

One of my favorite birds to photograph, this was one of my first.

Red-Winged Blackbird in Cattails (3/13/16)