Wet year is for the birds!

[bowbum]

We have seen several dozen different species of birds this year around our place. Many are "first timers" and not ones we would expect to see so regularly. Almost all were spotted in one or two trees right outside our kitchen window.

I think I photographed and documented about 14 different warbler species and several other new-to-us species.
Here are just a few of the variety:

Evening grosbeak:
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Red-breasted nuthatch:
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Magnolia warbler:
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Chestnut sided warbler:
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Pine siskin:
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Black throated green warbler:
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Luecistic blue jay:
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Cape may warbler:
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Blackburnian warbler:
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[redarrow]

Love the pics, especially the Luecistic blue jay. There was a luecistic red tailed hawk that hung around our place for a couple days last spring.
I should take the time now to learn to identify all of our birds. Other than the basics, I know just a few. When we were growing up, anybird we didn't know by name was simply called a "Tweety bird".

[davet]

Just WOW!! Fantastic photos!!!

I'm pretty sure....well 99.9% sure that one of those Luecistic blue jay's were on my patio a week or so ago. My wife and I thought it was a female bluejay, but obviously...it wasn't.

Great pics....I love looking at your photos!!

[rem700]

Great photo's as always thanks for posting them

[cleary]

Amazing photos!! I like them!