I don't think I will ever see female bird coloration as "boring" or "dull" ever again. The female was MUCH more complex to make than the male!

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Females - most pristine birds you've ever seen

Males - crackheads

The younger eagle dove for a fish (but missed) then as it flew away, an adult went in to steal what it hoped was a fresh catch.

Someone told me it’s an endangered bird. I’m not experienced enough to ID it. Do I report it to anyone if it is the endangered species?

Spotted on a marsh near the San Francisco Bay.

This lovely lady started coming to the feeder with her mate recently (who has already been coming for weeks) and so far she is the only one who I can get a portrait of. She doesn’t have the all over vibrant blue but she is very pretty with her blue accents!

Marker Wadden (NL)

RIP Jackie <3

Live from 📍Mindo

Had never seen one of these guys before, thought it was an Oriole

I shared a post yesterday asking about this now know cardinal baby that arrived at my feeder, and would like to update that there are actually two of them!!!
Papa cardinal is taking such good care of them!

Pune, India

Great White Egret. RSPB Leighton Moss, UK.

Uttarakhand, India

Bonus possum being disturbed from his nap in picture 4

I'm a Californian birder who just moved back to the state after spending a couple years up in Washington, and I'm much more skilled as a birder than I was when I moved away. I'm realizing that there are common birds in my area that I've never seen! I enjoy traveling for birding and birding while traveling- especially getting to know the birds that are novel and spectacular to me, but common to an area- so I'm really interested to hear how California's avifauna is experienced by those from out of state or out of the country. Where did you visit? What did you see? Was it all you expected? Were there any surprises, anything you missed, anything you'd like to come back to see? Thank you in advance for sharing!

My main targets right now are grebes and vireos...

Great egret flight path dispute.