What Birds Do You See?
@BettyB (4117)
Summerville, South Carolina
June 18, 2017 6:38am CST
After my walk this morning I sat down on the patio with a glass of water to cool off. It was peaceful. The birds were singing and squirrels were darting back and forth. As far as I could tell the whole neighborhood was still asleep.
As I watched the birds flutter around the birdfeeder I started thinking about the different birds I’ve seen in my backyard. The cardinals, bluebirds, and robins are there all the time, but there’s a blue jay that shows up every now and then. There are finches and wrens flying around as well. Every now and then I’ll spot a red bellied woodpecker.
The prettiest bird to ever visit my birdfeeder is the painted bunting. It is a gorgeous bird. They live in the trees behind my friend’s house so she sees them more often than I do.
I love watching the birds, and photographing them. Unfortunately they move fast. Getting a good picture of a bird is like trying to get a two year old to sit still for a photo op. It’s next to impossible.
What is the prettiest bird you’ve ever seen in the wild?
The birds in the picture are as follows:
Upper Left Corner: Eastern Bluebird
Upper Right Corner: American Goldfinch
Lower Left Corner: Painted Bunting
Lower Right Corner: Blue Jay
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@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
19 Jun 17
@MarshaMusselman Yes they are parrots @BettyB
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@MarshaMusselman (38617)
• Midland, Michigan
18 Jun 17
That looks like a parrot to me.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
18 Jun 17
I am not sure of any of those birds, except for maybe the blue jay.
I saw a bird as a matter of fact a couple weeks back and could not identify it..it was beautiful and I had never seen one before..so colorful.
Those are lovely photos anyway Betty.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
18 Jun 17
@BettyB Phones take such nice photos nowadays though.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
19 Jun 17
@TiarasOceanView I use my phone for most stuff now days, but it doesn't work well for photographing the birds.
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@MarshaMusselman (38617)
• Midland, Michigan
18 Jun 17
I'm not sure that seeing birds on one's bird feeders in their yards would be considered 'the wild', lol. I enjoy looking at birds, but I have yet to feed them myself. They still will alight on my red-bud tree or in the back yard. I saw a unique one recently that was red but in a different way than cardinals, and I don't know what it was. Is the one on the lower left the painted bunting you referred to?
It might be nice to share here in the post what each of the birds in your picture are for those that aren't birdwatchers yet.
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@MarshaMusselman (38617)
• Midland, Michigan
22 Jun 17
@BettyB I wasn't thinking of zoos or sanctuary's either. When I think of birds or animals in the wild, I think of safari's where they don't interact with humans or eat food provided by them. But that's okay, I'm sure many things aren't defined the same way for all of us.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
23 Jun 17
@MarshaMusselman There are so few places left in the world where there is no human influence. I would love to see some of those outlying areas.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
26 Jun 17
Those are very pretty birds. Here, we see mostly sparrows and pigeons. If I see a colorful bird once in a blue moon, I have no idea what it is.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jun 17
The Cardinal.. Love them.we have many bluebirds.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
19 Jun 17
@BettyB We put up a bluebird house and they made a nest under our front porch at the top of the column...this year they used the birdhouse.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
19 Jun 17
@AbbyGreenhill They are fun to watch.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
18 Jun 17
@BettyB i woupdnt know we dont have a birdfeeder
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Jun 17
In the wild? Probably colorful parrots. I like watching hummingbirds.
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@sallypup (57753)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jun 17
The county has placed a rather deep water channel right below our property. I'm seeing and for sure hearing fighting Stilts and the raspy and loud yellow headed black birds. Tons of usual sparrows. I live in meadowlark country so I hear their canary like melody coming from the sagebrush. Killdeer and strange sounding mourning doves. Some raptors like I think its a hawk but big enough to be an eagle. (No white head seen so golden eagle??)
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
19 Jun 17
I love the killdeer. One would nest in my mother's garden every year and pitch a fit whenever we had to work in the garden.
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
19 Jun 17
So do I. I get so excited when the painted bunting visits. Unfortunately they don't visit often.
@regboi31 (23)
• Fairfield, California
18 Jun 17
One time while hiking I seen birds that resembled the extinct Passenger Pigeon.
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
19 Jun 17
It would be great if it was. Unfortunately they were hunted into extinction.
