Ditto....I love birdwatching too......When we lived in Seattle, I use to have several feeders and the different kinds of birds native to the area would just come from everywhere......It was funny watching the birds and the squirrels in the feeders too.....

The Journeys of Snowy Owls
 

This arrived in an email I received from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, my favorite bird resource on the web, and I thought I would share. I never knew that snowy owls were nomads.

aviary...not that it matters. The photos are beautiful.

COLLETTE is one of my favorite readers to follow, so I never even knew about your post on owls, Liam!

Liam? I don't know much about owls, but I do know that owls in Oregon are the types of owls that don't wander. They set up permanent homes in established territories.

In case you might be interested, I will leave a link about owls from the Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife. Barn owls and Snowy Owls are very beautiful. And formidable birds of prey, I think. I also think of them as being terribly shy, when they aren't shy at all. Plus (bonus), they're cuter than eagles. :blush:


http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/birds/owls.asp

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/de/68/c8/d...white-owls.jpg

Here's my favorite owl, late at night. :stillheart:

Very darling, I'd say. :balloon:

It's too bad humans aren't more like owls, a lot of owls do a much better job of parenting, pair bonding and looking after one another than many humans ever will.

http://www.wildaboutpets.net/info/vs...9452XSmall.jpg

Hello Bird Lovers :)

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...T1JNUgTK56O_7i

Another favorite raptor (Peregrine Falcon)
 

https://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/...9_n_fgujae.jpg

Here's an press release about peregrine falcons living in my hometown metro area. At one time, there was an peregrine falcon couple nesting in an huge tree on my work campus. Often times on my lunch hour, one could see them soaring above the towers on my work campus. I even saw them teaching their baby how to fly.

http://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2...joy-and-terror

.....AMEN!

[https://www.hbw.com/sites/default/fi...?itok=SxFFne6y

Andean flamingos on the Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia
 

https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w728-h4...roptilus-1.jpg

The kakapo (Strigops habroptila) is one of the most distinct parrots in the world, as it is flightless and nocturnal. The bird is gigantic and heavy, weighing about 8 pounds. The bird resides in New Zealand and it listed as critically endangered. A long period of isolation in the islands of New Zealand caused the bird to develop a high level of adaptation, and it is especially vulnerable to extinction. Deforestation and introduction of predators have caused the numbers of the species to decrease rapidly. The bird is on IUCN red list as threatened species and the status as critically endangered.

https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w728-h4...-sirocco-1.jpg

Birding enthusiast
 

Wow didn't know there was a bird thread here , loving it!
Just went on my first guided birding excursion 2 weeks go .It was awesome !
I can see this can be addicting.
Some reason i cannot post pictures on here , or else I would share the beautiful local birds we have here along the Texas gulf coast.

https://www.gotscience.org/wp-conten...1234026477.jpg


Great spotted woodpecker..

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/27...1a47616f7f.jpg



I believe this one is called Gouldian Finch