Went in search of Green Herons this morning but didn't see any. I did see a female Belted Kingfisher and a pair of Barn Swallows so the day started well. Of course I saw many more commonly seen birds, too.

#BirdCallOut

**Russ** @fitzbew248@mastodon.sdf.org · 6d

Russ @fitzbew248@mastodon.sdf.org

Cedar Waxwings! At the city park!

#birdcallout #birds

**BAD BURNS aka Knitting Dyke** @KnittingDyke@mspsocial.net · 6d

BAD BURNS aka Knitting Dyke @KnittingDyke@mspsocial.net

I'm big, and I'm carrying a small stick

The ruffled waters show a dark reflection of a Great Blue Heron in flight, its wings outstretched, and a small stick poking out from its beak. The grey feathers on the back looks like it's a pinned-on hair piece, but made of feathers, the down reflecting the sunlight.

#BirdCallOut #BirdPhotography #Birding

**BAD BURNS aka Knitting Dyke** @KnittingDyke@mspsocial.net · 6d

BAD BURNS aka Knitting Dyke @KnittingDyke@mspsocial.net

I had fun on the west side of the Mississippi this afternoon, across from the large island of the heron rookery (which has great blue herons, cormorants, and great egrets). Fun fact: the GB herons come over to the west side to pick up twigs and sticks for their nests, and they dig in the ground for food. It makes sense they source their nest material close to their nests. I wonder when we'll see chick heads poking up from the nests.

#BirdCallOut

**laen** @moonrabbit@sunny.garden · 6d

laen @moonrabbit@sunny.garden

hoopoe! flying low and straight over the garden like a stout, stripey torpedo

#BirdCallOut

**nathanlovestrees** @nathanlovestrees@disabled.social · 6d

nathanlovestrees @nathanlovestrees@disabled.social

Rorb! In the Junk Pile

An American robin puffed up to stay warm and looking quite round and orb-like. It is perched on a stick, one among many in a pile tossed on an old black metal bed frame.

#birdcallout #birding #robin

**laen** @moonrabbit@sunny.garden · Apr 7

Apr 7

laen @moonrabbit@sunny.garden

white wagtail! on the barn roof (earlier today)

#BirdCallOut

**jendefer** @jendefer@dice.camp · Apr 6

Apr 6

jendefer @jendefer@dice.camp

#BirdCallOut Gambel's Quail, on the path along the arroyo behind my housing development. Just as I finished saying, "Huh, no quails today," to my wife, two dozen or so zipped out of a nearby prickly pear patch and fled down into the arroyo.