A few bird photo's

[John H]

That is quite a flower. Could be a Georgia O’keefe painting.

[DLJeff]

Caught a new one for me. This is a black turnstone.



And this is just a grey gull but I like the reflection in the wet sand.

[DLJeff]

Lesser goldfinches feeding on liatris blossoms Oct 2025.

[John H]

There are a lot of lesser goldfinches around. I see them feeding on the dry thistles sometimes but mostly I hear them up in the tree tops. They have a pretty distinctive call. I have this idea that all the birds named lesser something should be renamed. It seems kind of demeaning to be named the lesser bird. I would much rather be called the American goldfinch than the lesser goldfinch plus it is always a bummer when you spot a bird, get an ID on it and it turns out to be the lesser something. Nobody wants to see the lesser something. I would much rather spot the greater something or just the regular something. The great egret used to be the common egret. That name change was a big status upgrade for him.

[DLJeff]

You have a good point. Still better than being called an LGB (little green bird) or an LBB (little brown bird) because no one can identify it.

[Dick]

I thought that an LGB was a (little gray bird).
Just kidding.

[DLJeff]

Heh heh. Between breeding and non-breeding color changes; male vs female color changes; juveniles; and hybridization some birds can be darn near impossible to positively ID.

[DLJeff]

Spent a week in southern Mexico last week - fishing with not much catching. But the bird life was pretty good ....

[John H]

Those are some good birds. You don’t see those around here. I saw a bunch of new to me birds in Mexico last year. I would say that trip was A birding and C fishing although there were some good fishing times.

[DLJeff]

Those are some good birds. You don’t see those around here. I saw a bunch of new to me birds in Mexico last year. I would say that trip was A birding and C fishing although there were some good fishing times.

Our fishing was marginal this trip because a north wind pushed too much water out of the bay, spooking all the tarpon and bonefish. It wasn't a strong wind, just steady. We ended up having to make the hour choppy boat ride across the bay to find fish.

Birding was pretty good though. Also saw collared aracaris, yellow rumped caciques, an oriole I didn't get a close enough look to accurately ID, a couple hummingbirds, some mangrove warblers, black & white warbler, just didn't have the camera or the light was too bad to get a decent photo.