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.