I find it hard to balance with two legs and two arms, not sure how birds do it with these tiny feet and only wings to flutter about to reposition!
Dec 2025 in Illinois #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A #DuskyThrush was a pleasant surprise but a bit hard to pick out amongst the bulbuls in the area.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A black-backed #WhiteWagtail. Birds of the World has 10 subspecies while eBird recognizes 9 identifiable subspecies which is a pretty high degree of overlap! I wonder if some (species) splits are in the future of the WHWA.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
The male #HouseFinch can exhibit quite the range of color! Redder seems to be more common, but colors like orange, peach, and purpleish are all within the expected range!
Nov 2025 in Illinois #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A couple #EasternSpotBilledDuck in flight.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
Sometimes you read about field marks and think you'll never see them, but this #GreatCormorant was oddly still sporting breeding plumage which really does have white patches in the thigh!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
We have liftoff!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography #EasternSpotBilledDuck
This #GreyHeron is wishing you all a Happy #TongueOutTuesday!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A winsome #GreyHeron that I noticed had a malformed left leg. Even with this issue, I saw it regularly on my walks doing fine and catching plenty of fish.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
An immature #EurasianMoorhen with its duller beak before the red/yellow comes in.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
An excellent view of this #EurasianTreeSparrow and its little cheek dash.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
I was fortunate to catch this #EurasianSparrowhawk as it darted between trees. My initial impression was that I thought I saw a #CoopersHawk like we have in states!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography #birdsinflight
Wet crows are fun crows! Did not seem to bother this #LargeBilledCrow one bit!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
The triangular tail of the #BlackKite proved to be a quick way for me to distinguish it from other friendly feathers in the sky.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography #birdsinfllight
The toughest part of visiting new places (for me at least), thinking every pigeon/dove looks close enough to one I am more familiar with only later to realize that it was a different species! The #OrientalTurtleDove definitely qualified!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
An action sequence of a #GreyHeron taking flight! Onwards, friend!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography #birdsinflight
The philippensis identifiable subspecies of the #BlueRockThrush stands out with its reddish belly which is evident even when facing away!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A #BlackTailedGull in flight. Several gulls have darker or black-ish tails, but what really stood out to me was the vibrant red on the top of the bill which turns out to be a great field marker to note.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A trifecta of Iowa birds: a male #DownyWoodpecker, a female #RedBelliedWoodpcker, and a female #EasternBluebird. Even in late fall, the colors can pop!
Nov 2025 in Iowa (McFarland Park) #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
The #BrownEaredBulbul is both a visually and vocally catching bird. The brown "ears" stand out, but so do its calls!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A #GreatCormorant in flight.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography #birdsinflight
The #CommonPochard I saw in Japan looks a lot like the Redhead and Canvasback in my area. Consulting the Phylogeny Explorer from Cornell Labs shows they are all right next to each other in the genetic tree, so my intuition in this case was spot on! Fun!
Nov 2025 #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
An #AmericanCrow with outstretched wings and a tightly fan-shaped tail.
Oct 2025 in Colorado #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography #birdsinflight
Not sure if the #GreyHeron is known for using tools like Green Herons are, but this one would pick up and drop this stick periodically into the water. Perhaps it was just passing the time!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
I was thrilled to see this #VariedTit as it was quite unexpected. One of the many joys of birding!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
A vibrant male #Mallard! Always nice to see a familiar species when traveling.
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
The coloration on adult #EurasianMoorhen will never get old: yellow/red/grey-blue/brown!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
One species of crow is fun to ID, two species is a murder (for your sanity to id). The #LargeBilledCrow on the light post and the slightly slimmer #CarrionCrow in the grass provides fun challenges. Thankfully they vocalize differently!
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
Touchdown! Oh shoot, I missed the big game last weekend?
Nov 2025 in Japan #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography #blacktailedgull
An #EasternBluebird perched in front of golden fall colors. A joy of photography is on this same tree I caught another EABL with rich red backgrounds -- both accenting different features of our feathery friend!
Nov 2025 in Illinois #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography
