Birders
Related: About this forumWatching me thru front door! Friend says great crested flycatcher.
Descriptions say LARGE, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_crested_flycatcher but didn't look large to me, certainly not hawk-size, more like robin.
Walleye
(31,324 posts)elleng
(131,823 posts)Walleye
(31,324 posts)It stopped long enough that I shot a picture and was able to look it up pretty cool bird, kind of greenish. Never saw one before or since
brewens
(13,788 posts)really see what they are though.
It's like watching a cross between a butterfly and hummingbird seeing them hunt. I'm right by this bowl style high school track and those little guys are the only bird you will see land in the middle of a chain-link fence. It's about a month or so until I start seeing them right in my yard. When they fly, you get glimpses of the two white stripes on their wings. There is no mistaking those little guys.
elleng
(131,823 posts)and I'm on the couch, a few yards away
Probatim
(2,595 posts)They have a great call too. You can here their "zreeeeeeep" from a good distance.
elleng
(131,823 posts)elleng
(131,823 posts)and neighbor just said skunk had made it to their yard!
Probatim
(2,595 posts)It's a good tool but isn't definitive. I've found it to be a great helper when you can see the bird while it's calling.
elleng
(131,823 posts)Will see/hear tomorrow, maybe, but not on my phone, which is small and old; have to depend on laptop for such as Merlin.
Donkees
(31,629 posts)while looking at you, seems like a very good omen
elleng
(131,823 posts)'surgery' June 7!!!! MRI Tues, so doc can be sure knows where my 'brain' is!!!!
Donkees
(31,629 posts)The ''crested'' messenger bird also symbolizes focus on the head region, so it seems an especially *perfect* visitor looking in on you.
All best wishes for healing
elleng
(131,823 posts)LONG-time brewing condition, likely from childhood, and Johns Hopkins in bawlmer attending to me, so that's good. (Several posts in 'Health.')
Donkees
(31,629 posts)elleng
(131,823 posts)NOW check status of bamboo removal, essentially all OVER, osprey nest visible!
Donkees
(31,629 posts)but I'm unable to see the nest there yet (?) I'm pretty sure that 'mother goose' must be gone by now though.
elleng
(131,823 posts)Nest on top of boat 'house' on creek, posted.