Two shots of a red-bellied woodpecker. The bird was so close that I had to zoom way out to get it all in frame. The second picture is at full zoom (800 mm, since I was using a teleconverter). Also: a male red-winged blackbird. The last picture, taken with my phone at the Harlem Meer, is titled “Reflections on things I cannot see”.
Central Park (again) today: can't a bird take a bath without paparazzi? A grey catbird, a female northern cardinal, and a male scarlet tanager. #birds#wildlifePhotography#birdCPP
I ask because I swear a little tiny bird just landed on a branch outside my window and scared itself.
I am writing by an open window and enjoying the breeze and the sun light as it streams in. I have a giant tree that overshadows the window, I think it's called a spruce tree. I love the way it smells and looks it is amazing and a key feature of the purchase.
So this little bird sits on a branch for about half a second and then chirped a sharp and loud chirp and absolutely flapped birdy wings straight away from the window.
I am laughing imagining the bird landing to see what was going on inside that house and getting a wiff of giant swamp panther and just absolutely losing his little birdy mind in panic and fear to dash away.
While we’re discussing bird behavior, I had a weird experience yesterday.
I was walking down the middle of a quiet street when I noticed wings flapping close behind me. As I went to look, I saw a mockingbird fly up to a nearby tree on the edge of the street & thought he’d just dipped too low when he flew from the electric wire to the tree. But then it happened again, and again and again — always close to the back of my head like a scene from Hitchcock’s “The Birds.” And no, there wasn’t a nest anywhere nearby.
The only thing I could think of is my ponytail of white hair—maybe it wanted a strand for a nest or something.
Ah, I just read an article that says mockingbirds especially see white as a danger sign cuz they have white wing patches to scare rivals & predators away. So maybe it was my white hair & I was being attacked for being on that bird’s territory! #birds
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