Feathered Friday - Sightings of the Week

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Feathered Friday - Sightings of the Week
Here are a few sightings of the week for this #featheredfriday
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The first sighting was a green heron gulping down a fish. One second earlier and I could have captured the fish in his beak.

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I waited around hoping to see him catch something else but he had no luck. 

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We also visited the osprey nest that was being built earlier. Now I see one of the osprey parents sitting on the eggs. 

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She was squawking to her mate who was off in the distance. Probably hungry for fish. I hope to get back here again to see the babies once they've hatched and possibly while they are practicing to get ready to fly. 

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Here is a rare sight an orchard oriole. I heard its strange call and looked around and fortunately saw it in just enough of an opening in the scrubby trees.

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I also saw a female flying around but couldn't get a shot of her. 

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I did see a baltimore oriole female later on though. She was a good poser but her mate was busy catching bugs flying quickly up to their nest to feed the baby.

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It must have been breaktime for her. 


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Their nest was well hidden in these leaves and the babies were making quite a racket inside.

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This juvenile downy woodpecker was making a racket of his own looking for insects. 

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I even caught a glimpse of an eastern wood pewee. Sadly my camera focused on the branch it was sitting on. Quite small birds but I hear their call all the time in the forest.

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Last up is a juvenile bluebird that just left the nest. Getting some nice blue feathers in and learning how to be a grown up bird.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)
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