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May 13, 2017
Some of the Birds I've Seen

Between my work on teaching an online course for Lezha Academic Center and coping with needing extra rest due to the pain from my hip that needs replacing, I have not gotten any photos published for over a  month. So here goes with some new ones. (I will mostly just identify the birds; you can provide a description.) Enjoy! 

make sparrow on our feeder

Male House Sparrow (7-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

mourning dove walking away hunting for seeds

Mourning Dove (7-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

gray squirrel in a flowering plum tree

Gray Squirrel (6-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

two mourning doves feeding on the ground

Two Mourning Doves (6-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

mourning dove feeding side view

One Mourning Dove (6-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

male cardinal on the edge of our deck

Male Cardinal on Our Deck (6-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

female house sparrow flying to land on the feeder

Female House Sparrow Comes for a Landing (5-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

male house sparrow looks around

Male House Sparrow Checks Me Out... (5-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

male house sparrow gets food

...and Decides on Getting Seeds (5-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

blue jay up in an mature ash tree

Blue Jay Hides Up in a Bare Ash Tree (4-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

female house sparrow up in the ash tree

Female House Sparrow Up in Our Ash Tree (4-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

American robin hunts in the grass

American Robin (3-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

male house sparrow on another day at the feeder

Another Male House Sparrow (3-May-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

blue jay underneath our feeder

Blue Jay underneath the Feeder (28-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

male house sparrow on a different feeder

Male House Sparrow and Female Cardinal (27-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

chipping sparrow and two house sparrows on the feeder

Chipping Sparrow and Female House Sparrow (24-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

side-view of a mourning dove

Mourning Dove (22-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

front-view of a mourning dove

Mourning Dove Poses Differently (22-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

another front-view of a mourning dove

Mourning Dove Looks Straight On (22-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

common grackle in the grass

Common Grackle (22-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

male hourse finch and male house sparrow feed

Male House Finch and Male House Sparrow (22-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

a house sparrow and a chipping(?) sparrow

Female House Sparrow and a Chipping(?) Sparrow (16-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

common grackle alert in a tree

Common Grackle in the Ash Tree (15-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

immature robin in the grass

Immature American Robin (15-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

male house finch ready to leave feeder

Male House Finch (12-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

a mourning dove and a female cardinal in the grass

Female Cardinal and Mourning Dove Are Adjoining Neighbors (12-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

a female cardinal side-view 

Female Cardinal (12-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

female cardinal pointing away from photographer 

Back-view of Female Cardinal (12-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

another day and another m oruning dove 

Another Mourning Dove (12-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

a gray squirrel finds food 

Gray Squirrel (12-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

a front-facing female white-throated sparrow 

Top-view of White-throated Sparrow (12-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

a side-view of a female white-throated sparrow 

White-throated Sparrow (12-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

an American robin facing away 

American Robin (10-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

a left-facing American robin 

Back-view of an American Robin (10-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

a right-facing American robin 

Front-view of an American Robin (10-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

another blue jay under our feeder 

Blue Jay Perched Below Our Feeder (7-Apr-17; © Richard L. Bowman)

Whether common birds at our feeders and in our trees or on the ground or more rare varieties, I enjoy observing these birds and their varied poses. Let's thank God for the beauty of the wildlife around us if we only take time to look for and at it!

© 2014-17, Richard L. Bowman

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