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Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds (northern IN)
First are some Ruby-Throats in Marshall County, IN around a feeder. There is one immature male with the small red feathers on his lower gorget, along with a couple others, probably females. This was towards the end of their season up north, when the adults (adult males in particular) have already left for migration, so…
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Hummingbirds on silk floss tree
This tree’s flowers must have some good nectar, at least a few dozen Anna’s and Allen’s were eating or chasing and chirping at each other.
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Hybrid Anna’s-Allen’s Hummingbird
This guy comes around often, and he looks different from the others. From the back he looks like an Anna, with his back completely green. Spreading his tail the base is rufous-colored, which Anna’s don’t have. His chest/belly looks like an Anna with the gray dots, but he has rufous (orange-brown) coloring on the edges…
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Red-whiskered bulbul
An interesting bird, native to South Asia, but with clusters where they have been introduced, becoming fairly common in Los Angeles. I imagine this happened similarly to our peacocks and parrots, either eccentric rich guys bringing them over or escaping from a pet store. https://ebird.org/species/rewbul
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Male Anna’s Hummingbirds
Male Anna’s Hummingbirds are some of the most beautiful birds. In addition to iridescent green feathers, they have a striking pink gorget (chin/throat) and head. In some lighting conditions, these feathers are dull and black, but when the sun hits it right, it gives off a brilliant pink flare. Of course, they mostly use this…
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Plane spotting – LAX and Burbank
LAX is probably the more exciting place in terms of variety with large planes from around the world. Burbank just gets a bunch of Southwest 737’s and private planes.
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Hawks
