Bird watchers?

[retrorich]

I love all birds--except the ones that use my shiny black New Beetle as a rolling rest room.

And I even forgive them.

 

[Jaymes]

Thought I'd ask you guys to help identify the little mystery bird that showed up in my front yard a few minutes ago.

I apologize for the bad quality of the pictures... I had to take them through a window that had sunlight shining in it.

If it helps any in identification, it had a medium-sized black ovalish marking on its chest.

 

[QTpi]

It looks like a Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus). They are found throughout the United States.

 

[QTpi]

You can read about it and compare a photo at enature.com. Here is the direct link:

http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/s...searchText=flicker&curPageNum=1&recnum=BD0427

 

[Jaymes]

Thanks, QTpi! That sure looks like what she was.

 

[Pah]

We get seagulls in town (south of Richmond, VA). You can see them all the time in the parking lots at McDonalds and a few other places. People feed them french fries and buns. It was really surprised the first time I saw them there.

QTpi has a story about seagulls that I give permission for her to tell.

 

[painted wolf]

I have a flicker feather hanging from my Van rear-view mirror. They are wonderful birds. There are stories of them helping lost people out of the woods. I'm hoping it will help keep me from getting lost on the road. So far so good.
They are easy to follow with thier bright flashing yellow under wings. (or red depending on the sub-species)

wa:do