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On The Road – Albatrossity – Bird Butts Before Breakfast #2

by WaterGirl|  December 13, 20215:00 am| 13 Comments

This post is in: Albatrossity, On The Road, Photo Blogging

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

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We have an interesting week ahead!  Bird butts are first on the menu, needing no introduction, then Gin & Tonic takes us from the desert to the sea, and Bill takes us to the lake.  Then way2blue takes us drinking in the countryside (I took quite a bit of poetic license with that description!) and we finish off the week with first-time contributor Cheryl who peeked her head out in the lurkers thread and talked about the shelter photos she takes of rescue pets!

Oh, and if you don’t start sending in Christmas photos of when you were a kid, we may have to take a week or two off for Christmas!  Come on guys, I want to see all of you in your jammies when you were 5.

Albatrossity

Week 2 of Bird Butts Before Breakfast features some handsome heinies, and another Quiz Bird!

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The Nebraska SandhillsOctober 15, 2020

Here’s a bird that is on the want-to-see list for lots of North American birders, since it tends to most common in places where humans and human habitations are less common. You won’t often see them perched in a tree, however. Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus).

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Near Manhattan KSMay 1, 2017

This bird, Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) is named (twice!) for its bright yellow head, which is indeed an obvious and helpful field mark. But a better name might be the Yellow-vented Blackbird!

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Near Sterling KSOctober 12, 2018

This Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) paused on its annual migration from our North American prairies to the pampas of South America, and gave me a chance to admire its better side.

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Near Manhattan KSFebruary 25, 2021

‘Tis the season for consumption of Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), but you will have to wait until spring to see this fan-dancing display for the ladies.

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Near Manhattan KSJune 12, 2020

Second-year male Summer Tanagers (Piranga rubra) have interesting blotchy plumages, with red and yellow patches distributed seemingly randomly. This one has a very attractive look from the rear, however.

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Quivira NWROctober 6, 2020

A flock of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) pretending to be the Rockettes.

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Near Manhattan KSSeptember 25, 2021

Most birds do not have a particularly distinctive rear end, but the rufous undertail of the Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is familiar to most North American birders.

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Near Manhattan KSJune 7, 2017

Upland Sandpipers (Bartramia longicauda) usually land in a wings-up display, then primly fold their wings into a more normal position. One of the iconic birds of our local prairies.

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Palo Duro State Park, TXDecember 30, 2017

This slim profile of a Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) is not a typical angle; usually we see the more elongated side-view. But they are handsome from any angle, including this one. That genus name, by the way, means Earth-cuckoo, and they are indeed mostly ground-dwelling members of the cuckoo family, although they can fly quite well.

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Near Manhattan KSMay 19, 2019

And finally, here is your Bird Butt Before Breakfast quiz bird for the day! The correct answer will appear in the comments later.

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13Comments

  1. 1.

    HinTN

    December 13, 2021 at 5:38 am

    Er, um … goldfinch?

    Love the Rockettes

  2. 2.

    MagdaInBlack

    December 13, 2021 at 5:57 am

    The Swainson’s Hawk seems to have given us a projectile opinion.

  3. 3.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 13, 2021 at 6:04 am

    I want to see all of you in your jammies when you were 5.

    No.

  4. 4.

    Betty

    December 13, 2021 at 7:28 am

    The plumage on the roadrunner is exceptional.

  5. 5.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 13, 2021 at 8:12 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Indeed.

  6. 6.

    currants

    December 13, 2021 at 9:30 am

    I’ll play–vireo?  Or a warbler of some sort. I don’t have a good sense of scale, and zero sense of the birds in your area (I’m in eastern MA).

  7. 7.

    mvr

    December 13, 2021 at 9:56 am

    Not going to guess. But thanks for giving us a new perspective on birds!

  8. 8.

    Rob

    December 13, 2021 at 10:06 am

    Great Crested Flycatcher?

    The Upland Sandpiper shot is amazing.

  9. 9.

    BigJimSlade

    December 13, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    I like how the blackbird’s butt matches the flowers!

  10. 10.

    BigJimSlade

    December 13, 2021 at 12:53 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Hey not to highjack the thread, but I saw this yesterday and wondered if you use this technique at all: image averaging. I know you work on your astrophotography pictures a lot, but I don’t recall if this specific technique was one that you use or have tried, but I thought of you when I saw it.

  11. 11.

    Albatrossity

    December 13, 2021 at 1:26 pm

    @Rob: Yes! You can see a hint of rufous in that tail, and the bill profile from underneath says “flycatcher”. Good work!

  12. 12.

    pinacacci

    December 13, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    I love these photos so much, every time.  Thank you Albatrossity.

  13. 13.

    StringOnAStick

    December 13, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    Gorgeous, all of them!

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