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Who Made This Nest?
Kids found this nest yesterday. Any guesses on who made this nest? VERY tiny, found (empty) under oak tree in Southern Illinois (USA). Green material seems to be fishing line. —put back after taking pics-- Brittly27
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- backyard birding illinois nest
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- Forum: Garden Birds, Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
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American Goldfinch
Female goldfinch- jrcummins84
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- american goldfinch illinois spinus tristis
- Comments: 3
- Category: North America
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Swamp Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow- jrcummins84
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- illinois melospiza georgiana swamp sparrow
- Comments: 2
- Category: North America
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Swamp Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow- jrcummins84
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- illinois melospiza georgiana swamp sparrow
- Comments: 3
- Category: North America
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Great Blue Heron
This heron was fishing at a local park lake- jrcummins84
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- ardea herodias flight great blue heron illinois
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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Great Blue Heron
This heron was fishing at a local park lake- jrcummins84
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- great blue heron illinois
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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Eastern Towhee
Eastern Towhee found foraging near honeysuckle bushes- jrcummins84
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- eastern towee illinois pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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Cooper's Hawk
Immature or first year Cooper's Hawk- jrcummins84
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- accipiter cooperii coopers hawk illinois
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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American Goldfinch
Went on a hike caught a couple of Goldfinch and Turkey Vultures, more pics from tonights hike @birdingwithjosh- jrcummins84
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- american golfinch illinois spinus tristis
- Comments: 5
- Category: North America
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Tree Swallow
Drab color, but with blue flecks makes me think this might be either a female or immature tree swallow- jrcummins84
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- illinois pond tachycineta bicolor tree swallow
- Comments: 1
- Category: North America
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Tree Swallow
Drab color, but with blue flecks makes me think this might be either a female or immature tree swallow- jrcummins84
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- illinois pond tachycineta bicolor tree swallow
- Comments: 2
- Category: North America
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Canada Goose
Big Stretch for this local pond favorite- jrcummins84
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- canada goose illinois pond
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- Category: North America
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American Avocet
This guy must have taken a wrong turn and showed up in Illinois this morning. Not the best picture but I was sure lucky enough to spot an avocet in northern IL this morning.- jrcummins84
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- american avocet avocet illinois usa wetland
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- Category: North America
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Gray Catbird
Catbird came to the local park, this guy was very vocal today 5-11-2021- jrcummins84
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- catbird dumetella carolinensis illinois
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- Category: North America
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Yellow Warbler
Taking a break from finding nesting material- jrcummins84
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- illinois setophaga petechia warbler yellow warbler
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- Category: North America
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Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler gathering nesting material- jrcummins84
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- illinois setophaga petechia warbler yellow warbler
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- Category: North America
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Yellow Rumped Warbler
This guy was watching me try to hide from the birds with my camera, he says I failed lol :)- jrcummins84
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- illinois setophaga coronata warbler yellow rumped
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- Category: North America
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Sandhill Crane
4 Sandhills were feeding in the fields, then took off suddenly , I was able to grab this shot. :)- jrcummins84
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- flight grus casnadensis illinois sandhil crane wetlands
- Comments: 2
- Category: North America
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Bald Eagle
Out for a hike and shoot at the local wetlands and came across this unexpected Bald Eagle, and he was Talkative! :)- jrcummins84
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- bald eagle illinois wetlands
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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Song Sparrow
Found this little guy at the local park next to a lake- jrcummins84
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- illinois melospiza melodia song sparrow sparrow
- Comments: 2
- Category: North America
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Palm Warbler
Palm warbler at the local park in thorny brush around a lake- jrcummins84
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- brush illinois lake palm warbler setophaga palmarum
- Comments: 3
- Category: North America
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Female Red Wing Blackbird
Female Red Wing Blackbird in the dry reeds at a local park- jrcummins84
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- agelaius phoeniceus illinois pond red wing black bird
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- Category: North America
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Palm Warbler Catching a Spider in Midair (action sequence)
A hovering Palm Warbler deftly picks a spider from a web, taking care to avoid getting entangled.- syncrasy
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- flight illinois palm warbler setophaga palmarum usa
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- Category: North America
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Tree Swallow.jpg
Tree Swallow gathering nest material near a marsh/pond- jrcummins84
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- 12bb illinois tachycineta bicolor tree swallow usa
- Comments: 5
- Category: North America
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Killdeer- jrcummins84
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- charadrius vociferus illinois killdeer usa
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America