Photo Species of the Week

[john d]

Got a few great shots on Pie Billed Grebes

One from 2018


Pie Billed Grebe Anahauc NWR 4-18 by johnd1964, on Flickr

[Braxton L]

[Aidan B]

Been years since I've photographed one of these.

[aveschapinas]

I've got this one!

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[Charlie Spencer]

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park. January 2018. eBird checklist S42124158

When this species popped up as this week's bird, I knew immediately which photo I wanted.

[lonesome55dove]

Sadly, I don't have this one either.

[Marilynne]

Pied Billed Grebe

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[Charlie Spencer]

Happy Easter, Whatbirders! After two days watching NASCAR races at Rockingham NC, I'm ready for migration to get into high gear. Hopefully we'll be seeing these two species soon:

Summer Tanager

Lazuli Bunting

The guideline is only one photo per species per week, please. On those occasions when I name more than one species, you're welcome to post one photo of each species. Details and stories behind the photos are encouraged!

[Bering Birder]

Summer Tanager
Big Bend National Park, TX
5/20/78

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Lazuli Bunting
Red Top Mountain, WA
7/12/86

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[aveschapinas]

I have a Summer Tanager from about 10 years ago!

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[john d]

Got the Tanager but not the other one.

High Island TX 2022

Summer Tanager HIgh Island TX 4-22 by johnd1964, on Flickr

[stitch58]

Tanager only for me too. Cape May County, NJ - May 2024

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[lonesome55dove]

P5068528...Lazuli Bunting ~ female by lonesome55dove, on Flickr

[Aidan B]

Summer Tanager -- Monterey, CA


Lazuli Bunting -- El Dorado, CA

[Charlie Spencer]

My backyard. May 2025. https://ebird.org/checklist/S234732038

Why I installed this fountain. I probably should have cropped this a little wider.

Incidentally, did you know you can search Macaulay with banding codes?

[Charlie Spencer]

Good morning, Whatbirders! I hope everyone that is required to do so had done their taxes.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Swainson's Hawk

The guideline is only one photo per species per week, please. On those occasions when I name more than one species, you're welcome to post one photo of each species. Details and stories behind the photos are encouraged!

[Greyhawk]

Closest I ever got to a decent picture of a bird. It's actually a still frame from a video. I was sneaking up behind it at about 15 yards, with weeds in between us when it turned around around and walked downstream, passing within 5 yards of me.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Desoto, TX
6/7/23

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[Bering Birder]

Swainson's Hawk
Elkhart, KS
4/19/89

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Galveston, TX
10/5/78

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[john d]

I have both of these. but heading on my migration trip Wednesday .
Hopefully get some new ones for these.

[Sbruenjes]

Yellow-crowned night heron - Mills Pond, TX by stevebruenjes, on Flickr

[stitch58]

In Ocean City, NJ there's a Visitors Center located on the side of a bridge so it is elevated above the bay. Right next to it is a rookery & you can get amazing , closeup views by looking down from the parking area at all of the birds nesting there. They include both Night Herons, three Ibis species, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron & occasionally Tri-colored Heron.

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This was my lifer Swainson's Hawk which I drove 3 hours to see in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. I've since seen another in Cape May but those are the only two so far.

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[Charlie Spencer]

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Augusta GA. July 2023. https://ebird.org/checklist/S143543788

I have eleven photos of YCNH from five sightings over three states. Oddly, only one is an an adult, and it isn't the one I selected. I have two that are higher rated than this but I like the angle of one better.

[aveschapinas]

I thought I'd have a lot of these because I see them every year on the Christmas Bird Count in El Petén, but I had to dig to find one! We pretty much always see immatures; I don't know if I've ever seen an adult! The first time I saw one I thought, now I understand how birds are evolved from dinosaurs...

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[Marilynne]

April 17 2026
Wellington FL

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[Charlie Spencer]

Good morning, Whatbirders! I think today's randomly selected bird is common enough that we'll go with one species this week.

Orange-crowned Warbler

The guideline is only one photo per species per week, please. On those occasions when I name more than one species, you're welcome to post one photo of each species. Details and stories behind the photos are encouraged!

[Bering Birder]

Orange-crowned Warbler
Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, TX
1/28/84

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