Bath time

wet little birdie - I thought this was another kinglet, but I have a photo before he took the plunge into the pool and it turns out he's a vireo

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Ferdy Christant

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I did not expect this series of new birds, how versatile can you be? ;) Posted 10 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  lol -I'm pretty much just opportunistic. I noticed the chickadees first as they are pretty bold birds and weren't scared off by my presence (and I've wanted a good photo of a Chestnut backed...), so I sat down to change from my macro to a longer lens. As I sat there more and more little birds started coming down because there was a natural little pool in the log that was a perfect bird bath. I was sitting across the path from them, but as long as I was fairly still they didn't seem to mind me. If I had the time to stay in that spot longer, I may have been able to see even more kinds. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    That's so cool, them being aware of your presence but not bothered by it. Posted 10 years ago

The Huttons vireo

Hutton's vireo is a small songbird. It is approximately 5 inches in length, dull olive-gray above and below. It has a faint white eye ring and faint white wing bars. It closely resembles a ruby-crowned kinglet, but has a thicker bill and is slightly larger in size. Its most common song is a repeated chu-wee, or a chew, but will have other variations. Its call is a mewing chatter.

It is found from southern British Columbia in Canada to central Guatemala in Central America. Recent DNA studies.. more

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Species identified by morpheme

By morpheme

Uploaded Sep 20, 2015. Captured Oct 19, 2015 12:44 in Five Mile Dr, Tacoma, WA 98407, USA.

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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.