#birdidentification

Apparently I’m really into crested birds! Meet the newest in our birch tree bird couple collection, the cedar waxwings! They are a favorite but I’ve only seen them once when we were in Isle Royale National Park. Have you see a cedar waxwing? Tell me where! If not, what was your favorite bird encounter? Tag a friend who was with you! 🦆🦅🦉 . #forageworkshop #birdnerd #cedarwaxwing #bluejay #cardinal #pileatedwoodpecker #backyardbirds #springbirds #springisintheair #birdlover #lovebirds #birchtrees #birding #birdsofinstagram #crazybirdlady #nationalparklife #birdidentification #njaudobon #forthebirds #putabirdonit #birdsofafeather https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpdBjThAcL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dzrdf3sh5wg2

Golden eagle or immature bald eagle? Regardless, it's been eating well for several days, along with some crows and magpies. #eagle #goldeneagle #baldeagle #carcass #elk #wildlife #colorado #soar #raptor #birdidentification (at Estes Park, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu7qO4Gh5ue/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=167ebt2yx3swt

The slightly upturned bill of the greater yellowlegs is another way to distinguish it from the lesser yellowlegs. Photo from Monday. #shorebirds #sandpipers #sandpiper #birding #birdwatching #torontobirds #birds #birdidentification #birdid (at Ashbridge's Bay)

https://homebirdfeeder.com/difference-between-a-sparrow-and-a-dunnock/

https://homebirdfeeder.com/seven-species-of-chickadees-in-north-america/

I got fussed at a lot trying to take this baby mockingbird pic, I was lucky I didn't get dive-bombed. Talk about helicopter parents. #birds #birdidentification #birdwatching #babyanimals #babybird #babybirds #northernmockingbird #mockingbird #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_QqG_uKWl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The black-headed grosbeak is one of the few birds that can eat a monarch butterfly. Monarchs pick up poisons from the milkweed they eat as caterpillars, but these birds co-evolved to be immune to the poisons. They eat up to a million monarchs in their winter headquarters in Mexico. Give it a rest, grosbeaks! . . . #blackheadedgrosbeak #birdsofinstagram #birdidentification #merlinbirdid #birdart #birdpainting #birdpaintings #naturejournal #naturesketch #naturesketching #pnwbirds #gouacheillustration #gouachepainting #gouachesketchbook #birdsketch (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccs63bzpEL9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m down in San Diego right now and I have managed to pick up a couple new birds with my Merlin @cornellbirds app, but here’s one from Portland… . . . #birdidentification #birdsofinstagram #housesparrow #watercolorbirds #drawingbirds #birddrawing #birdpainting #birdsketch #naturesketch #naturejournal #birdart #naturesketching #naturejournaling (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaxVXPVJkHg/?utm_medium=tumblr