featheredfriday Tag Posts Index

Perfecting the seagull goosestep!

Hello Hello to all Hivians, Hivers and indeed any bird lovers that are reading this. Some of my favourite posts to write on Hive are the feathered friends posts,

Feathered Friday - Baby Sandhill Crane and Other Sightings

It's #featheredfriday again This time I went back to where I saw the sandhill cranes nesting and the babies are starting to grow. Last time I was here I saw a few

Feathered Friday - A Splash of Red

Here are a few sightings for the week on this #featheredfriday The first sighting was a bright red flash with an unusual call. A summer tanager finally. It's been

Feathered Friday - Commoners

Here are a couple common species I saw this past week for this #featheredfriday This dove landed on my balcony. I suspect it is looking for a new nesting spot. It

Feathered Friday - With Fluffy Critters

Here is a cardinal and some other fluffy critters for this #featheredfriday The gloomy rainy days of late winter make the cardinals really pop out in the forest.

Pigeon Pile

Here is a pile of pigeons for this #featheredfriday. Someone goes around and dumps millet at various spots in the city and I happened to see all these pigeons pile

Feathered Friday - Mergansers on the Chicago River

It is winter and the Red-Breasted Mergansers have arrived on the Chicago River for this #featheredfriday There is a spot on the Chicago Riverwalk where the river

Feathered Friday - Belted Kingfisher

Here is a belted kingfisher for this #featheredfriday I hear these guys near lake around where I live but in all my years of birding I have never been able to pin

Feathered Friday - Fish Feeding Interrupted

We went to feed large carp at a pond and got interrupted for this #featheredfriday A pair of Canada geese were the main culprits that stopped our fish feeding plans.

Feathered Friday - Fall Sightings (Sparrow, Bluejay and Flicker)

Here are a few fall sightings for this #featheredfriday As usual I spotted plenty of house sparrows but this on posed nicely against the backdrop of a bokeh orange

Feathered Friday - Saving a Bird in Chicago

Here are a few sightings and a bird save for this #featheredfriday Early in the morning I was walking to work and noticed this guy on the ground. I thought it was

Feathered Friday - Tame Heron and Others

Here are a few sightings by a pond for this #featheredfriday Here is a super tame green heron hunting by the pond. It was so tame I could walk just by it and observe

Feathered Friday - This Week's Sightings

Here are a few of this week's sightings for #featheredfriday I finally got a decent shot of a wood pewee. Due to the coloring I believe it is a Western Wood-Pewee

Feathered Friday - Day Late Sightings

Here area a few sighting a day late for this #featheredfriday I got these shots from a cabin in Wisconsin out the window. There were quite a few juvenile bluebirds

Feathered Friday - Lots of Baby Ducks

We went to a Japanese garden on a road trip and found loads of baby mallards for this #featheredfriday Since this garden gets many visitors constantly these ducks

Feathered Friday - Sightings of the Week

Here are a few sightings of the week for this #featheredfriday Right out my balcony window way across town I saw a young red tailed hawk land on an evergreen tree.

Feathered Friday - Bird Boxes and Other Sightings

Here are some of this week's sightings for this #featheredfriday I noticed a few of the bluebird boxes had juveniles leaving the nest. These two were in and out

Feathered Friday - Hawk Getting Annoyed

Here is a young red-tailed hawk getting annoyed for this #featheredfriday Poor thing was trying to rest on a tree and kept getting dive bombed by blue jays. He had

Feathered Friday - Drama at the Lake

The lake is full of fights and drama for this #featheredfriday These geese appear to be fighting over the same chick. Keep away I claimed her first! She will never

Feathered Friday - Dove Differences with a Few other Sightings

Here are a couple of doves and some other sightings for this #featheredfriday I used to think white winged doves were just mourning doves. But they have differences