Know your quarry - Merlin Bird ID

MightyMo said:

Yep, that is an Indigo Bunting for sure, not the beak, it isn't any type of Grosbeak

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DBlue said:

When I was into the bird photography, I had always wanted to find a Pileated Woodpeckers nest and try to get some pics of them feeding the young ones in the nest. I used to walk for miles in the woods trying to follow them to find an active nest. Around here it's very hard to find an active nest in a rural area....it took me 5 years and I finally found one and got the pics I wanted.... Here's a couple of the pics I got.......

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kayaker said:

My area the grosbeaks only show up in the middle of spring for a week or so then vanish till the next year. They are a colorful bird.

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