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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Ally on June 22, 2020, 03:24:44 PM

Title: Properly mooned!
Post by: Ally on June 22, 2020, 03:24:44 PM

Sometimes mourning doves can be fun, if you are trying to catch them full wing. and they are always on the verge of a sweet smile. This one went for a drink, then started to walk around the edge of the drinking bowl, after mooned me fully, finally jumped in.

Title: Re: Properly mooned!
Post by: Ally on June 22, 2020, 03:26:27 PM

Did he do it on purpose?

Title: Re: Properly mooned!
Post by: Dinusaur on June 23, 2020, 04:01:45 PM

Sure he did; look at the last photo, he turned around to see your reaction.

Title: Re: Properly mooned!
Post by: Ally on June 23, 2020, 05:55:25 PM

Quote from: "Dinusaur"

Sure he did; look at the last photo, he turned around to see your reaction.

All the while you got to see a king bird trying to rescue a fledgling with his crown showing from no less than, A BALD EAGLE... I don't know where to begin with my envy and of course heartfelt admiration.

Title: Re: Properly mooned!
Post by: Dinusaur on June 24, 2020, 12:44:55 PM

Haha, some of us are very envious about your backyard and the trail that you regularly take hike on. You are one up when it comes to Olive-sided Flycatcher - I am still waiting to see one. I know your hope is to see that reddish crown on a Kingbird - I guess you have to see a raptor flying close to its territory. Here are two photos of an Osprey at the receiving end of a Kingbird's wrath - they are not called Kingbird for nothing.

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Title: Re: Properly mooned!
Post by: Ally on June 24, 2020, 01:09:39 PM

Quote from: "Dinusaur"

Haha, some of us are very envious about your backyard and the trail that you regularly take hike on. You are one up when it comes to Olive-sided Flycatcher - I am still waiting to see one. I know your hope is to see that reddish crown on a Kingbird - I guess you have to see a raptor flying close to its territory. Here are two photos of an Osprey at the receiving end of a Kingbird's wrath - they are not called Kingbird for nothing.

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Thanks for sharing those wonderful pics. Now at least I know what scenarios to look for. The day before yesterday I heard some arguments on the other side of the valley, saw blue jays, grackles, black birds, and a kingbird. Didn't find any sizable predator, so I don't know what are they pretesting about.

Title: Re: Properly mooned!
Post by: Shortsighted on June 24, 2020, 01:52:52 PM

Craps game?

Title: Re: Properly mooned!
Post by: Axeman on June 25, 2020, 04:02:27 PM

@ Ally....fab pix...ahh...enjoyed them....I love when I can recognize the discreet birds like the female RBG...that's not a mooning....more like a "Kiss my tail feathers"

@dinusaur ... holy crap....you get the most amazing pix....that was FABULOUS.