FAT SEXY said:

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Could only account for one juvenile.. its in an entirely different tree.. also seen one of the adults flying around calling like crazy. Not sure if that's a good sign

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Doesn't sound good to me. Fingers crossed.

I went by there this afternoon. When I got out of my vehicle, I saw what I thought was one of the adults fly north and circle around and land in a tree behind a bunch of leaves so I couldn't get a good look at it. The grackles were badgering it of course. I finally eased my way around to where I could sort of get a look at it, and I think it was one of the juveniles, the one that looked older to me from yesterday. I didn't see or hear any of the adults around.
I saw that some limbs got knocked down from the storms yesterday. One of which was a limb from the same tree the nest is in. In fact, the limb that's now barely hanging on is just next to the nest branch. I got some cell phone photos of it.

Here is how it looks today. You can see the nest in the fork to the upper right, and the hanging branch in the middle, lower down. I think this was the branch the younger bird was flying back and forth to from the nest yesterday. There is also a pretty good layer of leaves covering the ground that got knocked off.



It just so happened that I took a pic yesterday of the nest tree. So you can compare the difference.

Yeah, I shut it off when I saw him. That bird was absolutely unconcerned and hopped right up.

labmansid said:

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I went by there this afternoon. When I got out of my vehicle, I saw what I thought was one of the adults fly north and circle around and land in a tree behind a bunch of leaves so I couldn't get a good look at it. The grackles were badgering it of course. I finally eased my way around to where I could sort of get a look at it, and I think it was one of the juveniles, the one that looked older to me from yesterday. I didn't see or hear any of the adults around.
I saw that some limbs got knocked down from the storms yesterday. One of which was a limb from the same tree the nest is in. In fact, the limb that's now barely hanging on is just next to the nest branch. I got some cell phone photos of it.

Here is how it looks today. You can see the nest in the fork to the upper right, and the hanging branch in the middle, lower down. I think this was the branch the younger bird was flying back and forth to from the nest yesterday. There is also a pretty good layer of leaves covering the ground that got knocked off.



It just so happened that I took a pic yesterday of the nest tree. So you can compare the difference.

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Big time damage

I'm thinking Altamira Oriole.

I'm leaning toward an Audubon Oriole. Based on the yellow color and location.

HECUBUS said:

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Merlin bird ID by Cornell lab is a phone app that is really good for identifying.

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Merlin says Hooded Oriole.

It's definitely an oriole, maybe a Altihoodaubon Oriole.

Actually Hooded does seem to fit after further inspection.

Thanks. There are some pretty cool looking birds down here every once in awhile.

Those are my favorite. My mom used to obsess over them when they would show up.

Sorry, posted on wrong thread.

How far south? It's either or a hooded or a 1st year male orchard oriole.

siclaro said:

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siclaro said:

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I have a pair of road runners building a nest in a cedar elm by my driveway. I have no idea why they chose this location as I have 100 or so trees on my property. I hope I don't run them off.

Road Runner Building Nest

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Update: My roadrunners lost their eggs - found both eggs broken, one on the ground and one still in the nest. A real bummer since I bought a trail cam and was going to hang it in the tree.

As a consolation, here are a couple of videos of a crow being dive-bombed by a mockingbird - got some use out of the trail cam after all.

Crow and Mockingbird A
Crow and Mockingbird B

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Sorry to hear that about the roadrunners. There's a chance they could try again. Fingers crossed.

Wow... Looks like maybe a leucistic Mississippi kite.

Edit: Actually it looks too big. Maybe a leucistic red tailed hawk??

Badace52 said:

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Wow... Looks like maybe a leucistic Mississippi kite.

Edit: Actually it looks too big. Maybe a leucistic red tailed hawk??

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I don't think it is a Kite either. Closer to a red-tailed or red-shoulder hawk IMO. Here is a MS Kite.


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Yeah definitely not a kite.

My guess is a red shouldered hawk.