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Itzl Alert Network: Tuesday, 25th of March, 2025: Birds of Wichita, Kansas [1]
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Date: 2025-03-24
I bought me a book on birds:
A Field Guide to Backyard Birds of North America
I got the book so that I would have a checklist to work from, rather than relying on only my recall of birds I have seen.
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I went to the Daily Kos image library to post pictures of the birds.
(So much better than last week, when I gave you nearly zero images of the trees, just my descriptions and a few videos.)
Western Meadowlark
House Sparrow
Common Grackle
Blue Jay
American Crow
Cardinal
American Robin
European Starling
Mourning Dove
Canada Goose
The Western meadowlark is the state bird of Kansas.
Okay, to bring my text down closer to the pictures, I suppose I can simply type one character, over and over, to move my text down the page:
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The House Sparrow is the most common of the small sparrows and finches.
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(My first name if Mark, so that is why I chose the M.)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
The Grackle is my favorite bird.
I like the sleek profile, from the slender beak to the long tail.
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Here is a smaller picture of a Blue Jay, to go with the picture at the top.
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I think this is a drawing, not a photo, but still a good image of a Crow.
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The Cardinal is such a very bright, bold shade of red.
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Our good old friend, the red breasted American Robin.
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The starlings land in happy little flocks, and peck at the ground, all around these apartments.
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These doves look so pretty and innocent. And their song is “ooh a ooh, ooh, ooh.”
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The geese only land near ponds and such, but they often fly over me at my home.
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Nizz recently posted a nice peaceful poem about hawks, so I felt the need to include a hawk in this diary.
I am not sure which kind of hawks I may have seen near my home, but this one will do.
Great Horned Owl
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I have heard owls outside my front door, many times.
Once again, I am not sure which kind are near me, but this one will do.
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I have seen and heard woodpeckers a few times nearby.
I do not recall seeing the bright red head of the red headed woodpecker, so I am posting this one.
Go to Wiki to listen to the sounds of each bird, if you like:
Hairy Woodpecker
en.wikipedia.org/…
I have always thought that the sound of the Blue Jay seems like it comes from vocal cords made of stainless steel!
Ha!
Anyway.
I hope you enjoyed these birds.
Hugs!
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