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[lonestranger]

I have lots of pics of birds on a wire, here is one from today. Feel free to share yours.

 

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[Photgog]

This is scruffy and ugly... but it is a bird on a wire... with dinner.

Fraser

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[Curlybird]

Nice shot, lonestranger!  I'm jealous!  Here's mine....

[jmmoon]

I have a Kestrel pair who hunt and nest in my neighborhood during the winter. They seem to like my back yard/alley area.

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[Freebird]

I love this bright fella!

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[lyceel]

Bird on a (barbed) wire...

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[susanwinfl]

OK Guys, I am waiting to see the infamous always-see-them-on-a-wire (until my camera is in focus) kingfisher shots!  Anyone?? I know there are lots of Floridians here..step up!

[Seattle]

How about bird on a branch - here's your kingfisher!

[lonestranger]

It`s not a Kingfisher, but I`ve got an Eastern Kingbird on a wire.

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[GvilleRick]

The doves and mockingbirds love to sit on the wires around our yard. Here's a dove taken today both on a wire and a closeup on the ground.

 

 

[Photgog]

Nice Shots GvilleRick...

Mine here is the humble Mockingbird... on a wire.

Fraser

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[susanwinfl]

ewwwww, Seattle, I am so jealous, very nice pic. They always see me coming. I'm gonna get one someday though! (And isn't it funny, very RARELY see them in trees here)

[Possumbird55]

These are all great shots!  I have a Kingfisher on a wire picture but it's on my home computer!  Drat!  I have some other pics that would fit this theme too but I'll have to wait until I get home to add them.

Enjoying this thread

[jmmoon]

lyceel:

Bird on a (barbed) wire...

Lyceel, do you recall if this Shrike had prey skewered along the barbs on this fence wire? Lots of barbed wire fencing out here and it seems like every time I find a Shrike on barbed wire, it has 'snacks' stuck on the nearby barbs. Creative use of a man-made material by a wild bird.
 

[lyceel]

jmmoon:

Lyceel, do you recall if this Shrike had prey skewered along the barbs on this fence wire? Lots of barbed wire fencing out here and it seems like every time I find a Shrike on barbed wire, it has 'snacks' stuck on the nearby barbs. Creative use of a man-made material by a wild bird.

No, I didn't notice any.  I didn't know about that behavior at the time, so I didn't actually look for it, either.  I might have just missed it.  There were quite a few shrikes out there that day, too.

[jmmoon]

yeah, they'll skewer grasshoppers, caterpillars, lizards, whatever yummy thing they've caught. I don't know if they only do it certain times of year---i.e., if they're anticipating scarcity---or if it's a year-round behavior.

[kbaumann]

love the closeup of the mourning dove -  looks like Mimi from the Drew Carey show with the beginner blue eyeshadow! :)

[lonestranger]

kbaumann:

love the closeup of the mourning dove -  looks like Mimi from the Drew Carey show with the beginner blue eyeshadow! :)

LMAO

Thanks, kbaumann, now I'll never be able to look at another mourning dove without thinking about Mimi...a visual I could do without...LOL

[lonestranger]

Not your typical wire perching bird, at least not in my experience.

 

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