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Looks like breeding male and juvenile European Starlings if I had to guess. Never seen 'em nesting, much less in a saguaro like that, so definitely a nice shot!

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Total birds seen: 217
Latest lifers:
Wilson's Snipe, Barred Owl, Eastern Meadowlark
Favorite lifers:
Black-billed Cuckoo, Reddish Egret, Wood Stork
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I typically label my pictures with the name of the bird using the American Ornithological Union alpha code.

http://bird.ifas.ufl.edu/species_list.pdf

Sad part about this picture is that European Starlings are displacing cavity nesters in Arizona. 

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Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye

That's a good idea, using alpha coding.  I may start doing that.

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Life List: 165
New this year-to-date: 14
Latest: Barn Owl

"You call that a wedge?!!  I've seen better formations in the clouds!  We're not leaving this pond until it's right!!!"

 

lyceel:

"You call that a wedge?!!  I've seen better formations in the clouds!  We're not leaving this pond until it's right!!!"

 

Good one, Lyceel!

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Life List: 165
New this year-to-date: 14
Latest: Barn Owl

Hee hee!  Excellent Lyceel!

(Man, you're getting some great "mileage" out of that group of mergs!)

Wicked hoody pic and caption lyceel!

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Last two photo-lifers: Tundra Swan and Varied Thrush.

Thanks everyone. 

@sandylee:  Hopefully I'm not overdoing it.  They're my first Mergansers, I guess I'm just excited about them 

Nice shot - I've thought of starting a thread on what we think the birds are saying or caption this picture - this one would be a good picture for that!

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New for 2010: horned lark, prairie falcon, red-necked grebe, bewick's wren, snow bunting

lyceel:

Thanks everyone. 

@sandylee:  Hopefully I'm not overdoing it.  They're my first Mergansers, I guess I'm just excited about them 

Not at all!  I'm just jealous...I was all excited about my first Hoodie pics from this past weekend too...due to the distance they'll need some serious cropping...and the females only seemed to want to show their "south" end going "north"... sigh.

I am pregnant. 

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Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye

You're what?!

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Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye

Matt:

You're what?!

Hey, Matt - is that a picture of Fraser when you told him how many lifers you had?

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Life List: 165
New this year-to-date: 14
Latest: Barn Owl

So a Killdeer, Avocet, and Mallard walk into a bar ... 

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Rudi.
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Speak softly and carry a big lens!
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HA!

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Rudi.
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Speak softly and carry a big lens!
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See my bird photos on Flickr