The Snowy Files ✨ @snowycat230 - Tumblr Blog

omg I literally forgot to post for the past year 😭 waits it’s been longer than that now hasn’t it ???

Hope you guys have been doing alright!

Golden eagle in Seward, AK (around august 18th?).

Made it to Audubon Top 100!!!! Heck yeah!!

Revel in the staggering beauty and surprising behaviors featured in this gallery of our favorite images. Also check out the story behind eac

#audubonsociety #audubonphotography #audubontop100 #birb #birblife #Alaska #bird #bird photography #audubonphotographycontest

Two guys in Port Washington

May 5, 2023

#birds #birb #birdphotography #birblife #bird video #barn swallow #port washington #wisconsin #birding

Common Goldeneye

Recorded 1/8/23, Chicago Lakefront Path

#birds #birblife #birdcaptures #chicago #bird video #common goldeneye #lakefront #chicagolakefront #birdwatching #video post #video content #Ihopethisisactuallyavideo

omg I literally forgot to post for the past year 😭 waits it’s been longer than that now hasn’t it ???

Hope you guys have been doing alright!

Golden eagle in Seward, AK (around august 18th?).

#birds #photography #birdphotography #birdcaptures #birdwatching #alaska #alaskaphotography #golden eagle

that’s it. that’s the post.

#birds #birdphotography #photography #red winged blackbird #jojo reference #time to be a menace

Since nothing really changes the fact I post im weird bursts, have some recent watercolors I’ve done!

tiz-aves

Greetings do you know what these birds are? I’m assuming the third photo may also be one so I included it. My parents keep saying it’s not what my guesses are so here I am >:D

Hi snowy, great to have you back! :D

Those seem to be eiders, either females or immature males (though I was very unsure at that last picture because I haven't actually seen full-frontal eiders, which is a problem @fullfrontalbirds could solve)!

I am not sure of the species, but since there are only three eiders this should be relatively easy to find out, on the topic of finding out, what did you say it was?

We can start by comparing it to the king eider which I believe to be the least likely answer. I will show an adult male and female and a juvenile male (juvenile females pretty much look like their adult version which is why it’s not necessary to show them separately).

Image by Matthew Studebaker; King eider breeding pair

Image by Greg Schneider; King eider juvenile male

On to the spectacled eider!

Image by Dan Behm; Spectacled eider breeding pair

Image by Rosemary Harris; Spectacled eider juvenile male

and lastly, the common eider!

Image by John Shaw; Common Eider breeding pair

Image by Manuel ROMARIS; Common eider juvenile male

So based on these images (and others I didn’t include) I’m almost certain that the first two are common eider juvenile males, I’m not as sure of the third one, but it’s likely that the same applies to it too. Common eiders nest throughout the year and males take up to three years to reach sexual maturity, so the date isn’t really an indicator for these birds.

They mostly occur around American and Asian coasts (Asian only there where Eurasia and North America get close to each other)

As always, if I’m wrong, come back to me and I’ll try again, or if you found out yourself, tell me! Keep in mind that individual variation very much is visible to humans in eiders, especially when they’re still maturing, which is why the images I chose don’t look like a carbon copy of those @snowycat230 took!

Also I know I said I’d do this yesterday put you know, the word “tomorrow” has plenty of definitions, such as “in two days”! >:)

snowycat230

Thank you again!

When I first saw them, I just told my parents they were some type of eiders but when I showed them photos they didn’t believe me since there were none as colorful and distinct as the adult males.

#eiders #common eider #bird id #bird #birds #ornithology #king eider #spectacled eider #biology #zoology #yes I can tag back lol

oops I’ve forgotten to check tumblr yet again so have some trip photos!

#mainecoast #mainephotography #waterphotography #oceanphotography #landscape #photography #not birds

tiz-aves

Hello birdperson! Hope your day finds you well. Please put on display (at your choice) the most oddly adorable bird you've seen, or the weirdest cute bird you've seen, if you want to. Thanks for all the birds + bird facts so far!

Okay I love this ask and thank you so much but you're currently asking the same person to show you something adorable who saw a big-ass centipede and went "DAWWW LEGS".

Anyhow I think I have the perfect candidate for this request, meet the adorable American purple gallinule!

Image by Janet; Purple gallinule

Image by Francisco Alba; Gallareta Azul (Porphyrio martinica) Purple Gallinule

Image by Tom Riggs; Purple Gallinule

Now you may wonder "But Clock, this swamp chicken isn't weird, it's just precious". Well, you're wrong; it keeps a terrible secret, the same one kept by jacanas.

It's FEET!!!

ᵒʳ ᵗᵒᵉˢ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵉ ᵉˣᵃᶜᵗ

Image, by Michael Payton Stewart; Fly Robin fly

Image by Image Hunter 1; Purple Gallinule - Miller's Lake, Louisiana

Image by Peter Brannon; Jiu Jitsu

Also yes there are more species but this one has yellow legs!

snowycat230

YES THE BEST BOIS YESSSSS I LOVE THEM

in Florida by my grandparents’ house there’s a little pond and some common gallinules had chicks and were walking around taking bird seed from the neighbors and it was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

they’re just such charming birds like how can you not love them and their long legs 😌