#Blue-gray gnatcatcher

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[1468/10977] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Certhioidea Family: Polioptilidae (gnatcatchers)

Photo credit: Michael Stubblefield via Macaulay Library

[butcherlarry]

Exercise Fic Recs 15

Oh god, I’ve made 15 of these.  Welp, better continue!

The Shadow demon series by I_go_by_Faith  (Batman is a literal cryptid, and is bffs with Superman)

Predation (Devastation) by Maximum_Quinn  (More bat shifter AU!)

Author’s Note by Trekkele  (Jason wrote fanfic and Bruce was subscriber.  Jason updates a fic after he died, and that’s how Bruce finds out he’s alive.)

bloodletting by TheResurrectionist  (starwars/superbat fusion)

borderline by TheResurrectionist (bat fam sudden hive mind) 

My Own Desert Places by MemoryDragon  (a reread for me.  Ace Bruce Wayne)

I’ve reached a milestone at the coffeeshop I go to every Sunday.  They know my name!  I’ve finally become a Regular™.  My latte and croissant:

It’s funny.  The cardinal is the state bird of my home state of Ohio, but I see SO MANY in Kansas.  I have an app that’s pretty good at identifying bird calls, and 9 times out of 10, it’s a cardinal.  

Along the trails, there are some nice spots for you to sit and take in the view.  I just thought this scene was pretty.

I have found a new favorite bird.  A blue-gray gnatcatcher!  The are so TINY and ADORABLE.  They also like to hop around and not stay still, lol.

The tree swallows were out again!

Another cardinal

Lol, I just thought this picture of a cardinal and red-bellied woodpecker was funny.

I ALSO SAW A NEW BIRD!!!  A rose-breasted grosbeak.

My little white-throated sparrow.

A brown-headed cow bird.

I also thought this was a neat picture of a red-bellied woodpecker climbing around on the feeder.

Some pretty flowers.

I don’t know what this flower is, but it is SO COOL.

I just liked the name of this one.

This guy was super cool too!

You know me, I gotta take at least one picture featuring running water.

A neat bridge

This flower was cool too!

I also had five finches at my feeders today!  Three were house finches and two were goldfinches.

A close up of the goldfinches.

[swede1952]

Sleek bird.

This blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) visited yesterday. Perhaps it was foraging for spiders among the crepe myrtles. Or maybe it was just curious about all of the birds around that area. Hmmm … I think I may have photographed one of these before and mistook it for a tufted titmouse. I'll have to review old photos.

"A tiny, long-tailed bird of broadleaf forests and scrublands, the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher makes itself known by its soft but insistent calls and its constant motion. It hops and sidles in dense outer foliage, foraging for insects and spiders. As it moves, this steely blue-gray bird conspicuously flicks its white-edged tail from side to side, scaring up insects and chasing after them. Pairs use spiderweb and lichens to build small, neat nests, which sit on top of branches and look like tree knots." - allaboutbirds.org

[balconybirds]

Sunday Birding 7/23/23

Many excellent birds this morning!  Even though I didn’t see as many at the pond (sob sob), the arboretum made up for it!

First bird to be seen was this handsome cardinal!  He was also the first bird I heard at the pond too:

My funky lil’ guy was back!  So many good (and silly) pictures of a green heron:

This neat frog was out too!

I always make a stop home before I go to the arboretum, and was very pleased to find this goldfinch getting some breakfast at my feeder:

Oh hey, a cardinal was the first bird that I saw at the arboretum too!  I wonder what he’s looking at 🤨

some pretty sunflowers:

A turtle and his buddy!

I was surprised to even see this guy up in the tree!  A ruby-throated hummingbird:

I like to think they are all gossiping at the bird feeder:

Another hummingbird!

A tufted titmouse up in a tree:

They also wanted to join in on the gossip:

Let them in!!!

I was so happy to get a picture of this little guy, a blue-gray gnatcatcher!  I was surprised they stayed still long enough for me to get this picture, lol:

An eastern bluebird!  She was just chillin’ up in a tree, on the lookout for her next snack:

Looking good up there king:

An indigo bunting!  

This dragonfly was polite enough to pose for me while I took their picture:

There were also a pair of tree swallows flying around:

Another eastern bluebird, male this time:

She’s just living the life, in the shade, relaxing, with some tasty snacks:

A downy woodpecker, male:

It was fun watching him crawl around to get to the food:

I just like this white-breasted nuthatch’s silly pose:

They look more dramatic in this one:

A titmouse, crawling down to get a treat:

A red-bellied woodpecker!  I loved her pose here:

Another titmouse:

I love this guy’s poufy hair (well, feathers):

Here is another goldfinch, sitting on a flower:

Some pretty flowers:

Beeee!

A red-eye vireo, they were singing at me while I was walking in this area:

Another hummingbird, this time at one of the feeders:

Some more flowers!

[eyeofgender]

i have bird stickers on my RedBubble!

[randomalistic]

Doxxing this one blue-gray gnatcatcher in particular

[okbirdphotos]

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers

Virginia, April 2024.

[pmg227]

Birds in March '23

Red-headed Woodpecker Blue Jay Canadian Goose sitting on her nest Wood Duck Northern Cardinal Female Cardinal in Cherry Blossoms Pair of Mallard Ducks Pair of Red-Shouldered Hawks Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Cedar Waxwing Great Egret

[podartists]

Polioptila caerulea (Blue-gray gnatcatcher)

Plate VI | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)

[birbmania]

Blue-gray gnatcatcher, male . . . Trap Pond State Park, Laurel, Delaware . . . 4/14/24

[spinus-pinus]

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea

11/19/2023 San Joaquin Marsh, California

[thebusylilbee]

omg im crying please look at this hilarious beast (source) :

mister Blue-gray Gnatcatcher sir your eyebrows are truly out of this world

[boy-warbler]

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher at Toronto Islands. These guys are a breeding species here

[campodefiori9]

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher having lunch at the ramble, Central park.

[hiimlesphotos]

Flyby

[swede1952]

There is something under here.

Here is a little blue gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) hunting prey under the grass. She's a female, I think, or maybe a nonbreeding male. Males have a distinct black eyebrow.

"The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher's grayish coloring and long tail, as well as the way it mixes snippets of other birds' repertoires into its own high, nasal songs, have earned it the nickname "Little Mockingbird."" - allabutbirds.org