'FORUM FRIENDS, WILDLIFE-FROM-WHEREVER' (Off-season, all cams off at Loch Garten)

Great foxy photos ..... and love the robin amongst the radishes ( I know, I know ) ...... ('course on Youtube I could see they were apples)

lovely sweet deer thank you Scylla and what whacking great bloomers on the B Jays ¬ worthy of Bridget Jones

All good thank you Scylla

TJ, If Scylla does not have a suggestion for this bird, I am fairly sure I know what it is, though it has probably been over 50 years since I've seen one!

Hi TeeJay, Thought I’d take a stab at ideeing this one.  I believe it could be an adult male Eastern Towhee. They migrate from the NE US to the Southern states for the winter.  Compare it to this pic. 

It might also be a young female Dark-Eyed Junco.  They also migrate to the Southern states.  But I think I’d go with the Towhee. Pic of DE Junco.

what beautiful birds. Thanks Lisa K

Unknown said:

Scylla, with your new found skills at identifying USA birds have a go at this one from Tennessee.

If LISA (whom I have great faith in) is right on the Towhee front, then I am only familiar with Spotted and California and it certainly isn't the latter, and I don't think the wings are patterned enough for the former.

I've never "been" to Tennessee birdland (IIRC), have only spent significant time in southern California, Florida, Ohio, Ontario, and a little in Alabama, recently New York state...  Who'da thunk I'd be so well travelled?!

What's your suggestion, GARDENBIRDER?

scylla said:

recently New York state...

WHA..? You were in MY state and I didn't know about it??? Harrumph! ;-D

Unknown said:

Scylla, with your new found skills at identifying USA birds have a go at this one from Tennessee.

I found the YT live stream and then this from one of their uploaded videos - it's in a list of birds seen "off-cam":

I'm downloading it, maybe we'll get another sighting with more angles

Unknown said:

You were in MY state and I didn't know about it???

I'd left your address at home {{{CC}}}

Well done Scylla, it was a new one for me too. I'd not seen it there before.