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Hello, here are some birds!

HLK @hlkfotos.com · Apr 8

A photo of the fantastic northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), a sleek taupe-colored woodpecker with a gray head and tan face, dark eyes, a long dark gray beak, bright red cheek patches, a large black chevron across its chest, black barring across its back and wings, black polka dots all over its belly, a red spot on the back of its head, and red-orange tail feathers outlined and tipped in black underneath. It is a male perched on the top of a wooden trellis facing toward the left of frame with its beak open mid-call, and it has a little bit of reddish dirt on its beak from pecking in the ground where it likes to hunt for ants. The background is blurred greenery and pale cloudy sky.

A photo of a blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) perched on a rounded wooden fence post facing to the left of frame with out of focus greenery in the background behind it. It is a medium-sized songbird with lavender-blue coloring above and off-white below, a white face with dark eyes and a black beak, vibrant blue and white barred wings & tail, a blue crest on its head, black legs, and a black V-shaped collar around its neck.

A photo of an American robin (Turdus migratorius) grooming itself, its head arched over its back with its eye squinted and a short, fuzzy brown feather from its wing held in the tip of its beak.

A close-up photo of a male mallard duck's (Anas platyrhynchos) head with mixed green and brown plumage. The duck has a yellow bill with a fuzzy white feather stuck to the end of it. It is raining lightly and there is water beaded on the duck's back. The background is blurred, showing a greenish-brown body of water.

A photo of a barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), a small bird with iridescent navy blue coloring on its head and back and rusty orange face, chest, and stomach. It has a small, short, black beak, dark eyes, and is perched on a thick metal cord with its head turned to the right of frame.

A photo of the head, neck, and shoulders of a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) with its beak slightly open, facing to the right. It has a long pale neck, a long sharp gray and yellow-orange beak, white head with dark blue-gray stripes above its eyes, long thin dark blue-gray crest feathers on the back of its head, and bright yellow irises. The background is out of focus gray-blue water.

Canon Canon EOS R5

RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

f/7.1 · 1/500s · ISO 1600

Hello, here are some birds!

A northern flicker, a blue jay. an American robin, a mallard, a barn swallow, and a great blue heron.

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