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Most recent PHOTOS matching your search for 'Birds of Kentucky'...- Birds of Kentucky: Barn Swallow (Photo ID: 103834)
All About Birds says that "According to legend, the Barn Swallow got its f... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: American Goldfinch (Photo ID: 103825)
Special bird food is served up just for the little American Goldfinches that frequent the yard of John and Marcia Walker. Occasionally they must c... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Snowy Egret (Photo ID: 103823)
A snowy egret makes a somewhat rare appearance at Lake Shelby. All About Birds... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Palm Warbler (Photo ID: 103758)
A palm warbler passing through Kentucky this week. ... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Pileated Woodpeckers (Photo ID: 103746)
I heard these two pileated woodpeckers before I saw them, but they flew to this tree and chased each other around it repeatedly before flying off ... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Photo ID: 103735)
A male (Myrtle) Yellow-rumped Warbler. All About Birds says of Yellow... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 103722)
A great blue heron enjoys some luck while fishing.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 103690)
A pair of Canada Geese in a local park.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Mute Swan (Photo ID: 103653)
A mute swan spotted on Lake Shelby this week. Mute swans are non-migratory, but occasionally end up outside their established range due to weather... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Cardinal (Photo ID: 103615)
A red Kentucky Cardinal at the bird feeder, wind chimes making music, leaves budding out on the trees, and sunshine - ingredients for a perfect mo... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Osprey (Photo ID: 103607)
An osprey preparing to dive for a fish.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Robin on the nest (Photo ID: 103544)
Roldcat writes, "A robin nests in a rhododendron tree. Spring is coming. Praise the Lord."... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Goose (Photo ID: 103488)
A Canada Goose taking off from a local lake.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 103460)
A great blue heron flying low over the water.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 103434)
A Canada goose takes wing, with a second goose in hot pursuit.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Blue-winged Teals (Photo ID: 103422)
A pair of Blue-winged Teal ducks, male and female, spotted enjoying the recent warm weather.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 103378)
A pair of Canada Geese preparing to take to the water.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 103370)
A pair of Canada Geese basking in evening sunshine.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Lesser Scaup (Photo ID: 103361)
A solitary Lesser Scaup, spotted diving in the ponds at the State Game Farm just outside Frankfort on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 103351)
A pair of Canada Geese, sorting out their territory.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Ring-Billed Gull (Photo ID: 103342)
A ring-billed gull, spotted hanging out with the ducks and geese in the ponds at the State Game Farm just outside Frankfort on Saturday, March 1, ... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Ring-necked duck (Photo ID: 103319)
A male ring-necked duck, spotted swimming with redhead ducks and lesser scaups at Long Run Park in Eastern Jefferson County on Thursday, February ... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Ducks in the rain (Photo ID: 103281)
A female mallard in the rain, and a trio of males blurring past.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 103234)
A pair of Canada geese taking off from a local lake.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Bald Eagle (Photo ID: 103227)
A juvenile bald eagle taking fligh on a misty, overcast morning. Bald eagles don't typically get their signature white feathers until they're arou... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Northern Shoveler (Photo ID: 103214)
A northern shoveler spotted on the game farm ponds beside the Salato Wildlife Education Center just outside of Frankfort this weekend.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Treetop Romance (Photo ID: 103200)
A pair of Red Tailed Hawks, briefly meeting in the treetops. A... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Wood Ducks (Photo ID: 103192)
A pair of wood ducks flying over an area lake. All About Birds says, "Look fo... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 103174)
A pair of Canada Geese, courting or possibly a territorial dispute.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Heron in the woods (Photo ID: 103152)
A great blue heron taking a break from fishing and the wind on a recent cloudy day.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 103141)
A pair of Canada Geese, one in full stretch mode.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron on Ice (Photo ID: 103134)
A great blue heron standing in the middle of a frozen Lake Shelby.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Ross's Goose (Photo ID: 103123)
A Ross's Goose, hanging out among a flock of Canada Geese at Lake Shelby on January 29, 2025.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Red-tailed Hawk (Photo ID: 103097)
A red tailed hawk keeping watch over an area parking lot.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Northern Flicker (Photo ID: 103038)
I never figured out what interested this Northern Flicker about the sidewalk, but he fed or drank on this spot for several minutes, tolerating a v... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Goose in the Snow (Photo ID: 103024)
A Canada Goose on a snowy day.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: White-fronted Geese (Photo ID: 102929)
A flock of white-fronted geese, spotted in a pond along I-64 in Shelby County on Christmas Eve. They are found mainly west of the Mississippi.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Mallards at Long Run (Photo ID: 102801)
A flock of mallards floating on the lake at Long Run Park. A pair of Ring-necked Ducks swam nearby, just out of camera range.
... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese departing (Photo ID: 102766)
... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Dark Eyed Junco (Photo ID: 102747)
All About Birds says that "Juncos are the 'snowbirds' of the middle lat... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese in flight (Photo ID: 102707)
A pair of Canada geese flying low over the water.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Mallards in fog (Photo ID: 102649)
Mallards on a foggy morning in central Kentucky.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron in flight (Photo ID: 102626)
A great blue heron flying just above the water.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Red-bellied Woodpecker (Photo ID: 102616)
A red-bellied woodpecker, inspecting a fencepost for tasty morsels.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Belted Kingfisher (Photo ID: 102548)
A belted kingfisher dragging his tail in the water to quickly decelerate for landing on a nearby branch.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 102469)
Canada geese coming in for a landing with a backdrop of fall colors on Monday, October 28, 2024.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 102454)
A sure sign of cooler weather is when the geese can see their breath.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Palm Warbler (Photo ID: 102341)
All About Birds says that Palm Warblers are a fairly common early migrant ... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 102297)
A great blue heron with a background of early-fall colors.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Heron and Geese (Photo ID: 102247)
Falling leaves are making for some new backgrounds for the Canada geese and great blue herons in Kentucky.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese passing through (Photo ID: 102237)
Ten Canada Geese stacked in a climb. I watched over 100 geese take off from a local lake in groups of 5-30, over the course of 20 minutes or so.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Green Heron (Photo ID: 102224)
A green heron on the hunt.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 102202)
A trio of Canada Geese on the move.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 102176)
A great blue heron, doing a high altitude fly-by.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Goose (Photo ID: 102162)
A Canada goose stands watch while others are feeding nearby.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron with dragonfly (Photo ID: 102139)
I saw this heron stab at something in the water and come up with a black and white dragonfly. He dipped it back in the water and then carried it t... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Red-tailed Hawk (Photo ID: 102110)
An immature Red-tailed Hawk, spotted on the edges of Pope Lick Park on Monday.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Killdeer (Photo ID: 102102)
A killdeer in flight over a local pond.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Green Heron (Photo ID: 102092)
A green heron flies by at sunset.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: American Robin (Photo ID: 102047)
A fledgeling robin, out exploring my front yard. Parents watched from a nearby tree, and a couple of house sparrows seemed to be stopping by to he... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Indigo Bunting (Photo ID: 102038)
An indigo bunting, foraging in a patch of partridge pea flowers.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Egret (Photo ID: 102030)
A great egret flying overhead.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Ducks in a row (Photo ID: 102026)
A trio of ducks in flight.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Osprey (Photo ID: 102017)
An osprey in flight.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: American White Pelican (Photo ID: 102003)
American White Pelicans are sometimes seen in great numbers on Kentucky Lake in Western Kentucky, but are not frequent visitors to the rest of the... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Another view of the Great Egrets at FOH (Photo ID: 101987)
A wider view of all the Great Egrets below the Upper Gates at Falls of the Ohio.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Egrets (Photo ID: 101986)
A congregation of Great Egrets in the riffles below the Upper Gates at the Falls of the Ohio this past weekend. This bit of "accidental impressio... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron takes flight (Photo ID: 101902)
A great blue taking flight.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 101859)
A great blue grazing the surface of the water with a wingtip.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Goose (Photo ID: 101840)
A Canada Goose drying off his wings.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese (Photo ID: 101823)
Canada Geese, coming in for a water landing, seem best described as "organized chaos."... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: American Goldfinches (Photo ID: 101808)
Veronica writes, "I was trying to find the name of this bird and I googled yellow golden finch. Come to find out it is called a Goldfinch. Ok, tha... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Goose (Photo ID: 101805)
The ducks always make it looks easy, but this Canada Goose had a harder time trying to balance on a partially submerged log.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Mallard (Photo ID: 101795)
A mallard just before touchdown shows off beautiful blues on secondaries.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Belted Kingfisher (Photo ID: 101787)
I watched this belted kingfisher return to his perch repeatedly over about 15 minutes, leaving to dive for small fish. He ended up well-fed on the... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: hungry babies (Photo ID: 101778)
Five growing, hungry Swallows waited in their nest for a parent to fly in with food.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Mallard (Photo ID: 101774)
A mallard coming in for a water landing on a local pond.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Molting Cardinal (Photo ID: 101749)
A Northern Cardinal, in the process of molting.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Outnumbered (Photo ID: 101715)
A hawk speeds away with three small birds in hot pursuit.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 101695)
A great blue swoops in for a landing.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Hummingbirds on 704 (Photo ID: 101687)
There may be no more welcoming place for Hummingbirds than the Hadley farm on Hwy 704 in Adair County. They come in great numbers to enjoy the foo... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Killdeer (Photo ID: 101677)
All About Birds says of Killdeer, "Though they're often found on dry land, th... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Cedar Waxwing (Photo ID: 101590)
All About Birds says of them, "A treat to find in your binocular viewfie... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron with catch (Photo ID: 101548)
A great blue having a very successful morning on a recent sunny day.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Aerial combat (Photo ID: 101477)
An osprey, chased by a much smaller, more agile grackle, intent on running him out of town.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Goose in flight (Photo ID: 101469)
A Canada goose on low approach over a local pond.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 101461)
A great blue holds perfectly still while he waits for prey to swim by.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Cooper's Hawk (Photo ID: 101408)
I saw this hawk flash in front of my car to land on something in a nearby yard. I stopped the car to grab a photo. I'm not sure if he was protecti... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Little Lost Geese (Photo ID: 101351)
Watched the two slightly older juveniles at right make a loop around the park, after they somehow got separated from their parents. The geese at l... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 101324)
A great blue heron wading on a cloudy evening.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron with fish (Photo ID: 101278)
A great blue heron with a nice catch, which he walked to a shady spot to consume.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Keeping watch over the youngsters (Photo ID: 101261)
Canada geese keeping watch over the goslings, who are mostly hidden by the grass.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Canada Goose (Photo ID: 101246)
A stately Canada Goose, with a bit of clover stuck in his beak.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Northern Flicker (Photo ID: 101223)
Another Northern Flickr spotted this spring just outside a nest. This view shows the yellow of his flight feathers.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Red-bellied Woodpecker (Photo ID: 101206)
A red-bellied woodpecker peeks out of a nesting spot high in a tree.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Photo ID: 101194)
All About Birds says of Yellow-rumped Warblers, "Though the color... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron (Photo ID: 101187)
A fly-by from a great blue on a local pond.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Bald Eagle at Green River Lake (Photo ID: 101177)
A bald eagle soaring over the trees near Lone Valley on Green River Lake.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Northern Flicker (Photo ID: 101161)
A Northern Flickr peering out of a nest-in-progress.... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Ducks in flight (Photo ID: 100982)
A trio of ducks taking off from a local pond. Update: Thanks to Stan Abell for correcting the identity of the smaller duck, a blue wing teal.... (click photo title to read more)
| | Most recent STORIES matching your search for 'Birds of Kentucky'...- Letter: Heat Hazed Egrets (Story ID: 132244)
Roldcat writes:
The heat haze makes this look like an oil painting. Very nice!
Thanks for the kind wo... (click title to read more)
- Letter: An alternate photo caption (Story ID: 117905)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
No, I didn't look in the mirror this morning; why?!
Comments re: ... (click title to read more)
- Correction: Today's (4/9) lovely bird photo (Story ID: 116188)
Wendy Butler Burt writes:
Today's lovely bird photo is of a Song Sparrow, not a female House Finch.
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: A great photo! (Story ID: 116144)
George Kolbenschlag writes:
Pen keeps coming with amazing bird photos. The photo of the wood duck pair is fantastic. Really ... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Wild Turkey greatest hits (Story ID: 113986)
For Thanksgiving, we present a collection of photos of the wild turkeys and some of the turkey hunters of Adair County and central Kentucky. Happy Tha... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Mallard duck or Cookie Duck (Story ID: 111347)
Pamela Dailey writes:
Pen, The photo is what we called a "cookie duck". Mallard drakes have an irridescent green head and ... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Birds of Kentucky (Story ID: 110668)
Jill Petrey writes:
I always look forward to Pen's birds of Kentucky and nature photos. He is an outstanding photographer and... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Rose Breasted Grosbeak (Story ID: 110431)
Phillip W. Coffey writes:
I could very well be a 'White-Chested Rednecker,' sighted exiting from my self-contained 'Social Di... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Story ID: 110417)
Susan Fitch writes:
Have several males and at least one rather drab Brown female visiting the suet cakes and feeder. They stay h... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Story ID: 110415)
Judy Reliford writes:
This is in regards to the photo sent by Kelli Claypool and her asking for the identification of a bird she... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Red Breasted Grosbeak (Story ID: 110414)
Marie Freeman writes:
I believe it's a red breasted grosbeak. I have counted a dozen at my three feeders this spring. It's the... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Birds of Kentucky (Story ID: 110411)
Charles Marshburn writes:
That appears to be a rose breasted grosbeak. There is one on our feeder as I write. --Charles... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Namesake of the Downy Woodpecker (Story ID: 109044)
Charles Marshburn writes:
Unlike the mystery surrounding Yellow Hammer Road, the Downy Woodpecker is name after the pawn shop on... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Brown is new favorite color (Story ID: 109034)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
I'm resisting the temptation to use the adjective "great" to describe this pic. Great is just simply ... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Woodpecker photo (Story ID: 108200)
David Keith writes:
One leg is extra large. --David
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Spotted Sandhill Cranes over Community Medical (Story ID: 107899)
Diane Wallace writes:
My mother and I were exiting Community Medical when we saw several flocks in V-shape of these Sandhill Cr... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Official word from the GWSU Dept. of Duckology (Story ID: 106530)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
Either a Magpie or an Ancona according to the Great Wooded South University researchers with which I co... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Inspired to learn more about birds (Story ID: 104808)
Mary writes:
Because of this site and the wonderful pictures of the birds you are showing, I have now started looking for and l... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Beautiful bird (Story ID: 104477)
Ann Curtis writes:
Beautiful bird photo! --Ann
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Bird feeding question (Story ID: 102933)
Larry Clark writes:
I Believe that is a Carolina wren on the left. One of my favorite songbirds. Do you feed them mealworms? ... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Nomination for 2019 Top Ten Pictures (Story ID: 102500)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
Thank you for sharing. This picture has brought much joy to my heart and it would be my first recommend... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Believes bird is an American Goldfinch (Story ID: 102199)
Wendy Butler Burt writes:
You're kidding, right? People can identify birds as anything they'd like, but this bird surely know... (click title to read more)
- Letter: agrees little brown bird is sparrow (Story ID: 102107)
Wendy Butler Burt writes:
I agree that this is a White-throated Sparrow. --Wendy Butler Burt
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Little brown bird may be a Carolina Wren (Story ID: 102082)
The little bird looks much like a Carolina Wren...
Cynthia A. Meyer
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: White-throated Sparrow (Story ID: 102070)
Darryl Smith writes:
Hi, Linda. That's a White-throated Sparrow. --Darryl
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Young female American Finch (Story ID: 100133)
Patty Bunch writes:
I think this bird is a young female American Finch. I used to think of finches being a bright yellow bird w... (click title to read more)
- BJF: Can see Great Blue Heron repro on waiting room walls (Story ID: 98844)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
That’s a CM Top Ten nominee for sure. I can see reproductions on waiting rooms of all types from Biloxi... (click title to read more)
- Joyce M. Coomer sends appreciation for Pen's bird photos (Story ID: 98181)
Joyce M. Coomer writes:
Pen is doing a wonderful job with the bird photographs. Tell him to keep up the good work!
- Joyce... (click title to read more)
- Maury Lewis: Good job on Wild Turkey at Salato (Story ID: 97890)
Maury Lewis writes:
That is a beautiful picture of that wild turkey. Good job who ever took it. - Maury Lewis
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Reader suspects bias at Cornell Lab (Story ID: 96330)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
I don't think the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, who provided the information to Wikipedia, likes Kentuck... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Kentucky Warbler (Story ID: 96327)
... (click title to read more)
- Wayne Baxter- Homestead/Hungry Heron/Daffodil Watch album (Story ID: 96317)
Photographer Wayne Baxter recently posted a series of three remarkable photos along with interesting comments which are put in this album for conven... (click title to read more)
- Robins kicked back in their tree recliners (Story ID: 95108)
By Billy Joe Fudge
There are only three things I see Robins doing.
1. Eating worms in warm weather,
2. Trying to ... (click title to read more)
- And my wife said....Comment on George Rice's Turkey Picture (Story ID: 95055)
By the Wayfaring Stranger
Earlier this brisk January morning as I slowly scrolled through the latest reports and photos on CM, my ch... (click title to read more)
- James Bost: Little brown birds almost always wrens (Story ID: 91607)
James Bost writes:
Little brown birds are almost always, but not quite always, wrens. --James Bost
... (click title to read more)
- Letters: Landing style for Great Blue (Story ID: 86999)
Jon Halsey writes:
Great Pic. Looks like he got his flight training from ... (click title to read more)
- Kudos for Birds of Kentucky - Blue Heron final approach (Story ID: 86997)
Jennifer Parker writes:
Absolutely beautiful photo! - Jennifer Parker
... (click title to read more)
- COF: Knifley would trade black vultures for Canada Geese (Story ID: 85147)
COF writes:
And alls this time we'usn been a thinkin' they'd be a comin' on tourister busses.
COF at Dun Roman... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Missed Opportunity (Story ID: 84346)
Celia Downey writes:
Love the photo....However, alternate title could be "Air Duck" or "Air Duct".--Celia
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Where is goldfinch? (Story ID: 84335)
Celia Downey writes:
This is a stunning photograph. I would love to see the flowers and the bird in a watercolor. Where was the... (click title to read more)
- KU Round Table scholars Identify Fred Rowe's Rare Bird (Story ID: 83114)
COF writes:
Miz Emily and the KU Round Table both agree.
It's definately a Extremam ad sinistrum cornu avis Loony
C... (click title to read more)
- Mom1937@me.com sends ID for Fred Rowe rare bird discovery (Story ID: 83113)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
I believe the Latin term for this particular species is Biggius Birdius. -Mom1937@me.com-... (click title to read more)
- Tony Rutherford: Dotty Thompson Nagel Cardinal a great photo (Story ID: 80779)
Tony Rutherford writes:
Great photo!!! Red birds are really pretty. Thanks for sharing. - Tony Rutherford
... (click title to read more)
- Wayne Armitage sends good guess on Bird ID . . . (Story ID: 78359)
. . . good but not the right one
... (click title to read more)
- Sharon Whitehurst:The Gradyville Odd Bird look like Australian Diamond Dove (Story ID: 75099)
Comments re photo 60081 Birds of Kentucky Odd Bird Aussies taking over Gr... (click title to read more)
- Duane Anderson: Odd Gradyville Bird variation of Rock Pigeon (Story ID: 75096)
Duane Anderson writes:
From our National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, the bird appears to be a variati... (click title to read more)
- Woodpecker picture ID: It's Red-bellied Woodpecker (Story ID: 73734)
Comments re photo 59157 Birds of Kentucky Backyard Bird Count... (click title to read more)
- The Eagle by Suzanne Wright: The MOST great picture! (Story ID: 73465)
Celia Downey writes:
Susan, that is the MOST great picture! I would be so excited to see that Eagle in the tree and then to cap... (click title to read more)
- George Rice: Loves picture of eagle by Suzanne Wright (Story ID: 73463)
George Rice writes:
Love that picture. I long for an opportunity to get a good picture of an eagle. I frequently see eagles from ... (click title to read more)
- Ed Pipalski: Eagle true national treasure in our own back yard (Story ID: 73458)
Ed Pipalski writes:
Awesome! Shhh....let them nest. A true national treasure right in our back yard. - Ed Pipalski
... (click title to read more)
- Many Cardinals picture may be a once in a lifetime one (Story ID: 73364)
George Rice writes:
Loved the picture of the many cardinals by Janella Sullivan. An awesome picture that will probably be a onc... (click title to read more)
- Celia Downey: Kind words for bird picture (Story ID: 73318)
Comments re photo 58980 Birds of Kentucky Inverse frosted Cardinal Art... (click title to read more)
- Celia Downey: Kayla captured robins, perfectly (Story ID: 73248)
Celia Downey writes:
Kayla, your Robins look just like the Robins that the cat scared away today. You captured the Flock perfec... (click title to read more)
- Canada geese in flight a reminder of Christmas dinners, her dad (Story ID: 72711)
Carol Salato Myers writes:
What a wonderful picture, Pen! When I first saw it, I thought it was a print by a famous wildlife ar... (click title to read more)
- Celia Downey: Heavenly ducks, little floating angels (Story ID: 72555)
Celia Downey writes:
Those are the most heavenly ducks, little floating angels. Another great shot, enjoy your work. cd --ce... (click title to read more)
- A Birds of Kentucky photo essay from ACSD campus (Story ID: 69225)
Click on headline for introduction and photos
By Shamarie Claiborne
Media Publicity Director, Adair County School Dis... (click title to read more)
- Letter: 16 Goslings is Possible (Story ID: 67436)
Tine Reynolds writes:
The way to know that for sure is to have seen the nest where the eggs were laid and then hatched. In our ... (click title to read more)
- Jon Halsey: The mystery bird is a cowbird (Story ID: 66807)
Comments re photo 54443 Birds of Kentucky Female Cowbird Young Catbird... (click title to read more)
- Birds of KY: Cowbird or Catbird? Vote is now Cowbird 4, Catbird 1 (Story ID: 66788)
Comments re photo 54443 Birds of Kentucky: Identify this bird... (click title to read more)
- World's worst poet submits inspired Owed (Story ID: 66255)
Worlds worst poet writes:
Owed to a Typo
By world's worst poet
The grackle is common,
B... (click title to read more)
- Charles Marshburn: Grackles & Gackles (Story ID: 66248)
Charles Marshburn writes:
A grackle by any other name . . . - CHARLES MARSHBURN
Comment re: ... (click title to read more)
- Likes up close and personal cardinal photo (Story ID: 65724)
Barbara writes:
Linda, you never lose your touch for capturing that breathtaking photo. - Barbara
... (click title to read more)
- Reader presents with Surrey with Fringe auto replay syndrome (Story ID: 64277)
Caption induced condition may go away in time
Ann writes:
I got it, too. And burst out laughing when I read i... (click title to read more)
- Literary allusion recognized by Gadberrian (Story ID: 64251)
Comments re photo 52956 Birds of Kentucky Geese Better Scurry
... (click title to read more)
- Photography: High praise for Kelli Claypool Hawk (Story ID: 63858)
Frances Salyers writes:
Beautiful pictures. Perfect shots. --Frances Salyers
... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Sandhill Crane fly over Fairplay, KY (Story ID: 63633)
Charles Marshburn writes:
Large number of sandhill cranes has just flown over the farm! They are very noisy. I suppose they are headed to Fl... (click title to read more)
- Adena Ridge: A fact of nature. Rabbits first link in food chain (Story ID: 61472)
Adena Ridge, a brother to the hawk writes:
George, speaking as a brother to the hawk, your rabbits are the first link in the fo... (click title to read more)
- Birds of KY: Owls - Screech and Barn are different owls (Story ID: 58604)
Wendy Butler Burt writes:
No, Screech Owls and Barn Owls are two very distinct species. The Barn Owl, whose population is in st... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Wants to know about owls (Story ID: 58585)
Ellen B Goff writes:
Is a Screech Owl and Barn Owl the same?? --Ellen B Goff
... (click title to read more)
- Researchers seek locations of Barn Owl nesting sites (Story ID: 58531)
BIRDS of KENTUCKY: State has documented only 25 nesting locations statewide for Barn Owl
From Kentucky Fish & Wildlife... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Tufted Titmouse cousin of Carolina Chickadee (Story ID: 58165)
And Blue Jays? - they are more kin to crows
Wendy Butler Burt writes:
Although it has a prominent crest, the ... (click title to read more)
- Birds of KY: Question on bird kinship (Story ID: 58144)
Comments re photo 48706 Birds of Kentucky Breakfast with Titmouse and Car... (click title to read more)
- Wonders how Brandon Hitch got so close to hawk (Story ID: 57715)
Bill Lewis writes:
I believe this is a young hawk and is a great picture. I thought mabe he was injured for them to get that ... (click title to read more)
- Great Backyard Bird Count starts today! Feb. 15-18, 2013 (Story ID: 57647)
It's an enjoyable past-time, whether you're an ornithologist or just know a few birds. In the past, Columbia/Adair County (Zip Code 42728) has be... (click title to read more)
- Applause for Brandon Hitch's Hawk shot (Story ID: 57633)
Maury Lewis writes:
This is one of the best pictures I have seen of a bird. How close was he when he took it with his phone cam... (click title to read more)
- Another caption for Alex Morgan's snowball blue birds (Story ID: 57409)
Kathryn Krug writes:
Them birds are saying, Dang! Knew we shoulda stayed in Florida just a little longer! --Kathryn Krug... (click title to read more)
- Peg Schaeffer loves surreal quality of Kelli Claypool photo (Story ID: 56908)
Peg Schaeffer writes:
I love that picture. It looks surreal. Learned something new about buzzards too. We have a dead tree by o... (click title to read more)
- Loved Marrowbone, KY eagle photo by Kelli Claypool (Story ID: 56706)
George Rice writes:
I loved the eagle picture by Kelli Claypool. We have eagles here on Green River lake but I've never been ... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Relative rarity of hawks make them special (Story ID: 56390)
Comments re photo 47872 Birds of Kentucky Red Shouldered Hawk by Kay Haupt... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Chicken, guinea hunting eagle at Gadberry (Story ID: 56387)
Click on headline for item with photo(s)Comments re photo 47872 Birds of... (click title to read more)
- Lynda McKinney's owl family gets tentative, concurring ID (Story ID: 52704)
Billy Joe Fudge writes: I believe them to be Screech Owls. However since they don't have leaves, needles, or bark. I could be mista... (click title to read more)
- From Gradyville, KY, where the kingbirds thrive (Story ID: 52476)
Mary Keltner writes:Looks like the pair of birds that just finished building a nest on top of one my porch pillars. Mama bird is no... (click title to read more)
- Lori Bragg ID's airport bird as Eastern Kingbird, a flycatcher (Story ID: 52471)
Comments re photo 45542 Birds of Kentucky ID of Airport BirdLori... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Hummers are back on Pigtail Ridge (Story ID: 52225)
Pattie McClister writes: The hummers are back on Pig Tail Ridge (Pelham Branch). When my grands come Ill have them help me send pic... (click title to read more)
- Dr. Robert Doty bird photographs will be on display at CU (Story ID: 50629)
BIRDS of KENTUCKY/PHOTOGRAPHY:'Photographing birds presents distinctive challenges because sometimes they won't stay still or tolerate h... (click title to read more)
- Great Backyard Bird Count starts tomorrow! (Feb. 17-20, 2012) (Story ID: 50045)
It's an enjoyable past-time, whether you're an ornithologist or just know a few birds. In the past, Columbia/Adair County (Zip Code 42728) has be... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Was it a woodhen which made chips fly? (Story ID: 49319)
Three types of woodpeckers in one sighting reminded watcher of the big bird which could spray chips in all directions, a bird remembers being calle... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Eagle Watch Weekends scheduled in KY Parks (Story ID: 48766)
All the Eagle Watch Weekends are before next Great Backyard Bird Count, February 17-20, 2012By Gil LawsonNews from Kentuc... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Sandhill Cranes flying over (Story ID: 48331)
Columbia Barbecue King Joe L. Barbee reports that Sandhill Cranes are flying over his place barbecue restaurant on Campbellsville Road this morning, F... (click title to read more)
- Amazing photo! writer says of pictures Maury E. Lewis sent (Story ID: 47987)
Comments re photo 42523 Birds of Kentucky MauryBird needs ID ANS American B... (click title to read more)
- Ralph Jackson thinks Maury's bird is American Bittern (Story ID: 47981)
About: Birds of Kentucky: MauryBird needs identification... (click title to read more)
- Birds of KY: 2 proper names suggested for Maurybird (Story ID: 47980)
Maury Lewis writes: One person I sent the picture to said it was a Cellphonis Toweris. that sounds like a good name to me. A... (click title to read more)
- More on the feeding hummingbirds: Natural instincts prevail (Story ID: 46780)
Stephanie Noel writes: I have always been told it best to leave the feeders up. Natural instinct will overrule any ideas the birds ... (click title to read more)
- Blackie and Nina Nixon ask that hummingbird feeders be left up (Story ID: 46718)
Their birds will be departing Western Indiana soon, from Hillsboro International Hummingport, and may want lunch in Columbia, KY on a refueling sto... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Doesn't worry about hummers until October (Story ID: 46702)
Comment re: Breaking hummingbird's dinner plate when they're overstaying hereJon Halsey writes: Don't know if it's p... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: Hints get hummers to move out? (Story ID: 46695)
Cheryl Strodtman writes: One lone Ruby Throat Hummingbird remains at the feeder after its large family took off a few days ago for ... (click title to read more)
- Fan mail for Kay Haupt, hummingbird photographer (Story ID: 44842)
And writer has noticed combativeness of the tiny birds this yearSharon Whitehurst writes: These are wonderfully clea... (click title to read more)
- Writer sees rare yellow cardinal in Louisville/Okolona, KY area (Story ID: 44072)
Birds of Kentucky: Comments re article 42402. Birds of Kentucky Rare yellow cardinal a... (click title to read more)
- Birds of Kentucky: It is a hummingbird nest (Story ID: 43767)
Lori Bragg writes:Hi. It is a hummingbird nest. Lori Bragg... (click title to read more)
- Lichens used as Camouflage (Story ID: 43761)
Comments re photo 34791 Birds of Kentucky Mother nature going stealth... (click title to read more)
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