Today's Backyard Wildlife

Nubsnstubs said:
What makes you want to call me a liar? Take another closer look and maybe you'll see what I see. In case you can't see it, here is a picture I tried to make a decent edit of. The deer is at upper left, and there is what looks like a Puma in the poorly made circles. I know it isn't a real lyin, but I see things a lot of others do not. ........... NubsView attachment 293220
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Ahhh. I see it now!!
 
While not in my backyard, per say, it is the back yard..at work. I was installing some corrugated roofing and saw this guy fly over me in the reflection on the roofing. Sat there for about a minute then went off to get some mice in the feild.

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I noticed a bird that didn't quite look familiar to me today so I went out and sat beneath the spruce tree and waited for them to come back around the feeder. Turns out we have a few Cassin's finches, mostly juveniles or females (hard to tell them apart). I think the one perched on the juniper branch is an adult female, the one on the ground is a juvenile. But pretty birds with spotted breasts. And one ubiquitous scrub jay portrait and one Calif quail just for good measure.
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Here's a house finch for comparison.
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DLJeffs said:
I noticed a bird that didn't quite look familiar to me today so I went out and sat beneath the spruce tree and waited for them to come back around the feeder. Turns out we have a few Cassin's finches, mostly juveniles or females (hard to tell them apart). But pretty birds with spotted breasts. And one ubiquitous scrub jay portrait and one Calif quail just for good measure.
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Here's a house finch for comparison.
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Such great shots! Like how you ID them so well!
 
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