the ABCs of birds - letter B

[annieinelkhart]

I am just catching up and on to this game you all are playing, didn't see anybody name

                         BLUEBIRDS
See them only off and on in our yard in Northern Indiana, come in morning and dusk so lighting not right for pictures! 

[Aafke]

B is for Blue Tit
It's a very nice bird that almost every year use one of mij birdboxes. During the winter he is in my garden too, he loves the peanuts.
greetings Aafke

[Aafke]

Hey guys,
we seem to have gotten a day ahead of Aafke's proposed schedule, in which she suggested two days per letter.  Is the consensus that one day is enough...or should we try to get back to her schedule?  Here was Aafke's schedule:

For Monday, November first and Tuesday, November second we have the letter A
For Wednesday, November third and Thursday, November fourth , we have the letter B
For Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6, we have the letter C
For Sunday and Monday, November 7 and 8, we have the letter D.

I wanted to see how this schedule was working. For me it would be nice to have 2 days for one letter, I'm spending a lot of time with the translations of the birdnames. But when I'm the only one we can do it different.

I think you all are doing a great job, great pictures, great information about interesting birds.
 
But we can use more!!!

greetings Aafke

[dale]

sorry, it was I who jumped the gun. I was just so darn anxious to post that boat-billed heron I forgot the rules. Does that ever happen to you, with boat-billed herons? Also, I have no idea what day it is.

[~Ruth]

B - Blackbird   I like the red wing blackbirds with the dab of red and dab of yellow on males only. The female is dark brown.  They eat seeds and bugs.

[dale]

B - Blackbird   I like the red wing blackbirds with the dab of red and dab of yellow on males only. The female is dark brown.  They eat seeds and bugs.

speaking of which, look at what I recently learned - THIS is the juvenile male RWB!!

[MAK]

Broad-winged Hawk
A small, stocky, forest-dwelling hawk of eastern deciduous forests, the Broad-winged Hawk is hard to see on its nesting grounds. It becomes more conspicuous on migration when it congregates into flocks and passes by hawk migration lookouts in the thousands.

[Donna]

B is for Butcherbird: Butcherbirds are insect eaters for the most part, but will also feed on small lizards and other meat. They get their name from their habit of impaling captured prey on a thorn, tree fork, or crevice. This "larder" is used to support the victim while it is being eaten, to store prey for later consumption, or to attract mates.

[gayle]

Thanks for all of the interesting B birds!

Gayle

[Carol P.]

sorry, it was I who jumped the gun. I was just so darn anxious to post that boat-billed heron I forgot the rules. Does that ever happen to you, with boat-billed herons? Also, I have no idea what day it is.

All the time!  I think there's a place you can go to get help with that.   

[MAK]

Bananaquit
These are a tropical bird visiting the Bahamas to southern Florida. They have curved bills.

[Aafke]

B is for Black Stork
It's a large and very nice bird. I saw my first one in 2002. It was in Czech. We walked through a stubblefield to come a little bit closer to them, there were 2 birds.
I only saw then in Czech, I think it's a good reason to visit Czech.
Greetings Aafke 

[Aafke]

B is for Bewick's Swan

The Bewick’s swan is the smallest swan in Europe. It is named after the illustrator Thomas Bewick who died in 1828 and made many fine drawings of this species during his lifetime.
I really like these beautiful birds. They are only during the winter in our country, mostly  in January and February. In these months we always go out looking for them. You can find them on empty patato fields.
Bewick’s swan breeds in the Arctic tundra across northern Russia.
Greetings Aafke

[dale]

BUTTS of Bewick's swans, Aafke. Great photo - that's my favorite way to see a swan; with the biting part underwater. They look like icebergs: one dirty, one clean.

[Annette]

Boat-tailed Grackle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat-tailed_Grackle