ABCs of birds - letter R

[dale]

REDPOLL -

I've seen one but have no photo documentation, so for all you know I am lying about that.

Here is a Wikipedia photo of one (by Cephas), and a rather nice passage from the same source:

"All redpolls are northern breeding woodland species associated with birch trees. They are small dumpy birds, brown or grey-brown above and with a red forehead patch. The adult male's breast is washed in red, but in females and young birds the buff breast and white belly are streaked with brown. The bill is small and yellow. Some birds, particularly young ones, are difficult to assign to species.
They are primarily seed-eaters, and often feed acrobatically like a tit; their diet may include some insects in summer. They have a dry reeling song and a metallic call. They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest in a tree or, in the case of Arctic Redpoll, a large bush. They can form large flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes mixed with other finches."

Dale

[schlaf374]

ROOSTER... very, very old drawing -- of a rooster.
ROOSTER starts with R, right?

dale

Nice Rooster, But the "bird" didn't fancy him either. lol

[schlaf374]

Rudy the Rooster

Dale

Is Rudy still around? how's he doing?

[dale]

Is Rudy still around? how's he doing?

Unfortunately, he was stepped on by a horse in the barn where he lived, which broke a leg badly - I saw him with his leg all bandaged up - they spent a bundle on that rooster - but I don't know the latest. 

[Dumpsterkitty]

Rudy the Rooster

Dale

Is Rudy still around? how's he doing?

Which reminds me-I've been meaning to ask-how's Scratch?

Ei

[dale]

Patti - great Santahummer!

[gayle]

Red-footed Boobie

Portrait of a red-footed boobie from the Galapagos.

Gayle

[gayle]

Red Faced Cormorant

The Red Faced Cormorant lives in the far northern reaches of the Pacific from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia through the Aleuian Archipelago to the Gulf of Alaska and in the Bergin sea.  It is much like the other cormorants we have seen but it has a red facial patch, brilliant in breeding plumage.  The first two photographs are of immature birds on St. Paul, Pribilof and the third of a nesting bird in the Aleutians.

Gayle

[gayle]

Ruddy Turnstone

The Ruddy Turnstone breeds on far northern tundras, is highly migratory and may be found on sea shores nearly world wide.  This sighting on Floreana in the Galapagos brought a bit of serendipity.  While I was watching it, a family approached.  The man had been the long time director of an Audubon camp just a few miles from my childhood home in Northern Wisconsin!

Gayle

[Annette]

Redstart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Redstart

[dale]

Gayle!!!

That top red-faced cormorant photo, the one with another bird flying? is INCREDIBLE!
ACTUALLY, these are all stunning photos! Look at that one on a cliff wall!
You're goooooood...

Since so many of these "Rs" are R-for-RED, check out this outstanding rufous list on wikipedia:
(I'd have pasted the list in here, but that seemed RUDE)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous

dale

[dale]

I allowed myself to look one up from that list, just because I liked the name.
A hawk found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Rufous Crab-Hawk:  http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/marc.chretien/buse.buson.5.html
He's rufous, all right.

[MAK]

Red-tail Hawk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk

Gorgeous tail on that one! 

[schlaf374]

Rudy the Rooster

Dale

Is Rudy still around? how's he doing?

Which reminds me-I've been meaning to ask-how's Scratch?Ei

Thanks for asking Ei.
 She's doing well for her age. Not quite as spy as she used to be, but still very active.  She's developed a dislike for crows... gives her alarm sound whenever she hears them,.. It doesn't help that there's a murder of them in our neighbors trees..She also lets us know when to look for the hawks that come to visit the feeders.
She's learned she only has to stomp on her perch to get our attention,  especially when she wants a treat.
Her antics always make us laugh.

[schlaf374]

Is Rudy still around? how's he doing?

Unfortunately, he was stepped on by a horse in the barn where he lived, which broke a leg badly - I saw him with his leg all bandaged up - they spent a bundle on that rooster - but I don't know the latest. 

Poor little guy.  Hope he's struttin' his stuff again.