OK, OK.....I'm cheating again! What do you expect for X?????
This is the only bird I know that even has an "X" in its name!!
X is for the X in Pyrrhuloxia
This gorgeous bird is in Tucson and I apologize for the awful shots, but my sister's window is sun damaged and adds a haze to everything!
It looks a lot like a female Cardinal with a bleeding chest and red around the eyes! However, female cardinals have red beaks and this one has a yellow beak.
It's a pretty bird and I hope to some day get better photos.
This gorgeous bird is in Tucson and I apologize for the awful shots, but my sister's window is sun damaged and adds a haze to everything!
It looks a lot like a female Cardinal with a bleeding chest and red around the eyes! However, female cardinals have red beaks and this one has a yellow beak.
It's a pretty bird and I hope to some day get better photos.
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12 comments:
Extraordinary Mary!
What did you think I would say!!
:-)
I don't know about your other readers, but I was looking forward to a bird playing the xylophone.
Eve: I don't know....you're having alphabet toubles, too :-)
Wren: LOL! Wish I had a picture of that....or even a xylophone!
I was waiting for the x ... I thought sure you would be flummoxed ... but you came through! Interesting bird.
I did a bit of looking in my USA bird books for X. If you'd been to California, you might have been able to photograph a Xantus's Murrelet on the sea or.....if you'd gone latin, you could have had Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)!
Mind you, I love your Pyrrohlolxia pics! (-:
Mary: What a neat bird, very sneaky.
Who can blame you for cheating on this one? :-) What a great looking bird.
Cicero:I really was flummoxed....but cheating will work at times :-)
Jenny: I looked all those up, too, but I've never seen a Yellow-headed Blackbird! They are on my most-want-to-see list as a matter of fact!
Fishing Guy: I've done a lot of alphabet lists in my life and X is always the worst letter for everything!
Jenny: Thanks for making me notice that I spelled it wrong, too! I kept thinking it didn't look right, but didn't check it. Embarrassing!
A new bird I've never seen before.
Very pretty.
You definitely outsmarted us here Mary!! Even though it is a bit of a cheat too!! LOL!! Well done.
Becky: I think they are beautiful. Same family as the Cardinal.
Joan:I'm glad X is over :-) Gave me a chance to sneak in a lovely bird that we eastern people don't see normally.
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