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Gail Kasparian's avatar

No apologies needed at all..I hope you are well...( the voice?...relaxation techniques, meditation, perhaps acupuncture or just visualization to unblock )

Like the orange markings above the woodpeckers wing.

Photo suggestions? .bluebirds...any type of blue birds.

Years ago we were hiking in Colorado...up a mile on a hill to a small waterfall...the path was beside a ravine...At the top of the hill I looked way down into the ravine and saw two bluebirds flying amidst the sprice evergreens....the prettiest color of turquoise bright blue...absolutely beautiful to see that color darting amidst the trees.

Didn.t even have a camera..

But i.ll always hold that image in my minds

eye and memory.

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Raelou's avatar

When we were in Arizona last (I think December 2023) my brother (a birding guide) took us out into the Santa Rita mountains. In a field along the road, we saw at least 2 dozen mountain bluebirds!!! I've never seen so many together at one time! They have absolutely gorgeous plumage. Definitely a sighting for my life list!

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MT's avatar

Beautiful bird! I've never seen a real one. They don't live around here. You're blessed!

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Steve Lund's avatar

One of my favorites, and always seems to be one around if you have some suet available.

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Jennifer Timmons's avatar

Us, too. He's a favorite around here. We live around large, mature trees so we're blessed with all the great woodpeckers here.

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Steve Lund's avatar

Yes, our new place in Maryland is next to a nature preserve with mature trees, in fact there was a large dead tree, perfect woodpecker habitat. Unfortunately, blew over on our fence in a storm. Still plenty of nesting sites around.

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Tad Huckabee's avatar

Wood peckers are awesome!

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Mary Prell's avatar

I would like to see hawks. There is a red tailed hawk living in my neighborhood of north phoenix.

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melody schoenfeld's avatar

Thank you for posting as much as you do. Honestly, I look forward to getting these in my mailbox. I will take all the good things I can get. And hey, if you ever want reciprocal bird pix that are not nearly as good, I'm happy to send you interesting sights I see when I go out birding!

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Raelou's avatar

Love to see any and all of the great birds photos you've shared.

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Aimee Bissonette's avatar

Love seeing these at my feeder 🥰

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Gail Kasparian's avatar

Meditation...in and around water.

Meditate on the color blue...the more vivid the blue as best.

Meditation is very very healing..for everybody...it.s easier than people think

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Milret2@gmail.com's avatar

Thanks for sharing.

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