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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the grackles have discovered the shower 🚿 I love my grackles so much! this family has been coming to my baths, and teaching their kids to bathe in them, for five generations now 🖤

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

hawk friend! also why is my good camera battery always dead when a cool bird shows up 😭

A Cooper's hawk (I think?) sits on a dark grey block wall with its back to us

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Uh, hi, can I help you with anything? Friendly neighborhood mourning dove hanging out on a chair feet from my patio door, keeping an eye on the indoor proceedings 😄

A buff-colored mourning dove with red feet sits on the back of an Adirondack chair, looking through the glass of a French door, framed on either side by the thick black strings of a bird saver. The dove is lit from the side by soft morning light. In the background are a sage bush and a tangerine tree and a dark grey block wall.

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

FOUR!!!! parrots in my yard! (as a goth, I'd strongly prefer a corvid army, but a lovebird army would be way more unexpected)

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

spotty cowbird friend is back! also check out the new fountain - had to replace the solar water pump & went with a bigger panel/battery this time, which pushes more water higher AND will run all night & keep the mosquitoes down 🤘🏻

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thought I had two or three brown-headed cowbirds visiting my yard, but turns out it's more like eight 😳🥹❤️

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

why hello there, lifer western tanager in my backyard!!

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Many things are terrible, but a pair of lovebirds are squeaking away in my mesquite tree and my hummingbird pal buzzed around my head twice before settling in for a good, long sip ❤️

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Brown-headed cowbirds are singing in my yard. There's not much wrong with the world while listening to them 🖤

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The juvenile starlings have reached the "bugging the shit out of each other" stage

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I love my starlings but they're making me want to invent a flushing bird bath so I can freshen it up for the birds who know enough to not shit in the bath 😐

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I am never, ever gonna be chill about lovebirds in my yard, they make me so happy 😁🥰💚🩷

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

That is clearly the best way to enter the bath, 10/10 no notes

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Just got this preview image of a white winged dove ass-up in the bath & thought it must've been a whoopsie. Reality in the next skeet, and it's AMAZING

The image says "big bath new : someone has been spotted" and shows a white winged dove in a bronze plastic bird bath in front of a dark grey block wall. The tip of its beak is in the water, its wings and body point upwards, and its tail is weirdly contorted downwards, or sideways from our perspective. A branch of sage bush pokes into the lower left of the frame.

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Lost a baby starling today and I'm just fucking heartbroken. I've been watching them on my baths for ages & was looking forward to watching them grow up. Fly high, little bird 💔🖤

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

It's scrungly baby season and I fucking love it 💖 this European starling parent looks like it'd enjoy a break from the screaming. like just five minutes, could you be quiet for five minutes, please?

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Every single "someone has been spotted" shot of starlings looks like an outtake from an album cover shoot

Two European starlings stand on the rim of a bronze plastic bird bath in front of a dark grey block wall. One stands on the rim closest to the camera, the top of its head and face cut off by the framing, but it appears to be looking upward. The one on the rear of the rim is also looking at the sky.

Two European starlings on and in a bronze plastic bird bath in front of a dark grey block wall. One is in the bath, facing the camera, soaking wet from a violent bath. The other is on the back rim of the bath, looking to our left with its mouth open in a scream. They're both out of focus.

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Well, my evening was enchanting, how about yours? Also TIL house finch dads feed their kids, too

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

My lovebird friend is back! Alas, they never turned around so I could see their pretty face, but I'm glad they've found the feeders 😊

A bright green Rosy-faced lovebird sits on a feeder with its back to us. It has a short blueish tail and just the merest hint of its pink face visible as it angles towards a plastic tube feeder hanging in front of a dark grey block wall. The feeder has dark green metal perches and a clear plastic dish at the bottom.

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

godDAMN that is a shiny starling 🤩 🌟

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Spotty cowbird is back!! A little sad they didn't sing for us; I love that sweet, gurgly trill

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Update: the folx at the bird store did NOT know, this is the first they've ever heard of this, I'm so thrilled to be the pathfinder on this one 😑 This is still ongoing btw; they haven't responded to my "you're not taking away my dopamine supply kthx" email. I hope it means they've given up 🤞🏻

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Backyard birding with dogs is fun because they now bark when they hear a new bird call - they alerted me to the return of the starlings, and lost their entire minds the first time they heard a raven 😂 It's less fun when I'm trying to get an audio ID with three dogs barking their fool heads off 🙄

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Please enjoy 27 seconds of a lovely, chill, pink and green lovebird hanging out on my bird bath It spent nearly an hour just chilling on the rim while all manner of ruckusy birds did shenanigans around it, utterly unbothered 🩷💚 I'm still not over this bird 😄

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

My first lovebird!! I am beside myself, this is just what I needed today - a beautiful new bird in my yard, and a lifer as well ❤️

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Many things are terrible, but my curve billed thrasher friend has two dudes courting her on my patio right now, in full view from my couch 🥰

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

My HOA has baselessly accused my bird feeders of "causing a nuisance" and I'm so goddamn cranky about it Gonna go ask the wild bird folks I get my food from - no way this is the first time an HOA has pulled this shit & I bet they Know Things 🤞🏻🤨

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Oh my gods this was an absolute racket 😂 also the amount of bird sex happening in my backyard right now is 👀

A screenshot from the Merlin app's sound ID screen, showing birds it has identified singing nearby. There is a grey and white graphic representation of the sounds, followed by a list of the birds with photos of each. The names are in English with the Latin name below, and each has a blue dot next to the name to indicate I've already found the bird before.

The list says:

House Sparrow
Passer domesticus

European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris

Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura

Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decaocto

Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus

Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos

Common Raven
Corvus corax

House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus

Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I think this is a brown-headed cowbird with leucistic spots! And also a sparrow ☺️

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

My friend the curve billed thrasher enjoying the the freshly cleaned & filled bath

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Peanut soup! This is one of my favorite great-tailed grackle behaviors: this female grabs peanuts from the tray a few feet away, drops them in the bath to clean them, then eats them at her leisure 🥜

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Gotta get that tail clean, too ☺️ For your consideration, one minute of a female Anna's hummingbird bathing in a small ceramic dish in a fountain. She sits on the rim with her tail in the water, switches to a forward stance, then back to sitting backwards, her tail spread wide in the water

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I swapped out the bugs & fruit suet in the woodpecker feeder for pb&j suet they allegedly like better, AND I got the green feeder in the lower right corner & put a woodpecker-specific cylinder in there. AND YET. Volume warning for 0:14 when she calls back to the boy woodpecker

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I've got a trio of starlings this spring, up from the singleton I saw last year 🖤🖤🖤

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This has been going on for weeks now 😭

A screenshot of two bird cams. The top one is labeled "woodpecker feeder" and shows a hanging feeder with a suet cake full of fruit and bugs. It is 100% free of birds of any kind.

The bottom shot is labeled "cylinder feeder" and shows a cylindrical wire cage holding cylinders of bird food like fruit and nuts and bugs. There is a female Gila woodpecker hanging off the wire, eating the food. If you were here with me, you could hear her screaming, too.

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suriel @darktapestry.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Timeline cleanser: please enjoy one minute of an Anna's hummingbird bathing in a soy sauce dish in a diy solar fountain. Watch for the wee water droplets on her head when she comes up 🥹

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

"excuse me can someone please turn the shower on"

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It hears another similar noise, decides that's enough chill time, and takes off to the right of the frame, belly exposed, wings outstretched and yellow talons dripping water. The video ends.

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

with its lower feathers clumped and wet, chillin those toes. It continues to sit in the bath, drinking and looking around with interest, until it hears a sharp, mechanical noise and startles, freezing and then swiveling its head.

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

although there are plenty of bird noises in the background. The hawk sits on the edge of the bath, looking around and drinking from the bath. There is a brief freeze between 0:12 and 0:15, and a short time skip at 0:25, after which the bird is sitting IN the bath,

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

A video, approximately 1:25 long, of a beige and brown hawk with yellow talons sitting facing us on the rim of a green suburban bird bath in the midst of a sage bush, with a dark grey block wall in the background. Despite making mouth and throat movements, there is no audible sound from the hawk,

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Birds of the PHX 'burbs @phxbirds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Hi! I'm Sheryl & I can't stop sharing bird videos from my yard Please enjoy a video of the coolest visitor I've had so far. There's not much noise, despite the mouth and throat movements, alas 🥺 video description in alt & below Probably a Cooper's hawk?

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