flamingos, ostriches, quetzlcoatls...

have you ever seen those elf owls, the wee ones that live in cactuses? cute little birds...

Forgot about vultures.

I totally forgot about ducks. I am in love with ducks. Those were the first birds I ever related to when I was kid...

vultures - very magical birds
raptors
owls
towhees
robins
little finches, wrens, wrenches, frens!
and those swirling flocks of starlings over the fields

Blessed Be!

I'm feeling the call of the red Shafted Flicker these days.
Anyone have any info (spiritually) on these mysterious birds?

owls, full on...
but also right now I am absolutely in love with my pet cockatiel

blue-grey gnatcatcher, american kestral, pelicans

hello bird folk, am new here, and was attracted to the name of the tribe cuz I've been told more than once that I am birdlike and of some type of bird lineage - and in fact my name is even of a bird! I have affinity for really all birds, I think, and depending on where I am and the changing migratory and weather patterns is which ones are most prominent in life and consciousness at any time. (and those patterns sure have changed lately, I have all kinds of new birds in the vicinity, many of whom I haven't seen but I hear them and these are new calls). So, great affinity of course for crows and ravens. I speak just a bit of raven and you should see them flip out when I do it, LOL! I love purple finches due to powerful experiences with them years ago when a migratory flock came and laid their eggs in all my hanging plants and we spent so much time intimately together as a result. I love stellar jays, all the tiny hopping birds, quail, wild turkeys, doves, owls, and especially flickers. The tiny nondescript gray on gray bird that comes thru for a couple months a year and has the sweetest call of all bird calls and my favorite sound in the world. Followed closely by the red-winged blackbirds. And woodpeckers - I love to hear and to see them. Barn owls. Phoebes. Hummingbirds. These are all birds of daily experience at present home or past homes. I also love chickens and once a chicken, my neighbor, laid an egg in my lap and I thought it was very nice of her.

Plus all the exotic birds I see in nature documentaries, and the raptors. And those birdlike creatures, the bats and the penguins.

Oh and a word for the vultures - I know there are some aggressive ones in the world, but all the ones I've encountered in the west are sweet and shy and so hopeful. Always so hopeful. When I'm lying down on the hill they'll fly by and check me out, "dead yet? possibly? hopefully?" "No darlings," I'll reply, "not yet, sorry." And they'll be a little embarrassed and seem to hope they weren't rude. And I do hope they get to have my body when I'm done.

I think birds are just the most varied and vibrant and brave, intensely brave, of all the beings on Earth. Pluck, the old Brits used to call it. They've got pluck!

the great horned owl and golden eagles

Owl. Vulture. Woodpecker and White Dove.