Narcissus might have been a coot.
I found an oriole’s nest on the ground. The bird had used fishing line in its construction.
A common grackle dressed like an oil spill.
A grackle gives winter the look.
I hear the Eurasian collared-dove calling all year.
Who hasn’t tried to sleep through winter?
Even in adverse weather, beauty is apparent, as in this red-winged blackbird.
Immature white-crowned sparrows have brown and gray stripes on their heads instead of the white and black stripes of adults.