Do you have a favorite bird (or least favorite)? / myLot

United States

January 3, 2025 10:39am CST

I love a Cardinal, whether it be male or female. Of course, there are more colorful birds that get my attention, but I saw a male Cardinal feeding a female Cardinal once, and they both looked so striking together. My stepmom is really into birds, which has gotten my dad into birds. I got them a clear birdhouse that attaches to the bay window in the dining room, so while they are eating they can watch the birds up close. Finally, a bird house the squirrels can’t get to. This is a little picture I have. I love how the small rocks were made to look like birds.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13216)

• Ireland

3 Jan

@ambiepam Hoopoes. And Chaffinches.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

3 Jan

I had to look up hoopoes. They are magnificent!

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13216)

• Ireland

3 Jan

@AmbiePam We had loads of them in Africa.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (61911)

• Centralia, Washington

3 Jan

@xFiacre I enjoyed listening to an audio video of hoopoes. It was like going to a zoo. I can't imagine them in flocks.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (61911)

• Centralia, Washington

3 Jan

I love your birds. I love all birds. Starlings are low on my list but they do have interesting ways, too.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

3 Jan

I appreciate the birds more and more all the time.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

3 Jan

@sallypup Oh, and I love flamingos. My kitchen is full of them.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (61911)

• Centralia, Washington

3 Jan

@AmbiePam Great Blue Herons are also amazing. And pelicans....

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much2say

@much2say (56531)

• Los Angeles, California

3 Jan

I guess I don't have a favorite bird exactly - love 'em all. I enjoy the mourning doves that come into our yard . . . they are cute but goofy

. You're right - squirrels will get to everything I put out for the birds. My daughter is the bird girl . . . just showed her your small rock bird art - she thought it was the cutest thing

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

3 Jan

I’m glad she liked it.

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Stacey

@xstitcher (32852)

• Petaluma, California

3 Jan

Most of the birds around here are crows, ravens and seagulls. We have the occasional finch, mudswallow, sparrow, and startling. Starlings are pretty cool close up. Their feathers look like oil spilled in water--though I think they're mainly black. Favorites--don't know that I have favorites, but I guess they would be hummin'birds, which I see the most, and Orioles, one of which I saw recently.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

3 Jan

I liked the description of a starling. I hadn’t thought of it like that.

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Stacey

@xstitcher (32852)

• Petaluma, California

4 Jan

@AmbiePam They were all over the place when I went to Junior college. Then I didn't know what sort of bird they were, but that "oil in water" thing was the first thing I thought when I saw their feathers.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (69567)

• United States

3 Jan

I love the doves and the cardinals in my back yard. I DO NOT like the blue jays (pesky, bossy brats). I also don’t like hawks in my neighborhood, because I know what they’re looking for (squirrels and kittens for lunch).

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

3 Jan

My dad has a beef with the blue jays. They take the food in the feeder, and just spit it on the ground. It really annoys him.

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A A

@anya12adwi (10114)

• India

3 Jan

I like pigeons, peacocks, swans, ducks, and parrots! Others I do not know!

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

3 Jan

Those are good choices.

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@anya12adwi (10114)

• India

3 Jan

@AmbiePam Looked up cardinal! They are beautiful too!

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182913)

• United States

3 Jan

I think the purple martins are gorgeous birds. That reminds me I could have gotten some birdseed. Well next time

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Yogesh Shinde

@GajaGamini (1071)

• India

4 Jan

I love Sparrows because they look cute. They are tiny and they sound very nice. Thanks for sharing you story with all of us.

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Bojel

@jobelbojel (36319)

• Philippines

I like parrots, I am amazed whenever I see them up close.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51661)

• Canada

3 Jan

That is an adorable picture. Like you, I love cardinals too. They are so pretty, inquisitive to watch and have a sweet song. I remember watching one for about an hour one day. It sat on the side of the driver's door on the car and looked at itself in the sideview mirror and pecked at the mirror and chatted away with itself for quite a while. My husband heard me looking out the window and laughing and he joined me and then said, hey, that's my car he's gonna scratch the (black) paint on it. Then I laughed harder.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (109007)

• Marion, Ohio

3 Jan

That's a cute picture. I like crows

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

4 Jan

They’re so smart!

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The Horse

@TheHorse (220907)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jan

I enjoy birds in general. I find hawks striking. I had a parakeet as a child. I enjoy interacting with parrots.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

3 Jan

A parakeet sounds incredibly fun to have as a pet.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317721)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Jan

I don't know if I have a favorite bird. I like cardinals and all birds. When I moved into my apartment, there's a tree line across from my patio. The first year there were mourning doves in the trees. Last year there were crows. I wonder if I'll be around to see what moves in this year. I'm planning to move, but don't know when.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342668)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jan

That's a pretty picture. I like our willy wagtails. They are only small but very feisty if anything invades their 'patch'.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (94557)

• United States

4 Jan

I looked them up, and they are cute!

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Always smiling

@allknowing (138422)

• India

4 Jan

The bird bath attacts many birds I just cannot point out which would be my favourite or least favourite of them

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Fleur

@Fleura (30597)

• United Kingdom

3 Jan

Of our local birds, long-tailedtits (sorry, 'bad word' police means I have to write their name as one word) are very cute. And kingfishers are stunning. Magpies are perhaps my least favourite because they predate other smaller birds' nests, also cuckoos for their breeding habits!

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April

@thislittlepennyearns (63105)

• Defuniak Springs, Florida

4 Jan

Emu! I love Emu's and chickens. LOL. I don't like mockingbirds because they are so MEAN. lol

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Ric Angelo

@MrDenata (12534)

• Indonesia

4 Jan

Well, i’m not into animals, so i dont have that list, Amber.

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