Watching me thru front door! Friend says great crested flycatcher.

[elleng]

Descriptions say LARGE, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_crested_flycatcher but didn't look large to me, certainly not hawk-size, more like robin.

[Walleye]

1. Wow, is it a hawk?

[elleng]

2. Great crested flycatcher, says an expert friend.

[Walleye]

3. Thanks I should've recognized it, I had one land on my porch wire a few years ago

It stopped long enough that I shot a picture and was able to look it up pretty cool bird, kind of greenish. Never saw one before or since

[brewens]

4. Wow! I get yellow bellied flycatchers here. I never get close enough to get a pic that you can

really see what they are though.

It's like watching a cross between a butterfly and hummingbird seeing them hunt. I'm right by this bowl style high school track and those little guys are the only bird you will see land in the middle of a chain-link fence. It's about a month or so until I start seeing them right in my yard. When they fly, you get glimpses of the two white stripes on their wings. There is no mistaking those little guys.

[elleng]

5. This one landed on my walking device sitting outside my front door,

and I'm on the couch, a few yards away

[Probatim]

6. That is a Great Crested Flycatcher - it's very large (for a flycatcher).

They have a great call too. You can here their "zreeeeeeep" from a good distance.

[elleng]

7. Thanks, will look and LISTEN!

[elleng]

8. Skunk walked past while I studied Great Crested,

and neighbor just said skunk had made it to their yard!

[Probatim]

9. The Merlin phone app is a good way to help identify birds by song

It's a good tool but isn't definitive. I've found it to be a great helper when you can see the bird while it's calling.

[elleng]

10. I heard NOTHING, just saw bird perched outside door.

Will see/hear tomorrow, maybe, but not on my phone, which is small and old; have to depend on laptop for such as Merlin.

[Donkees]

11. Flycatchers symbolize ''energy, dexterity, and nimbleness'' - and seeing one perched on your walker

while looking at you, seems like a very good omen

[elleng]

12. Thanks, Donk, 'cause such necessary now,

'surgery' June 7!!!! MRI Tues, so doc can be sure knows where my 'brain' is!!!!

[Donkees]

13. I didn't know you were so ill, but I trust that you are in very good hands and will be well.

The ''crested'' messenger bird also symbolizes focus on the head region, so it seems an especially *perfect* visitor looking in on you.

All best wishes for healing

[elleng]

14. PERFECT!

LONG-time brewing condition, likely from childhood, and Johns Hopkins in bawlmer attending to me, so that's good. (Several posts in 'Health.')

[Donkees]

15. I'm all caught up with your Health postings and feel confident you are getting the best care :)

[elleng]

16. Thanks, Donk! SWEET bird!

NOW check status of bamboo removal, essentially all OVER, osprey nest visible!

[Donkees]

17. I looked at the photo you posted of a large bundle of bamboo being carried away ...

but I'm unable to see the nest there yet (?) I'm pretty sure that 'mother goose' must be gone by now though.

[elleng]

18. Wildlife's gone, tho heard goslings may be around.

Nest on top of boat 'house' on creek, posted.