You can just add images to your posts using standard HTML code. Instructions on how to post images in posts are here: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/help.html#images You can also check the duck page at feathersite.com, they have tons of pics that might help you ID them: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/BRKDucks.html Velvet ~:>

That's it!!! Thanks so much..interesting reading about it. It is a protected species I guess. I will have to let my friends know the name, they have seen it before also but not too often. Really appreciate the ID..thanks

I haven't seen any turkey vultures with white on the head. The description sounds like a crested caracara; if so, that is probably a first state record for NH, since their normal range is south Florida and south Texas. A bird that is much more likely to be in New Hampshire is osprey, a fish-eating eagle. It doesn't have any red on it normally, however. Could the red be blood? Neither bird should be just walking or sitting on the beach for hours. This makes me suspect you are looking at an injured osprey. If you can ascertain that this is the case, it would be good to find a wildlife rehabber who could capture and rehab the bird.

Misty, if you've never seen it, check out the PBS video, A Murder of Crows. It's about the intelligence of blackbirds, and it's pretty amazing! I've seen it on TV a couple times. http://video.pbs.org/video/1621910826/ I’m not a big fan of blackbirds! It’s not because I don’t like them “as birds,” it’s because they EAT all the seed I put out for the “little birds,” and I can’t afford to feed the BIG birds! I’ve developed a Blackbird Dispersal System so I can scare them away without hurting them, but they are VERY smart, and they keep coming back several times each time they show up—until they realize that the “scarer” is going to “appear” every time they come—and then they—all of them, at the feeders AND in the trees—go away and usually don’t come back for a day or two—to try again! There have been some VERY cool “animal” shows on PBS lately! The “animal homes” series that’s on right now is amazing! Also linked on that page. And if you click “see all” there are many more possibilities, including Leave it to Beavers, which was just on (TV) last week, and it’s absolutely incredible to see in such detail “what they do” and HOW they do it—and how good, and necessary, they are for the environment! If you have time, I highly recommend it! (Full episodes of “animal homes” are available on the “see all” page!) Easy enough to link things now, so here IS the “see all” page!!! http://video.pbs.org/program/nature/episodes/ Gotta go! P.S. Zach, I never managed to get back here to post, but I LOVE all the pics you posted. Thanks for posting them. I didn’t have a “very successful” bird count this year! Very few birds, and not much besides the normal “regulars” I have. Definitely no “murder” of robins this year! Misty I love your “icicle bluebird pic!” Feel very sorry for the bluebird—but love the pic! P.P.S. Since I already have WebAlbums up, here’s a pic (not very close up!) of a Golden Eagle on the Ute Mountain Tribal Park last spring! This is the only Golden I’ve ever seen! https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lKmHq6gaCDC_S3BtFXaMIQPPcO__tq0XI6jlKd1A8Lg?feat=directlink