Holiday Weekend Birding

Okay, so this great blue heron was doing this weird undulating motion with its throat. I was super curious about what this means, so after doing a little bit of research I learned that it is called "gular fluttering," the purpose of which is to shed excess heat. The more you know!
I have a murder of crows that comes 1-2 times each day now for peanuts. I'm not always able to get a very good picture, but occasionally I can steal one if I open the window. They're still too skittish to come around if I'm outside. We'll work on that. I didn't even start getting any robins until last week but now I'm covered in them! I also didn't get any pine siskins until recently (nor did I even know they existed), and now a large flock seems to come by daily. The tufted titmouse is one of my most favorite backyard birds, so I'm very pleased to have finally gotten a few presentable photos of them. 🙌 I always think chickadees seem like such sweethearts. ❤️️ My bluebird crew is eating me out of house and home, I have to refill the mealworms just about every day!

Backyard Birding (with a bonus Chika)