Camouflage, or "How Not to Be Seen"

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I wrote, earlier, about moving the feeder stand from beside-the-driveway to the back yard.  Aside from worries about collisions, the location was farther from the house than I wanted, and probably farther from cover than the birds wanted.  I selected the new location, at least partially, to provide cover and "queueing."  I also decided (mostly from lazyness) to leave a brushpile behind it.  That has provided more interest than I expected it would.

For example, this image contains (at least) 2 birds.  One is fairly obvious -- the Tufted Titmouse on the feeder.  The other bird is not so obvious.


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There it is.

Bear in mind, this bird is about the same size as a squirrel.  People legitimately shoot these as food.  Some of it's feathers are pink, and light blue.  But it's really good at pretending to be a rock.  This bird stayed in the same spot for hours.  Every time I glanced out the window, I checked.  Eventually, I let India out and that flushed all of the birds.


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Same bird.  Even in close-up, it still blends really well with the surrounding brush and sunlight.  (Amazing, how much sunlight is at ground level.)  You can see some of the blue, around the base of its bill.

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