Can anyone tell me what these things are? We have quite a few of them nesting around here and I don't know if I've seen them here before. Sorry for the blurry picture.

Damn with that long beak I almost thought it was a Kiwi but then I pulled my ead out of my 4th point of contact and realized NOT IN NEVADA

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These look something like curlews.

These are Long Billed Curlews. My Husband took at bird ID class in college and knows birds well! He is always asking me what bird is that, what bird is this...I never know.

Thanks, I was wondering also! Are they water birds? I'd like to get a photo of what ever has recently taken refuge in my small yard. It makes a sound I've never heard in this area, but I haven't actually seen the bird...

Thanks CK, that's the one all right . Also, I'm not in NV, that is just one of the quirks of satellite internet, I'm in Eastern Montana. These birds are up on the flats above the Powder River valley.

According to Wikipedia, they are water birds or more specifically shore birds but they fly to the grasslands to nest. I don't know if I've ever seen them before but there is kind of a little flock of them here this summer. I came across a nest as well and their eggs are as large or larger than chicken eggs.

Levi,
The arrival of the curlews is considered the "for sure" sign of Spring in Western Montana. When they fly you can see the dark salmon color of the underside of their wings. They are a cool bird & they eat grasshoppers.

What kind of a bird is this?

"What kind of a bird is this?"

Probably a species of "gagous nopostii"

sorry for any offense if any was taken.

Samantha - Its the Trampstampeos onyurasseous.

You're lack of judgment is showing, Samantha.

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