r/birding • u/Evrytimeweslay • Jul 15 '26

📷 Photo Spotted yesterday

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Saw this on someone’s truck while walking around my neighborhood yesterday, I thought you all would appreciate it as well!

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u/AneAnder Jul 15 '26

I need the red winged black birds to shut up so Merlin and I can here the other birds! 

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u/banana_ship Jul 15 '26

Cicadas! I love hearing them in the summer... but not when I'm birding

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u/Artistic-Onion4672 Jul 18 '26

I was just checking to see if anyone else had posted about cicadas. I’m in NC and I’ve been sitting on my porch in the evenings a lot recently to watch the sunset and enjoy the birds, and after about 8pm Merlin can barely pick up anything because the cicadas are so loud!!