From 5.13.26-5.16.26 my father, brother and I drove from Chicago, IL to Memphis, TN and back. This is part of Day 4.
See all of the Memphis trip posts at Memphis 2026.
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| Blue Grosbeak (male) |
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| Blue Grosbeak (female) foraging on the ground |
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| Blue Grosbeak |
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| Blue Grosbeak |
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| Blue Grosbeak foraging on the ground |
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| Blue Grosbeak |
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| Both Blue Grosbeaks foraging on the ground |
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| Blue Grosbeak |
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| Blue Grosbeak (our first time seeing one of these beautiful birds!) |
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| Blue Grosbeak |
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| Blue Grosbeak |
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| Canada Warbler |
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| Canada Warbler |
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| Summer Tanager (female) |
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| Northern Mockingbird perched on a fence |
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| Northern Mockingbird displaying wings. "The Northern Mockingbird frequently gives a "wing flash" display, where it half or fully opens its wings in jerky intermediate steps, showing off the big white patches. No one knows why it does this, but it may startle insects, making them easier to catch. On the other hand, it doesn’t often seem to be successful, and different mockingbird species do this same display even though they don’t have white wing patches." - All About Birds (Northern Mockingbird overview) |
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| Northern Mockingbird preening on pasture feeder |
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| Northern Mockingbird |
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| Barn Swallow perched on a fence |
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| Barn Swallow preening |
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| Eastern Bluebird perched on a branch |
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| Eastern Kingbird on the ground at a pond's edge |
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| Two Mourning doves on a pasture feeder for the Bison |
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| Flock of Cedar Waxwings (one of three flocks we saw on this trip) |
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| American Bison/Buffalo (molting) |
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| American Bison/Buffalo (one of 13 at Shelby Farms Park) |
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| Muskrat |
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| Painted Turtle and Red-eared Slider sunning |
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| Unknown Turtle swimming. (It may have said its name was Sir Reginald Bubblebottom) |