I got a look at the bird making it - it seemed to have a white belly, and a little bigger than a phoebe would be. But merlin wasn't giving me anything, I couldn't get a look at it's wings, and I don't know flycatcher calls
Awful picture. Crested, like a kingfisher, but no white belt. Clearly has yellow feet, not visible in image. Legs too short to be a heron, but a good sized bird, about the size of a duck. But this was clearly a perching bird, not a duck.
Loon flight call or something else? Maybe the rooster in the background?
Little bird in a hole under an awning.
Shrill, sharp calls with replies from a similar sounding bird farther away
Tuft on the top of its head
BUTTER BUTT!!!
I had time to grab my cammy
Pair foraging together