So, Deelee, here..............the biggest birds that I have ever seen are Blue Jays and Mockingbirds in my backyard.....

My Mom and Dad have seen Bald Eagles in California and Alaska

What birds have you and your family seen and where were they?

We have seen storks, eagles, ravens, crows and swans. Storks, ravens and crows were in our garden, eagles were flying above the forest and swans were on the river.

The biggest bird I ever saw was a sulfur crested cockatoo.


He came a few days to our bird feeder, but decided that it was too small for him to comfortably use.

He was MAGNIFICENT! And as big as me! I looked at the bird, then I looked at myself and thought, OMG, he´s fascinating, but could I take him? I don´t think so.

Since then, Dad has also trimmed the tree so that his favorite perch is gone, too.

I see bigger birds way up high flying over, but I don´t know what they are (usually ibis, sez Mom) Piper

Oh! I forgot about the brush turkey! It was HUGE. Mom says she´s glad he didn´t settle in - the males build a nest, and the females travel from nest to nest laying eggs, so that the egg the male raises isn´t even his own offspring! - because they build their nests out of brush - a huge mound, bigger than a "pitcher´s mound" she says - and once they settle in, they never leave!

Here´s his picture, sorry it´s fuzzy but it´s hard to catch these kind of moments!

Wow, you guys sure get some big birds hanging out in your gardens. The biggest bird we have come to our garden is a Hadeda Ibis. Sorry, I haven´t got a photo of him to put on, but he is pretty huge - maybe like a stork, but with shorter legs. He has a long curved bill, which he uses to dig in the lawn for grubs and worms with. Altogether, he has a pretty comical appearance and a very loud, harsh cry. A cross between the sound of a goose and a foghorn, if you can imagine that. He shouts "hah, hah, hah-de-daa", which is where he gets his name from. If you take one by surprise in the garden, he will fly up with big, clumsy, flapping wings and scream loudly - the combined effect is enough to give you a heart attack!!!