Crazy birds

We've seen a lot of cool birds lately. It probably has something to do with Tennyson pointing out every bird he sees. These birds weren't that cool -- they're nasty, disease-ridden birds that thought Tennyson was a loaf of white bread and tried to eat him.

These birds were cool (especially their eyes - click on the image to be dazzled):

This is a Peregrine Falcon we saw in downtown St. George, Utah a couple weeks ago.

We don't know what these next birds are (please identify them for us), but they were quite lovely. We saw this one on the National Mall.

And this one was chilling at the Kenilworth Acquatic Gardens.

Technically, this isn't a bird. But look at those wings.