Bird Watching: Daily bird pics #444, 2 by Chillybean

Chillybean wrote:
Thank you all for your comments about our Cardinal. She was here yesterday at the hopper where I placed some of the special seed. Looking through the binoculars, the upper bill is a little brighter than the photo and if we (my husband looked too) are not seeing things, the bill looks a tad longer.

Hack, those are interesting pods in #2. Do the birds eat them? Your camera has some fun settings, I like your winged Chipping. Ours will probably be leaving soon, I noticed one that looked to be transitioning out of breeding plumage.

Linth, beautiful Osprey. My best shot had it sitting on its eggs, so I just got the head. Beautiful Kingfisher. We had one near here earlier until the creek started drying up.

Burn, congrats on your lifers- you need to post your Tennessee Warbler over here. :) That was a life bird for us this spring.

I've named this Red-tailed Hawk juvenile Baby. S/he cries a lot like one. We had stopped by the creek on our way home as is our habit now and this was perched on the pole. I didn't want to scare it off, but we needed to get home! As my husband inched forward, off it flew bawling as it went. I happened to be ready and got these photos.

Baby has been at our place, but we usually do not know it until we walk out the door, thus startling him/her and there it goes cryin' again.