Bird Watching: Daily Bird Pics (and conversation) #446, 1 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
I'm always glad to see Margaret's birds. They're so neat. Lot of different birds that I don't ever get to see here. Of those I don't get to see are those that are from the west coast and Florida such as the Scrupt Jay from Duc. The Beautiful Bunting from GP. We don't get to see the Bohamian Waxwings, but thanks goodness we do have their cousins the Cedar Waxwings here during migratory period. Linth, love those fabulous shots of the Eagles-- they're just out of this world! Agreed with you, 2nd cousin Dave does have one excellent shot of the full moon. Whoa! I can even see the craters outlined on that pic. Hiya irisMA. Glad to know birds from your area are preparing themselves for their journey South by 'cleaning out the feeders' on a regular basic. Down here, especially while Sandy was active, I rarely saw one single bird at my backyard feeders? Or it could be Hawks were frequenting the area. I did see a few of those flying overhead while there were no song birds in the backyard. Since Sandy retrieved, my residential birds have returned, I'm so thankful of that.

In order to make up for the lack of birds at the feeders, south bound migratory birds arrived here. By the end on Oct. I saw an occasional American Coots. By the 1st of the month, I finally see 'OUR' usual flock of A. Coots which is a welcoming sight. These will be my regular visitors all through the dreary days of winter to come....

1, one of my first time I welcoming the A. Coots to our area lake
2, zommed out a little of the same group of the 'water chickens'. ^^
3, & 4. Are my Eastern Blue birds; I do put out meallies for them, however, my yardbirds such as Wrens and White-breasted Nuthatches are likely to be the first to find the treats.
5, my final pic. is that of one of the Nuthatches checking out the nestbox, these guys/gals do roost within the shelter when temp. drops too low down here-- I think.