Bird Watching: Daily piccies vol 448 and Welcome to 2013, 1 by ducbucln

ducbucln wrote:
Mrs. Ed, I love your goldfinches. I had to stop buying the thistle seeds when they got past $65 for a bag. Well it was either that or stop buying the tons of sugar, peanut butter and peanuts. That second photo with the squirrel is adorable. It looks like it's quite happy with the seeds too.

Lily, love all your birds too. That pine warbler is gorgeous. The fishing must be great at your house, that heron knows a good place to be.

Oh by the way, you're both welcome anytime!

My vet called and asked if I'd take photos of another hawk that had been treated for a gunshot and was ready to be released. This vet technician works with the birds brought into their office and this was her first "from pick up to release". The sky was gray and the rain just beginning but I did catch my pictures. This was a red-tailed hawk.

I finally got photos of the large feet of a coot in the water. The feet just don't seem to fit the coot.

Last one is my regular visitor, a nuttall's woodpecker.