DAILY PICS VOL. 233

Oh my gosh, I hope someone will get photos of these beauties!!

Male Red-bellied Wodpecker...

The White-breasted Nuthatchs are visiting more now that they are finishing up their nesting for the summer!

Everyday fewer & fewer Baltimore Orioles are seen.

Little Downy Woodpecker

Cute photos nanny!!!

They are cute nanny! I thought I saw a Nuthatch today going down the tree head first; couldn't get to the bino's in time.

Cardinal landed near me this morning.

In the Crepe Myrtle.

I had'nt seen the Downy Woodpecker for a while...showed up today.

Collared Dove.

Gardenpom, that young Cardinal is just adorable. Great wp too!!

Blue Jay in a Palm. Thanks Duc.....love your Ospreys. Pelle, are you going to go in search of that Spoonbill?

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No because the weathers been real bad and I'm not familiar with that place.

Gp, those palm like mighty dangerous, looks like a row of teeth, under that jay. Lovely photo.
Hope to see a Nuthatches sometime this year, seen one last year at the pond.
Duc the Osprey is really nice.
Love the baby Mockingbird, so sweet.

The Purple Finch are ruling the yard. Lots of them this year. But, not a lot of Goldfinches this year.

2 Downy woodpeckers, Mama and juvie.

Upside down Goldfinch.

Pine Sisken on a wet day.

Nice shots, burn. I could be wrong but isn't your Downy Woodpecker actually a Hairy Woodpecker ? The bill seems too long for a Downy.

It does look like a Hairy. Great shots burn!

Yep, Hairies - note the pure white outer tail feather.

Resin

Male Pileated came by yesterday.....I can't believe they are still coming!!

Beautiful nanny!

The last time I stopped by the duck pond in Roseburg I saw at least 5 of these white doves.

Wow she is pretty tiger!

Gardenpom, that Jay is gorgeous in the palm.
Burn, your finch is so pretty. We have both the House and the Purple, but I can't tell the difference unless they're together. I envy you being able to photograph the juv. wp. Cute Goldfinch and Pine Siskin too.
Nanny, that's a gorgeous Pileated!!
Tiger, what a stunning Dove!! Wow.

The Canada Geese were showing off for me the other day.

Another one.

Nice catches duc!

We were out on the lake and fully enjoying the mating rituals of the Western Grebes.
This was one happy pair.

As part of the mating ritual, they dive for weeds and appear to be placing the strings on each others bills.

They bob their heads up and down and then actually look like they're dancing on top of the water, then dive together.

Such wonderful pictures Duc! Oh wow, I love them all, but especially the C. geeses showing off. :-) and the mating ritual. It's almost like human offering a diamond ring ritual? LOL. It's nature at its best!

This Western Grebe was showing off his fish catch before eating it.

That's did it! I would like to move to California, please!

One last one. I thought it was just posing for me.

Just rub it in why don't ya? LOL.

Oh my goodness duc those are so great! I sure hope you put some in Bird Files (especially the running on water).

Thanks SO MUCH for posting them!

Pelle

I'll be happy to Pelle, didn't think about that, thanks.

Lily, not rubbing it in, just remembering how much fun it is to be on the lake and watch wildlife in person. You have a beautiful lake and lots of beautiful birds too!

Wonderful shots everyone...enjoying all of them. My OCD has kicked in big time and I am working in the garden!! LOL! Having a great time and saw a beautiful Pileated today. I hope it lands someplace where I can get a shot at it. I also think that we have 2 Little Blue Herons on the farm pond. I need to sneak up there in the early AM and try and get some pics...they spook very easily. I have been seeing them for the past week and think one of them landed in the dead tree the other day.

Our 3rd nest of Bluebirds fledged eleven days ago and I got to witness all 4 of them leave the box successfully. Here is a shot of the female that just completed her 4th nest!

Here is one of 2 adult males...I'm not sure if this is the Daddy Blue or not!