Daily Pics Vol. 252

Hi GP, Yes they can get confusing especially in the Fall.

Hack, Congrats on the camera and lens!

Great shots everyone!

Yep, Palm Warbler

Resin

Good Morning everyone! Today is raining like crazy...boo-hoo...that means I stay indoors and try and look busy...LOL! Thanks everyone for your kind comments, we really do have a great group here!

Dave..That is a gorgeous Jay and congrats on the Bald Eagle. You're lucky to have one so close and I expect more great Eagle shots from you!

GP..So glad your Indigo's have shown up...I haven't seen one in over a week! That Grackle shot cracks me up, I didn't know they ate peanuts!

Duc...Nice shooting and I love the many Goldfinch shot..it would be lovely framed.

Dirt...Love the Flicker!

Pelle...Sounds like you're having a great time! Is the White-throated a first of life for your? Take lots of pictures and stay safe.

Tiger...I am envious of your Brown Creeper...I have never seen one but am still looking!! I like how you got that tail shot.

Hack...Congrats on the new camera gear...have fun with it and post more shots!!

Nanny...Love the Red, White and Blue presentation!! And to answer your question, yes I will never forget the first time the Blues showed up to drink from the blue bowl!!

Here is a male Eastern Bluebird from the day the sun shined in the Ozarks!



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This male Red-bellied Woodpecker has been stashing his peanuts in a metal pole...he'll never be able to retrieve them so DH stuck a twig in the hole but he's still trying!!

I was in the field earlier this week watching for birds and heard the Northern Flickers making all kinds of racket. I finally spotted them on a dead tree...they were harassing a Red-tailed Hawk!! There are a pair of Hawks that seem to be terrorizing the local birds as they work in tandem.

The Starlings show up briefly but don't stay long...

although they appear to be checking the place out!!

edited for grammar..

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Here is a Meadowlark showing off his vocal skills (he is singing good morning Mrs. Ed)!!

The Yellow-rumped Warblers are all over the place...but won't stay still for a second!

Last one...a pair of Tufted Titmice in the hanging feeder.

Oh rose. thanks for the Meadowlarks!

Dirt, great Flicker picture.

GP, your pretty Grackle is skinny. Do you think it's an immature bird? Nice variety of birds!

Rose, love that BB picture-such a colorful bird. Your wp is beautiful. Poor baby really thinks it was doing good storing the peanuts. Glad your DH blocked the hole. I wonder if the wp will try to pull the twig out? That Meadowlark is a beauty too. The Titmice are adorablel.


Here's a Great Egret flying by.

Found this Hermit Thrush sitting on the neighbor's fence.

This Oak Titmouse was cute-just wish he had the colors of the Tufted.

Here's another one.

This Yellow-rumped Warbler looked cute.

The Turkey Vultures are every day fly-bys.

The male Red-bellied Woodpecker seems to be the winner in the fueding over our trees. I haven't seen the female for several days now.

White-breasted Nuthatch activity is really picking up now with the cooler weather.

Same for the Carolina Chickadees...

Ditto to that Nanny!

And…

First dark-eyed junco of the season. perfect on a cool rainy day when the leaves are coming down in the back yard.

Wow, so many great shots.

d-rose - I haven't ever seen Flicker of any kind, maybe one day . . . and the pair of tufted titmice on the hanging feeder looks good.

dave - that blue jay almost "bit off more that he could chew." and the eagle was something!

t-lily - I've never seen a Brown Creeper, cool shot.

nanny - looks like you have your fair share of blue jays. And I had a White-breasted Nuthatch show up a few days ago, but haven't seen it again. I've always, and still do, have quite a bit of Carolina Chickadees.

dirt - what a pretty flicker.

g-pom - I got to look closer at my doves, your white-winged one is nice.

duc - yes, that Yellow-rumped Warbler sure did look cute.

Mrs_Ed - nice snap of the Junco

I enjoyed all the photos.
Hack

Playing around with the Canon 40D and 70-300mm IS USM lens.

All the following shoots are from a distance of about 25-27 yards and have been cropped and enhanced by Picasa.

Here's a male house finch enjoying a meal.

Hack

Edited to clean up some grammar mistakes.

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Here's a Carolina Chickadee. He had just left the feeder and went to a limb to work up its meal.

Here's a male Downy Woodpecker eating some Peanut Delight suet.

Hack

Edited, corrected some wording.

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Here's a female Cardinal on the ground foraging for seeds beneath one of my feeders.

Hack

Here's one of my many Goldfinches eating thistle. My other feeder, a mesh one, draws more than this tube feeder.

Hack

Here's a hawk I saw today while visiting up in Baltimore.

Another shot. As you can see by the wet spots, he was in the bird bath, splashing around just before I got there.

Here's my adult male bluebird this morning, looking about as good as he can look.

And here is Mama -- or at least I THINK it is her, All three females look pretty much alike now.

Dave that hawk looks regal, but you and your BB's simply amaze me.

I imagine the temps up there are dropping, do your BB stay year round?

Hack

Yes, they do. I don't think there has been a single day since 2004 that I haven't seen at least a couple of them. I especially like the winter. The birds come even closer, because food is more scarce and I get to get shots like this.

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And this:

Ohhh, such lovely shots folks. You done good! ;-)

The Ruby-crowned Kinglets have arrived here, and are just everywhere. I saw but one Golden-crowned, but it wasn't cooperative, constantly flitting.

The Rubies were ever still enough for photos a few times today, and one took a bath in front of me. I'm still sorting and editing, but here's a few shots for you.

2nd

3rd

Last one for now.

Great shots everyone!!!

Some people found a Very rare bird for New Jersey, a Sage Thrasher found in Sandy Hook. Picture here at Flickr. I love hearing about and seeing rare birds!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwolfert/4033570800/