DAILY PICs - VOL. 256

Mockingbird in early morning sun.

Lovely photos, Burd. That's sure a large congregation of Cormorants.

Love the Mockingbird, GP.

Young Kookaburra on the clothesline this morning.

Thanks, Margaret. If I had seen this Osprey just a few seconds sooner, I would have gotten a great pic.

Here a two Painted Buntings, young males or possibly females. We are expecting nasty weather when that hurricane gets closer, so I won't be outside much early this week.

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rose, I like the waxwings - pretty.

reddirtretiree - nice capture, BB in flight!

ducbucln - I've been lots of Coots, too.

chris8796 - those Cedar Wax Wings look real nice.

Burd - WOW, you were busy. Those Double-crested Cormorants reminded me of the ones I've been seeing.

gardenpom, cool, two with one shot - White-winged Dove and Collared Dove. How does a regular ole mourning dove compare in size to those two?

MargaretK - I still think that Young Kookaburra is one unique looking character.

I sat for a little while and only saw male and female cardinals late this evening. I had an excess of Safflower seed so I filled many of my feeders with it.. I don't think it is as good an attractant as my other seeds mixes.

Hack

I think the Mourning Dove is just a tad smaller than the White-winged, Hack.

Bluebird from yesterday. Had some decent activity around my feeders for the first time this fall. House Finches, Goldfinches and Junco's showed up. Also had some WP's and waxwings, but couldn't get a pic of the waxwings. Did get a pic of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

House Finch outside the study window.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

There used to be a time I filled the feeders a couple times a day, but now they don't even need it once a week. I don't know what's going on, but I sure miss my birds!

I did have a flock of Golden-crowned Kinglet's come through yesterday, but they seldom sit still in the open, so are hard to get a decent shot of.

Chris...beautiful flicker shot at the start of the thread!

We know I love all of them everybody!

I have the same thing goin on here tigerlily. I don't have to refill for days sometimes. Maybe because of the realitively nice weather??

It has been so warm here the last couple of days the Blue Birds are out all over....

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Resin, I understand all that, but there are very few song birds to be seen ANYWHERE in my area, let alone my own yard, and I'm hearing the same from around the state.

Great shots everyone.....love the flicker shot, Chris. I seldom see females in my yard for some weird reason. I love flickers; they are fun to watch. I have the usual titmice, nuthatches, chickadees & downies. It hasn't been cold enough for the more unusual birds to come to the feeders. Here's one of my year 'round residents:

Female Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker
I found a couple hanging out near a flock of Meadowlarks on Saturday and Sunday.
I took this photo this past weekend near Hamilton, TX.

This might qualify as an awful bird photo, but I'll have you know these pretty little Spotted Towhees are fond of thickets, which makes them hard to photograph:) I hope you don't mind the pic. This was taken near Hamilton, TX this past weeekend.

Here's a Northern Mockingbird that was very cooperative. This was taken near Hamilton, TX this past weeekend.

Can you find both of the Yellow-rumped Warblers?

This was taken near Hamilton, TX this past weeekend.

Usual birds. Snapped this mama Cardinal at one of my feeders.

Heavy overcast, winds getting up. I can tell there's a hurricane in the Gulf.

Hack

White-crowned Sparrow
This was taken near Hamilton, TX this past weeekend.

One of the many Meadowlarks I saw this past weekend near Hamilton, TX.

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female House Sparrow.

Hack

Carolina Chickadee.

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Hack

Nice assortment, everyone.
Great flicker pic Chris. Thanks for the new thread.

A Goldfinch, in the backyard.

Hairy Woodpecker, in the crabapple tree.

The picky Blue Jay, opening his peanut. He flew off with a peanut and came back with it, to exchange it for another one. ;)

I went to Chincoteague Island, VA this past weekend... one of my favorite places!

A couple of photos from the trip... overall very satisfying, with over 800 shots taken in all!

A Great Egret and his reflection at sunrise...

Double-crested Cormorants drying their wings... so cool when they do that!

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A Great Blue Heron on his roost at sunrise...

Maybe some help with this one...

A plover of some sort???

Nice Shots Everyone! May be a Semipalmated Plover VA Rose. Couple pics from a quick walk through the marsh Sunday.

Rusty Blackbird

Cedar Waxwings

Slightly blurry Black-capped Chickadee.

I believe this is a juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk, it was smaller than the Cooper's Ive seen about a foot long.

One more same Hawk.

I have lost trck of what I have posted over the last couple of weeks...I know I am surprise too!! LOL

Any if I am repeating I do apologize!

A very handsome male Downy Woodpecker....

and a Tufted Titmouse....

The female Red-bellied Woodpecker has tried to stop in but the male always chases her away. :(

I got this bad shot yesterday out in the backyard but I am not postive on who it is ....