Daily Pics #270

Cardinal

Dellrose, don't blame ME for that mesh feeder, BURN made me buy it for the Redpolls I was expecting. LOL.

I was surprised to see the fox sparrow this far north right now. thought they'd all be down at your place.

Brown Creeper

I put out some fresh WP mix and the Nuthatch's start their grab and go routine.

Grab and Go! lol

Elvis with some better light.

I'll end it here with the Black-capped Chickadee.

Wow, from the last thread,
Frank, wonderful photos, all of them. Love the BB's and that Pine Warbler is gorgeous!
Adel, sorry something got some of your quail. I'd be happy to send you some, but I'm sure we'll lose some of our soon too. The younger ones don't seem to be very smart or fast.
Mrs Ed, that last photo with the flicker and red-bellied is spectacular.
Hack, congrats on the new lens. Guess you'll need the tripod for sure with that longer lens.
CC, cute nuthatch. That last one is a female or younger Dark-eyed Junco-note the pink bill.

Burn great start of the new thread. Love that grackle photo-sure hope that bird survives. Beautiful Jay, dove and that Downy is so cute.
Red, cute crow. Love that shot of the doves! Looks like my Bewick's too-great shot!
Mrs Ed, just love that Fox Sparrow!
GP I always love seeing your grackles too. Love that buntings too. Did you see the Painted Bunting on the cover of the Bird and Blooms Extra? Wow, your photos should have been there! Cute hummer too!
Pelle, gorgeous photos of the starlings, cardinal and jay.
Rose, I always look forward to seeing the Chickadees-gosh they're cute. Cute phoebe too!
Burd, love your starling and cardinal-wow! Great shot of the grab and go. Elvis is so beautiful!

This female Brewer's Blackbird stood out pretty in the sun.

This Dark-eyed Junco was watching us eat dinner inside the house.

This Junco was looking for a spot at the peanut butter log.

The log was full up and the junco was waiting a turn. I've named this one Golden crowned Sparrow "Stretch". Bet you know which one I mean. Every time he comes here, he prefers to stretch for a higher hole rather than a closer one.

Still seeing lots of White crowned Sparrows here.

Here is the male Red-Bellied Woodpecker.

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Hawk flying over.

Beautiful male Cardinal.

Hawk in a neighbors' tree.

A Seagull.

Male and female Red-Bellies.

Mr. Mockingbird.

Painted Bunting leaving the feeder.

Last for now, Osprey flyover.

Duc, that 7D kicks butt!

GP, I think your Hawks are both Red-shouldered Hawk's. And why Ive never seen a Mockingbird, is beyond me.

Burd, I had to go to MEXICO to see a Northern Mockingbird.

Roflmao! Mrs_Ed.

Wow this thread is flying along with so many great shots!

GP, Love your Red-shouldered in the tree! The first Red-bellied is a handsome male. Your Northern Mockingbird is a really nice shot!

Duc, Your Oregon form Junco's are so cute!

Burd, That Nuthatch is adorable! I miss mine.

Rose, I'm with you about hugging those Chickadees!

Red, I have a lot of House Finch too.

No Kidding, here it is.

I guess I,ll add the Mockingbird to my wish-list for 2010. lol

Even though it was dark and raining I did get a few shots through the window.
I see more American Goldfinch every day now. The two socks and metal thistle feeder were full today. Some were eating on the other feeders and on the ground.

The regular House Finch were agitated by the extra competition. Here is a female checking things out.

Got out of my car at work the other day and this sight greeted me.....taken with my pocket camera. Vulture meeting.

Grab n Go.

awww! I love those guys bird. Mine is gone! :(

We're on a roll today!!!
Pelle, I told you they'd be BACK. LOL Get cooking.
Great close up of the Nuthatch burd.
GP I wonder what that meeting was all about......... Planning the menu for the day?
Poor little Eastern Phoebe, he's too cute, to be standing out in the cold like that.
Great photos everyone!!!
I think this one, was eating some grapes, I had put out to attract the Waxwings.

A thirsty BlueJay.

WOW, what a great assortment of bird pictures.

ducbucIn, You don't need to send any White crowns up here. Last spring there was around a 100 of them and they stayed around for 6 weeks. Never had that many before and also before only stayed a couple of weeks. I will post a picture of the damage they did to my sweet cherry crop. I watched them clipping off the cherry blooms, didn't eat anything, just clipped the bloom and let them fall. It is a large cherry tree, probably 20 feet and impossible to cover with bird netting. The ground was white, and I did not get one cherry off the tree.

Donna

Sorry that is not the picture I want to send. Have been trying to organize my photos today and now cna't find the ones I want. Will try again, Donna

Takes me awhile to get the pictures.

Nice shots everyone! I love the White-crowned Sparrows.

Burd, Love the Grab n Go shot!

I've had a lot of light-colored Juncos this year. Some have hints of rufous on their backs. Lots of variation in this species.