DAILY PICS VOL. 274

House finch

Another bluebird...fluffed up in the cold.

Great shots Chris and Dave!

Fieldfare

Resin

In the same tree as the Redwing

It's good to see you posting photos, Resin. Beautiful shots!

Interesting to see the English birds, Resin. The shot with the snow and berries is a beaut. Cold here as well and most of the ponds are iced up. Because of the two waterfalls on our neighborhood pond, it has a little open water. Attracted about a hundred Wigeons and a few Gadwalls.

A Kestrel from a little drive yesterday. Also saw a Roadrunner near our house and an interesting dark hawk I posted on the ID board.

Beautiful photos everyone.
Resin, your birds, snow and berries are beautiful. Nice to see your pictures.

Dave, that 7D is really doing a great job!

Finally my crows have decided they like the corn. These two took turns eating. The other birds all ignore it.

Forgot to mention the white in the background of the crows was thick early morning fog which hangs over our lake.

Only seeing a few robins here, but they do enjoy their daily bath. This one wouldn't share and chased the others off.

He did look quite happy with himself!

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I couldn't believe it. My hybrid/integrade Northern Flicker with the yellow tail was here. These birds stay here all year, but I'd have thought he'd be going to other areas in search of berries on the trees. You can barely see the yellow, but at least I know it's there.

I really enjoy seeing all these little Oat Titmice.

Wonderful pics everyone!

- a Downy this afternoon

Cardinal head shot

Burd, your female RWB is pretty. I see the males often but the females are rare in the yard.

Would love to see a Horned Lark, thanks for shring Chris!

We had 2 male Northern Flicker here yesterday morning at the same time!

This one out on the far tree.....

and this one up by the house....

Congrats Nanny! I love to see Flickers in the yard.

WOW, look at this tongue!

Water Can, beautiful photos of the wp and that cardinal. Wow

Nanny, great photos. I'm assuming those are the pretty Yellow-shafted Flickers. Do you ever see the Red-shafted there?

Mrs Ed, I love your starlings and that tongue is something else. Looks like they love your suet on the sunflower.

Nice shots everyone!

WC, Very good one of the Cardinal!

Nanny, I love the Flicker!

LOL Mrs Ed, good catch!

Nice ones Duc and Red!

This Oriole's nest (made from fishing line) was at the edge of the lake where the Ring-necked Ducks were.

chris8796 - I'll bet it was fun watching that titmouse with that material

2dCousinDave - I had a Song Sparrow visit yesterday. All your pics are sharp focus.

Resin - I've never seen a Fieldfare, the red berries sure set it off nicely.

reddirtretiree - That pic with the waterfalls and the birds in the foreground is really nice.

ducbucln - it was nice seeing a birdbath that wasn't frozen. I pour warm water into mine, but it re-freezes.

WaterCan2 - How in the world did you get that close for the Cardinal head shot? Great pic. Real sharp.

nanny_56 - those 2 male Northern Flicker are really nice looking. I've never seen one.

Mrs_Ed - what are those Starlings eating?


I was outside today and took a lot of pics. Saw nothing new. I kept looking for that hawk to make another appearance, but no luck. Now I've got to go through them and see which one on want to keep.

Hack









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Boo on the fishing line.


Hack, that's some home made suet/seed shoved in an old giant sunflower head.

Thanks Mrs_Ed. I just buy my suet. Wonder if making it is a hassle.

Well, out of all the pics I too, these are the ones I decided to post.

This is a Dark-eyed Junco feeding on the ground.

Hack

Here's a Blue Jay. It didn't stay long and didn't feed as far as I know.

Hack

This Carolina Chickadee was way up high in a China berry Tree. Do birds eat China berries?

Hack

A Carolina Wren dropped by.

Hack

I had lots of Pine Warblers today.

Hack

A Song Sparrow showed up.

Hack

Duc, we only have the Yellow Shafted Flickers here. The Red Shafted are generally found in the western part of the country.

That is a cool idea Mrs. Ed wish I would have saved some of my huge seed heads!

Just found a camera card I had put in a drawer in 2002 and not looked at till now!

Another

This one was February 2003

One more.

Wish I could find a card in my drawer with those kinds of shots!

LOL, Nice ones Dave! Love the White-throated Sparrow.

Hack, thats is so great you have Pine Warblers. Nice shots!

Visited Lake Thunderbird yesterday. Had quite a lot of ice. We were primarily looking for eagles, but didn't see any. Saw this fellow near our house. I had one really good pose, but was slightly out of focus. The rest of the time, he remained hidden with cover between us. Interesting birds to watch. Greater Roadrunner.

Ring-billed Gulls near the marina.