DAILY PICS - Vol. 294

Welcome to the new Bird Pics Daily thread. This is a continuation of the most recent thread that can be found at the following link if you wish to re-visit and look at some fine photos.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1078529/

This past Saturday, despite decent weather, I had a frustrating day in that 80% of photo opportunities were backlit. However, sometimes you are able to salvage a photo that otherwise would be discarded. I'll start the thread with a Great Blue Heron that turned out to be just a silhouette in the sky. But, I like it ........

On the other hand, here is a Great Blue Heron gliding low across the water in a photo sequence.

You can hear them coming, sometimes before you see them. Here is a huge flock of Canada Geese descending on Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, in late afternoon. A week before there were 11,000 Snow Geese present. This past weekend, I saw about half a dozen. But, they have been amply replaced by Canada Geese. They were everywhere.

Here is one of the few Snow Geese ...... talking to a friend.

linthicum - thanks for starting a new thread. I tell you the truth, that sequence of the GB Heron flying low across the water is great!

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Here are some more of my pix from Cooper Creek Park.

Here's a collage I made of male and female Ring-necked Ducks. There were lots of them on the lake.

Hack

Here are a bunch of Double-breasted Cormorants standing around. I think the two pale colored ones are juvies.

Hack

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Here's an American Coot. To be so plain looking, it is a nice looking duck.

Hack

I saw this Canada Goose watching me while I was snapping pics on the water.

Hack

My last pic for tonight - another pic like the one of the previous thread. A pair of Mallards.

Hack

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Linth, Thanks for starting the new thread! Love the heron sequence shot along with the Snow Goose!

Hack, Love the collages, Double-crested Cormorants and Coot!

White Ibis overhead.

Two Mourning Doves.

Buntings in the feeder.

Osprey.

Grackle.

Blue Jay.

Red Bellied Woodpecker.

Last pic, Cowbird.

Great start to another new thread.
Charlie... I really like the GBH silhouette!
Hack... love the photo of the cormorants.
Gardenpom... I sure wish we had painted buntings!

Wonderful pics GP! Especially love the Ibis and Painted Bunting!

Nice shots everyone!! Nice start to the new thread Linth! Very nice sequence of the Great Blue Heron!
Hack, nice shots from Cooper Creek!!
Gp, nice shots! Really like the Grackle shot with those color's.
Nice shots everyone on the last thread!!

Not much activity around my feeder's other than the Starlings I usually see but just haven't had the time lately to watch. Got a pic of a Mr. Cooper the other day.

Nice one Burd!

Nice one of the Hawk. It surprises me how small their beak seems to be. Small but deadly.

Love the opening shot for this thread, Linth....nice composition!
Hack....love all of the water birds. Looks like that CG was thinking about charging you!
Gardenpom....you're so lucky to have painted buntings; never seen one here :(
Nice shot of that Coopers, Burd. I have a Sharp-shinned and a Coopers around but I can never get my camera in my hand fast enough to snap them. And if I go out in the yard, they disappear.

We are expecting more snow tonight so the yard has been hopping. The light isn't so great right now...I'll wait until later. My group of 4 bluebirds went down to 2 last week with much courting behavior and nestbox inspecting etc. Now, there is another female in the yard. Can't tell if she is one of the daughters or a different female but these 2 girls are fighting over the food and the box like crazy. He sits off to the side and stays out of it....LOL

Here's the 2nd female:

Have had a pair of Eurasian Ring-necked Doves in the front yard under a feeder the past few days. Funny they have been here before, but never feed in back with all the other doves. Always under the feeders in front.

Linth...I love your opening shot...I am partial to silhouette shots myself.

Beautiful hawk, Burd!

Grackle silhouette

few end of February shots. A Starling very hungry!!

During a snow....pair of Cardinals & a Tufted Titmouse.

small group of Cardinals ....we seem to have more females than males this year.

Dark-eyed Junco....the 24th of Feb.

Last one for me right now....Brown Creeper eating suet.

Nanny....love the brown creeper shot! I only see them in the winter and haven't seen a single one this year. SO cute!!

One of my Brewers Blackbirds.

Another one

The closest thing I have to the beautiful grackles is this male Brewers Blackbird.

Awesome Nanny. I've never seen a creeper at my suet, but it is not on the trees. I think the squirrels would make off with it.

Yesterday I saw 5 bald eagles. Two adult, the other Juvies. Only halfway acceptable shots were of this second year eagle. I wonder if it is missing a feather in that left wing.

Also a few other birds at my Mom's house. Darn it, why won't they come to my house.

American Tree sparrow

Tufted titmouse (they are so CUTE)

Black capped chickadee. Boy she has lots of these. I only have two at a time.