Daily Photos Volume 297

I had lots of Brown-headed Nuthatches flittering around.

Hack

I had a abundance of male Cardinals today, with only a few females.

Hack

Saw me a couple of male Yellow-rumped Warblers - here's one.

Hack

And for my last shot, a Mourning Dove - I have lots of Mourning Doves.

Hack

That is quite a collection there Hack. Did you know? Rebellied Woodpecker can turn her head to 360o? here it's showing me how it's done. lol

Wait a minute Lily - I'm confused, Wouldn't 360 degrees put her head back in a forward looking direction - same direction she was looking originally? Looks like the one you showed me is looking either 90 degrees straight to her right or at the other extreme, 270 degrees from the left back around to the right.

Hack

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I think I saw her twisted one complete turn of the head to look at me....I'm confused now. lol

Thanks for tracking that feeder down, Pelle!

Sorry I never answered about the feeder guys, I had a VERY eventful day yesterday. DH got a Home Depot truck stuck in mud in our BY (I hate to say I told you so....) Several hours of crawling around in the mud later, we finally had to call a tow truck to pull it out :)

I'll have to ask my mom today if she found it in a store or ordered it online, she gave it to me :) It definitely holds a TON of food. I just started using it but it should be really easy to clean. The squirrels don't seem to even be trying to mess with it. They are too busy fighting with the birds over one of my other feeders. Definitely have to fix that.

Thanks for all your nice comments. I love looking at these threads. I'll definitely be adding more pics!

Lily ... VERY cool that you have an eagle nest so slose by to watch!

Duc....your junco is so pretty. Our's are almost all gone. Just have a couple a day now.

GP...Nice Wood Stork!

Rose...neat shots!

Nice ones Hack....I haven't seen any YRW here yet...I waiting!

A Northern Mockingbird was checking out the little peanut feeder out the back window. Of course I have since had to move the feeder. The squirrles found it....

It was nice for a couple of days tho.....

White-breasted Nuthatch on it.

Did a little birding this weekend, but didn't get many pics. Did get a new bird at Chickasaw National Recreation Area-- a Swamp Sparrow.

Went out to put out mealworms for the BB's this a.m. Surprise! First evidence of nesting.

A Red-shouldered Hawk.

Love all your pictures. Not very good at this but this is a visitor I had a couple of days ago. I haven't seen a juvenile ibis this close to my house before and it was very exciting!!!

Nan, nuthatches are so much fun to watch! Red, congrats on Blue Birds' first nesting for the season. How exciting that's. Flipflops, wow to see an Ibis nearby, how wonderful it is!!!

Lily, what a pretty setting for that heron to search for food. Love the bright brown of that thrasher. Great photos of your red-head too!!

Rose, that buffalo and geese are really an unusual sight to see. Wonderful photos! Love that woodstork and wp. The dove is so sharp and clear-just beautiful.

Hack, love all your birds, but the nuthatch photo is just gorgeous.

Nanny, fantastic shot of the mocker!!

Red, congrats on the starting of a nest. Great shot of the hawk too!

FlipFlop, great photo of the Ibis. How exciting to see it so close. Hope we get to see more photos soon.

Another female Brewers Blackbird.

It looks like the House Sparrows have won the battles for the birdhouses. The good thing is that the Tree Swallows are continuing to stay on the branches below the houses. I'm hoping the sparrows will have their young soon and move out while the swallows are still here.

One of our many Turkey Vultures.

Another one.

Well, I was feeling rather grumpy today until I looked at all your fine photos!

GP and Duc amazed by your vulture photos. Just amazed. I tried to take a pic of one sitting in a tree yesterday and it's just terrible and yet you can get such clarity while they are flying. I'm impressed.

Mrs. Ed, that grackle pic is just wonderful. It's artful and animated. Love it. I never seem to chime into a thread until it's almost done.

This one came for coffee this morning. Hard to photograph, but looks like a White-eyed Vireo to me.

Yep, White-eyed Vireo.

Is that spring I see there? Lucky you!

Resin

Oh yeah, spring is in full swing. Tree pollen is making my head feel like a rock though. Temps have been in the 70s and 80s which feels really good!

Here's one more of the white-eyed vireo.

speaking of eagles, check this out:

Amazing moment bald eagle chases down and catches a starling in mid-air
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1258110/Amazing-moment-bald-eagle-chases-catches-starling-mid-air.html

What great photos, and what a great thing to witness!

ducbucln - thanks for the shots of the tree swallows. I love watching, and hearing, them

dellrose - what fun seeing the buffalo and geese together!

Glad you like them Evie, I have lots more.

Have to start with my pretty female Brewers Blackbird. I'm fascinated by the looks that some of these birds give me.

Elphaba, forgot to tell you that I loved that little vireo.

Here's one of my Lesser Goldfinches enjoying the sun and bath.

The mean looking House Sparrow.

He's still trying to scare off the Tree Swallows but it's not happening.

Great shots everyone!

When the time comes, VA_Wild_Rose will be starting the next thread.

oh Duc! have you gotten out the tabletop fountain yet?

I am truely shocked and surprised by how bright all the male House Finch are this spring! Some of these guys just glow...I can't come close to catching how bright they really are! Beautiful...

Just another pretty Cardinal...^_^

These 2 Robins were duking it out! Have seen lots of these behavior the last few days.

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I've been busy trying to get my flower beds cleaned up while the weather is good!

Wonderful shots everyone! nanny good one of the Robins going at it, they sure can make the feathers fly!!

I carry my camera in a pail with my garden tools and got a few nice shots;-)

Dark-eyed Junco

A Pine Siskin getting a drink from the melting snow.

And a Redpoll looking pretty against the blue sky.

Darn!! I meant to post this one of the Pine Siskin with his head under the snow!

Wonderful pics nanny!

Margaret, Those are so cute of the Pine Siskin, Redpoll and Junco!

Well, I decided I'd better come out of the woodwork and show myself. I just wrote a great screed covering parts of the last two threads and it's vanished into the ether. Nevermind. I have been loving everyone's photos, as always. It's good to see that Spring is finally arriving where most of you are. It's certainly been a long, cold winter.

I've had nothing to post, but yesterday managed a couple of shots of an Australian Raven at the osprey nest site. these birds are highly intelligent and very, very cautious.

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