Daily Pics vol. 300

This little one was singing, and showing his excitement too. I've waited so long for this shot, and then he was too close and I cut his tail off. Darn.

Great shots everyone!! LindaTX8 thanks for starting the 300th thread! Nice shot of the Cedar Waxwing!
Reddirt, nice shot of the Turkey and Bluebird!
Nice shots Lily!
Nanny, nice shot of the R-b Woodpecker, do the Nuthatch's visit that feeder? If they do I want one.
Duc, love the Acorn Woodpecker, all your shots are wonderful!
Mrs_Ed, nice shots! I too am on the waiting list for Purple Finch's. They can be seen here in the summer, just not by me yet. lol
GP, nice shots really like the wooing shot! Would have really liked to have seen that in person. Last time I seen Elvis there was 18" of snow on the ground.
Hack, nice shots! That Bigmos really gets you close.
Tiger, you may have missed the Ruby's tail but your 2nd shot is excellent, a very difficult bird to photograph.

Well, like Mrs_Ed mentioned some very nice weather is coming for us up north. :) Get to open some windows...got a couple of shots with the 400mm today the sun was out but it was only like 40f.

House Sparrow

lil closer shot..

Female HS

House Finch...have seen the Red-headed Woodpecker finally, of course when the camera was not handy, he's been here for almost a week now (crossing fingers) only have a shot of an immature Red-headed WP.

A Turkey Vulture photographed near Brawly, CA. 3/9/2010. A face only a mother could love!
The Vulture was eating a roadkill Striped Skunk, when I encountered it. It flew to the roadside as my auto approached

Wow you all are speedy. Great pix all!

Hack, that is a black capped chickadee.

For those of you who don't know or don't remember, here's the Nest Box soap opera that unfolded last year.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1006514/

By jord! There are so many wonderful pics. to comment on, but Hack I did some research and couldn't come up with an adequate explaination on my "Yellow Crowned Warbler" I even stumbled on Myrtle and other Neotropic migrants, and didn't find a comparable Warbler. Whoever he/she is. IT stayed with me all through winter right up to this present day. I do love its company.

Here is a Goldfinch, male goldfinch that I know for sure. Its color is patchy, it has been fun to watch the transformation on these brightly colored feathered friends.

Pic. of White Crowned Sparrow? I thought it was interested in the Carolina Chickadee's nest box (as shown) but apparently it was perching, and keep a watchful eye on the bugs on the ground, probably.

Mrs Ed, that's a great looking pair of finches you posted. The Song Sparrow sure is a pretty bird too.

Red, beautiful daddy bb. Glad the nest is completed.

GP, love the buntings and goldfinch. Love the grackle and the wps "wooing".

Nanny, at least you're getting to see the Red winged guys. I see them everywhere but at my house-at least so far.

Rntx, glad you're seeing so many wonderful birds. Think the weather is affecting the hummers? I usually have more here by now and just have a handful of them.

Hack great pix of the ducks.

Tigerlily, now I know where my kinglets went (I just had a pair of them). Mine disappeared a couple weeks ago. Glad you're enjoying them, they sure are cute little ones.

Burd, wonderful closeups!!

Gras, nice shot of the vulture.

Lily, cute finch and white-crowned!!

Here's one of my Lesser Goldfinches.

So far I've just gotten one shot through the window of my female Bullock's Oriole. Guess she's busy with the nest.

One of my many Oak Titmice.

My Tree Swallows are still sitting on their perches all day even though we've taken the houses down. I feel so bad for them, but the House Sparrows are still sticking around and refuse to leave.

Here's one of my California Towhees looking pretty.

A House Finch is always around and I just love their singing.

Duc... why did you have to take the houses down?

Wow, Duc. How California Towhees differ from that of our Eastern Towhees. I love its muted coloring. I've been outside most of the morning tried to catch a pic. of some Tree Swallow (maybe) but they darted about so swift I wasn't successful at it.

Gary,

tigerlily - even with its tail cropped, that little Ruby-crowned Kinglet is great. It's the first time I've ever seen why its called "Ruby-crowned".

Burd_Fotos - Quote, " Hack, nice shots! That Bigmos really gets you close." Yep, I find that I use the Bigmos exclusively, now. Haven't used my Canon 70-300 in a while. AND your HOSP shots are really good.

Grasmussen - You're so right, your Turkey Vulture has a face only a mother could love!

Mrs_Ed - thanks for ID'g your Black-capped Chickadee.for me.

Lily_love - I think I see the yellow splash of color at the front of the eye brow in your pic. I think that would make your White-crowned Sparrow, a White-throated Sparrow, instead.

ducbucln - Quote, "Hack great pix of the ducks." Thanks. AND I particularly like the pix of Bullock's Oriole and your Tree Swallows.

Now, I'm going outside with the camera. Skies are blue!

Hack

Thank you Hack, for the correction on the Sparrow. I spotted my Phoebes but they're NOT nesting under the garage eave this year. :((

Wild Rose, we put the birdhouses up every year for the Tree Swallows but this year some very aggressive House Sparrows took all three of them over and were continually fighting all the swallows. I had read they will kill the bluebirds or put their own nest right on top of the bb babies and kill the birds. Needless to say, since my swallows are about the size of the bluebirds, I couldn't stand to think what would happen had we left them up. I've attached a picture taken through the kitchen window of the fighting that was going on.

Lily, we also have the Spotted Towhee which is almost like your Eastern, just has a few spots on the wings. I love the colors of these birds. Love the grackle in the pretty tree. Sorry your phoebe isn't nesting where it has in the past.

This is House Sparrows vs. Tree Swallows.

Duc, that's just a great action shot of the 'War of the Sparrows'!!! Best of luck my friend. Hope to see the Tree Swallows return please keep us posted.

hack, Great shots of the Coot and Ducks!

Tiger, Love the Kinglets! Glad you are seeing so many.

Burd, Very nice shots!

Gary, Love the Vulture!

Duc, Great shots of all your birds! Sorry about the House Sparrows. :-( You were very smart to take the houses down.

Lily, Nice one of the Grackle in the pretty tree!

Okay everyone. I'm heading out to the Eagle nest hoping to see some new developement. Wish me luck, I'll return tonite with more pics. Hopefully.

Hope you found something LL!

Here's the first Tree Swallows of the season for me.

Bunch of them on this little lake where two mallards were.

Look Rose! Thanks for sending these up here to me.

Forgot to say that was an Eastern Meadowlark.

And here's my last of the day. These four Kildeer looked and sounded like they were up to no good. Kinda like those Madagascar Penguins.

Ahhh MeadowLark, is that what it is? Nice Marna, I have never seen one yet. At the Eagle Nest. I saw two of them; a mature one and a Juvenile? Then there came a pair circling over head. Then before we knew it, there were 8, yes eight of them flew overhead. My camera wasn't able to catch those flying....I was so frustrated!!! I need to upgrade my camera...heading over to the camera forum and spying some good equipment.

The pair on the nest.

Marna, those kildeers are so pretty. I've never seen them either.

Very nice Marna! any of them new for you?
I love Killdeer too.

Busy for a few days and it sure is hard to catch up! Wonderfull photos as usual everyone! I'm sure I don't have to tell all of you to keep up the good work;o)

Thur. afternoon DH and I took a drive to the lakes to see what birds had arrived so far and we were thrilled to see this beautiful owl on the way home!

Great Gray Owl, photo taken 25/03/2010 @ 4:07 pm, at Tunkwa Provincial Park, BC, Can.

Great Gray Owl.

Great Gray Owl

Great Gray Owl.

Doesn't it have the sweetest face? Looks like a baby with a bonnet on it's head!;-)

A pair of cardinals & a hairy woodpecker visited the feeder yesterday. there as been a cardinal pair nesting here for some years. could be decendants of the first pair. Passed a hen turkey by the side of a highway while driving home today. She had better be careful.

Great Gray Owl.

It was really neat to observe the way he turned his head around.

The Great Gray Owl finely got spooked with us so being so close and flew across the frozen swamp.

The Great Gray Owl sat on some dead branches on the other side of the swamp but was then scared away when a couple of motorcycles drove by.

Duc... I am sorry to hear that about your swallows! They are so beautuiful! I had heard what House Sparrows do to BBs... I guess it only makes sense they would do the same for other similar sized birds.

Great Meadowlarks Mrs_Ed.

What an awesome experience Lily_love, that you get to watch an eagle nest near you!

Mcash70... Wow! That great grey is really spectacular! What an awesome sighting for you! Great photos too!