DAILY PICS VOL 310

An Oak Titmouse

A Spotted Towhee at the seed feeder.

Boy, I can't seem to keep up with the thread. Nan, I'm so glad you've shared the female Towhee, I've yet seen one. Margaret your Rainbow Lorikeet is most colorful. It's too bad some species has to be a bully to survive. In a peaceful eco-system, some birds loose their ability to even fly? To me that's sad. They loose their natural defense mechanism.

Duc, congrats on the new lenses. I'm so happy for you. If I wished real hard, maybe Santa will bring some new equipment for birding next Christmas. :-) BTW, you Blackheaded Grosbeak looks kinda 'sad'.

I've enjoyed your contribution tigerlily. Love the drakes Mallard you've shared earlier. Adel, Frank's creek is such an attraction for your local bird. Nice job!

Love those quails, they are much fun to watch I'm sure. Wished I've some here. Hey guys, I must be doing something right. The Cedar Waxwings returned to visit 5 days in a row! Yes five! Imagine that. Also, my Redheaded WoodPeckers must be having little mouths to feed? I've seen one returning to the grain feeder yesterday, then again today. I'm in birds heaven!

A pair of Canadian Geese flown by overhead.

...Lone Canadian Goose down below.

Tiger...........congrats on the lifer.

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I'm a new grandmom! I think. The Reheaded kept coming back and forth to the feeder like it's going out of style (feeding the youngs). Finally I caught a good look at the pretty thing at the feeder.

This is a first time the Egret returns to visit in a while.

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Egret and Great Blue Heron co-exit peaceful ... for a time...

Egret in flight.

Can't wait to see the cedar Waxwings again, Nice start with them , Elphaba

GP Glad to see you still have Bunting, they are so sweet, I hope they stay a good while .

TL love the rich color of the Mallards, beautiful shot.

Adel, love the Quails in the pear tree.

Duc, I can't get over your beautiful Oriole, great job with the new lens, I love that birdbath.

Nanny, lucky you to see the Towhee, I would enjoy their visit here.

Margaret, the Lorikeets are gorgeous birds, I understand, with the comparison with the Starlings, and I'm including in the mix the Grackles. They are nice colorful birds, but a pain in the yard.

Lily, Congratulation, on becoming a Grandmama, soon you'll see little ones coming to the feeders.

Mr. and Mrs. Housefinches having a little quality time together. :-) Burn, let's see your pictures. Where is Hack's?

This Bullock's Oriole has been skulking around the edges for two days, but hasn't come out in tne open yet.

All these oriole pics are making me wish mine would hurry up and get here!

So how about some Blue Bird pics...somedays this fellow will really work with me. Sitting and just letting me keep at trying to get it right. I just love those days!

okay...now the other side.....

Looking right down at me here!! LOL

I am just a few feet away standing on the road and have Buddy with me on his leash. So this male is very tolerant of us.

a little preening....

and a little fluffing!

So many wonderful shots! I've been away all day but thanks for posting your beautiful pics!

Some short Wingscapes videos of Tuffy and friends gathering horse hair for their nests. No sound, except wind.

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You may have to click twice on some of these to get them to play. The wind caused the camera to take some blank shots. I deleted most of them, but a few still remain.

Wow! You guys are on a roll! I haven't even had time to comment on everyone's photos, but I do want to say to Elphaba the I love your talking waxwings!

I bought a new lens today! I got the Canon 70-300mm IS USM!

This first photo is straight out of the box.

Blue Jay

Then I just had to take it to the river!

Yep... there was my new buddy, the eagle!

Here's the mate, much further down the river. Must have been having a spat! The entire time I was there, they never came together.

Great Blue Heron flying by... and I was able to track it.

An Osprey landed in a tree about fifty yards away from eagle #1... so I kept panning between the two.

This is the Osprey as he is about to leave.

Last one for the night... not the best but it was a surprise!
While watching the eagle and the osprey, I saw something fly out of a tree to the right of the osprey. I tracked it across the river and managed to get one shot off. I thought it was a crow, and went back to watching the eagle and osprey. This is what I found when I got home and loaded them on the computer... a Pileated Woodpecker!

Nice shots everyone!! Elphaba thanks for starting the new thread and nice catch on the Black and white Warbler!
Hack, best wishes for you and your family, glad your mom is recovering. I just lost my Uncle recently and we were pretty close, he taught me a lot about hunting/trapping/fishing.

Been clicking a few shots here and there....this Blue Jay seems to be thinking...

This Cardinal was just chilling out on a branch..

finally got a better shot of a Carolina Wren...would have liked to get him when he was 5 feet away..

Blue-winged Teal taking off...this was at Pipe Creek W.A.

Bluebird shot from Sheldon's Marsh...

Canada Goose from Sheldon's

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Yellow (variant) House Finch from the backyard...

last shot is of the Northern Flicker which was milling around my front yard for ants...this bird let me get really close...its been in the front yard several times now.

I got sooo lucky today! Not a beautiful bird, but one that's almost impossible to get a shot at, and it was out in the open yet! These birds are usually extremely wary, and take flight at the slightest movement.

Ruffed Grouse hen.

OK, either you guys gotta slow down, or I need to quit taking so many photos! I don't have time to catch up here and edit my images too. LOL
Great pix you folks are sharing here, and I thank you all!

California Quail

Redwing Blackbird, singing.

One day I'll get some really good images of the Redwing. Don't know why I have such a problem with them.