Daily pics #320

Great additions and variety everyone. Hah, Bobolinks, that's a cute name and interesting looking pair Marna. Duc, do those Pied Billed Grebe travel this far South? I'd like to see some. Susan, LOL about that male House Finch taken a quick nap. Burd, what bright and colorful of that male Scarlet Tanager! wowser! Red, adorable BB babies, I hope you will find the other 3 when it stops raining.

DH and I went back to the bridge where the Cliff Swallows were building their 'condos'. And yes there are housing project that was completed, but new ones are also being built too.

Red, Those young Bluebirds are adorable!! The Summer Tanagers are gorgeous! Love the Kingbird too.

Burd, Congratulations on the Kirtland's Warbler!!! Great shots! Please don't forget Bird Files. :-)

Lily, Sweet Cliff Swallows!

Hah, Burd, I like that new term; Getting froggy. ^_^. Your Kirtland's Warbler is very attractive. Red is the size of the Western Kingbird roughly the same as Eastern ones? I love that yellow feather on its belly. Cute as a button little bird!

Lovely pics of the Tanager Burd----

I've always heard that when one gets "froggy" they've gotta jump! :-)

Bill

This message was edited May 15, 2010 5:23 AM

This is what I called; "The great grand daddy of 'em all" kinda Great Blue Heron.

Nice one Lily! I love the Great Blue Heron!

Will do on the bird files Pelle, may get to that tonight.

Oh Bill, thanks for making the Froggy connection for me!

Thanks too Bill from me. It's now clear to me too.

Lily, the Eastern and Western Kingbirds are about the same size. Fifteen-inch wingspans and weigh about 40 g. We have both here. The Easterns are usually found near timber and the Westerns like open spaces. The eco-region here is known as the Crosstimbers. It's an area of dense Blackjack oaks which separate the eastern woodlands from the prairie. It provides a lot of biological diversity in flora and fauna. I would guess you see the Eastern Kingbirds.

I haven't taken any Scissor-tail pics this spring although I have a pair on the field behind the house.

Eastern Kingbird.

The two female and one male Lazuli Buntings are still here. They were here last year, but only for a few days. I am really a little out of their range. Pic of the male.

I love those Lazuli Buntings!

The photos don't do the Lazulis justice. Light has been so poor for days it's difficult to get decent pics. They are beautiful little birds. Three have been out on this feed almost constantly for the past few days.

Here is a Cooper's Hawk from yesterday. Close as I could get.

Nice!

Wonderful photos everyone!!

Burd, congrats on the warbler!! Love the tanager!

Red, you'll have to share what you said to the cat. We have two neighbor cats that prefer hunting outside our fence and this morning I found feathers-again!

Lily, looks like you'll be seeing lots more swallows in the future. And, yes, the Pied-billed Grebes are in your area year round-hope you see these sweet ducks.


Here's one of my Mourning Doves.

Great shot of the Cooper's Red-we posted at the same time.

This Barn Swallow was collecting nesting materials on the ground.

Nice ones duc!


Two pics of one of the male Red-bellied Woodpeckers at the feeder.

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Burd, that tanager is surely a gorgeous bird. Thanks for going out of your way, to get those great photos of birds we don't get to see.
Red, must of been great to see those babies BB on your patio. I would so like to take the credit for Burd beautiful Tanager, but I will have to give it back, to the king of Warbers. ;) You have a great pic of one too.
Lily,, with all the Swallows building nest and raising families, you won't have any mosquitoes left. Love your Heron.
Duc, lovely shot of the B Swallow.

I don't have very many of these Chipping Sparrows, as the other years

Pelle, excellent photos of your Red-bellied. I'd love to see one of those in person.

Burn, your little sparrow is a cutie too.

This California Thrasher has been sitting out close to our house for several days and I've been enjoying his singing nonstop each day.

Here's another one.

Cute Chipping Sparrow burn!

Good pics of your Thrasher Duc! They do have a neat voice!

Wow, the bird pics just fly by! Love looking at them all.

Purple Gallinule

Another picture of the same Purple Gallinule. I love the colors.

Nice ones borders!! They are very pretty birds!

Thanks Red & Duc for your reply. Boys I snapped so many pix of the GBH and what I posted was blurry, lets try again.

Thats beautiful Lily!!!

Oooh, thanks Pelle, I meant to say I like your male RB WP. I also love Mr. Cooper from Red, the Sparrow, Duc has posted. And especially the gorgeous Purple Gan---something, something is out of this world!

A handsome Blue Jay

This American Robin has a lot of worms!

Common Grackle

I was using my macro lens taking pics of flowers when I saw the Great Crested Flycatcher on a neighbors tree.

Nice start Resin - I really liked the looks of that Reed Bunting.

ducbucln - that Pied-billed Grebe is one pretty duck. AND nice shot of the Barn Swallow collecting nesting materials.

Mrs_Ed - I've heard of, but never before have seen Bobolinks - nice

reddirtretiree - those Pine Siskens are photogenic. Nice capture. AND those 3 BB babies were priceless.
AND I enjoy you your Here is a Cooper's Hawk.

HelloMissMary - just today I observed a Starling at one on my feeders, not pic though. Your Starling family looks darling.

burn_2007 - all you pics are quality, but that first one of the Baltimore Oriole is super.

SusanLouise - nice capture of Rip van House Finch.

Burd_Fotos - your second pic of the Scarlet Tanager is my favorite, though all are great shots.

Lily_love - "The great grand daddy of 'em all" kinda Great Blue Heron - I'll say!

pelletory - Your pics of the Red-bellies look good. AND that is a handsome Blue Jay, I snapped one today, too. AND those Common Grackles sure are common, got me one of those, too.

bordersandjacks - WOW, what a colorful bird, that Purple Gallinule.

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Well, I caught up with this thread. I have pics to post, but thay are still on the card in the camera. I have to work them up.

Hack

Well, I have 6 pics to post right now. Got more, I saw a lot of birds today. Nice variety, too.

All of these pics were made "hand-held", no tripod.

The first one is one of my ever-present Chipping Sparrows.

Hack

This message was edited May 15, 2010 10:44 PM

I had 2 Blue Jays feeding on the ground and then flying up to a nearby branch to eat.

Hack

Here's one of those common Common Grackles. Taken with the Sigma 150-500 at a distance of about 25 yards. Cropped, too.

Hack

This message was edited May 16, 2010 7:33 PM

I had visits today from 2 male Downy Woodpeckers and 1 female. Here's one of the males.

Hack

This message was edited May 16, 2010 7:34 PM

Of course, House Finches were everywhere. Here's a male. He's a little blurred, I think I moved a tad as I snapped the pic. Probably ought to have used the tripod.

Hack

This message was edited May 15, 2010 10:45 PM

My last pic, for now, is of a Starling who may have thought it has hiding. I snapped it anyway.

Hack

I was too far away to get a very good shot. This Northern Flicker has gotten used to me and doesn't get too skittish anymore.