Daily pix No. 322

Here he is with a "sore" on his back. Something been attacking him?

Awww very cute Julie!!

I'm glad some of you have enjoyed my giant Northern Flicker. LOL. And Duc, no I didn't paint the wooden bird, it comes as it. Lucky me! LOL. One can find those wooden wind chimes (all kind of birds) at www.Cohassetgifts.com

Julie, I've wild bird seed mix mostly with sunflowers seeds and raw peanuts. I noticed the Redheads are fond of the peanuts especially.

Residential Pekin Ducks. We've two couples of this type of ducks here locally. Though for the past years I haven't seen their youngs. Hope they hurry up and give us some babies. lol

They are very pretty ducks!

Hack...the robin shots a fantastic!

Oh that baby jay to too cute!

I caught this Brown Thrasher enjoying a puddle the other morning.

Its mate stayed off to the side looking for breakfast.

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JulieQ - your baby Blue Jay is just the cutest little thing, I hope its back heals quickly.

Lily_love - nice ducks, reminds me of the Aflac duck on TV.

Hey, nanny_56, looks like your Brown Thrashers are doing okay.

Hack

Nan, the Brown Thrasher pair are so cute. It must be the 'boy' that was enjoying playing in the mud. lol.
I hope I've gotten the right one. My Carolina Chickadee on the new arbor.

Took a few more pics this evening.

Here's a nice looking female Cardinal.

Hack

Caught this male Downy Wp at the Suet.

Hack

A grackle visited another of my home-made suet feeders. If you're wondering what's behind the suet, it is the front of the wrapper it came in - so I'll know which suet is popular. Right now Peanut and Woodpecker suet is the hit.

Hack

I saw this Female Sparrow up on a limb. She does blend in well.

Hack

And my last one for now,

I know they're bullies, but to me a male House Sparrow is a still handsome bird.

Hack

Margaret, nice to see your pics of the Ravens. I love the one of the Raven school., and love GP caption of it. :)) Good news, I hear of Big Hook and Dad. Activity will soon be picking up at the nest. Thanks for the new start.

Hack, good job on the Robin bathing, I like all the water droplet, flying around. Have fun with your
Lily, I hate the thought of the Raven being so close to the Red-headed`s nest. Sure hope the RH woodpecker is able to defend it`s young, against such a large bird. Wonderful shot of the Pekin Duck
Duc lovely expression shot of the Flycatcher.
July, the baby Blue Jay, is adorable. sure wish he will heal well, poor thing.
Nanny, tell Tori for me, that she did great on the pic, and I would like to see more of her pictures.

I did not realized, my ISO was jacked up to 3000, when I took this picture. I had been experiencing different ISO before, in all sort of lighting and forgot to change it back to 400. I had to do some PSP on it to bring down the lighting. I wasn`t very happy with myself, because it`s not often, I see them sitting so close to my window.I find it not great, but acceptable.

A future mama sunbathing, she laid her first egg yesterday.

Mr Hairy Woodpecker approaching the feeder.

Male and female Goldfinch

Nanny, I love those Thrasher's!

Lily, Good shot of your Chickadee!

Hack, Nice shots!

Burn, Sweet Robin, Goldfinch and Hairy!!

Great photo's everyone!! Thanks for starting the new thread Margaret! Good to hear that the Osprey action is picking up, and looking forward to your great threads.
How about some shots of odd visitors today. My neighbor thinks the bird's follow me home. lol

Indigo Bunting...shot through the kitchen window screen..

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Don't know what he was looking for...he was in the back of the yard but stared at the feed area for about 5 min. before he left.

I cant seem to shake these guy's. lol

I have had a White-crowned Sparrow hanging around my driveway are just haven't had time too wait around for shots of him yet, it mate was killed during some bad storms we had on May 7th...I found it in some storm debris.

Throwing in a last shot of a Great Egret.

These threads go so fast... and when I work 12-hour shifts, I just can't keep up! When I finally get off, I have to struggle to catch up and view and try to comment!

Nice start Margaret! Ravens are still striking birds!

Hack... Congrats on your new lens! I am sure you will have lots of great photos with it! looking good so far! I really like the dove and sparroe together!

Lily... nice one of your red-head!

Duc... love your flycatcher! I saw my first one of these today!

Nanny... nice catch of your thrasher getting a bath!

Burn... I especially like your goldfinches!

Burd... I love RWBs... I have yet to get a shot I truly love though. Your great egret is awesome!

Here is a shot I took at Blackwater. I probably took 50 shots just of RWBs.

Beautiful Great Egret Burd. The back lit feathers reminded me of one I took about a month ago - a momma Great Egret and her babes. It is one of my all time favorites.

I got a new bird today, and he/she came to our balcony!
It is a Great-crested Flycatcher... thanks Hack!

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That is an awesome photo Gazergirl!

The other evening, I was out at a local pond, watching the green herons... when this Mama Mallard quietly brought her babies right up to where I was sitting. it was like she was saying' "OK, here they are... take their picture!" And I did! Then I softly told her "Thank you for sharing them with me Mama!"

It was a nice moment...

Here's one of the close-ups... they are so cute!

Green Heron Mama is still sitting on eggs!

Wow, Wild Rose. Great pictures, I especially like the detail on the RWB. I had a first yesterday, a Great Crested Flycatcher. I was able to snap a picture through my window.

Those baby Mallards are adorable! My GC Flycatcher put on a show, also.

Nice shots Wild_Rose and gazergirl!! Wild_ Rose great job on that close-up!! gazergirl, really nice capture of the Egret with the chicks..definitely a keeper! Congrats on your new bird's!! Please send me your Great Crested Flycatcher's please. lol

Finally Baltimore oriole found the feeder.This thread is FLYING,tee hee = } Great shots everyone.

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i shot these through the window ,beggars cant be choosers..LOL

Burd, Love the Indigo Bunting and Great Egret in flight!

VA, Love those Mallard w/ babies (their adorable) and Green Heron! Congrats on the new bird!

Gazer, Nice one of the Flycatcher ! Beautiful one of the Mama Egret!

Hugger, Congrats on the Baltimore Oriole! Nice shots.

Wonderful pix everyone. Burd, how nice it's to have Indigo Bunting following you home! Gazergirl, the great Egret with the babes, most beautiful a setting! It's too my fav. Huggergirl, the shots through the window, wow! Very nice! Either you've the glass taken down, or it were nicely washed moment before? The pix is sharp. Va Wild Rose, those Mallards babes are the cutest.

Here is a couple Canadian Geese guiding their babes home at sundown yesterday.

Great shot of the Great-crowned Flycatcher VA_Wild_Rose. I went looking for Great-crowned Flycatcher and had no hits. But Great-crested Flycatcher had many, many hits. I think your "crowned" should be "crested".

Here's one of the hits.
http://www.wbu.com/chipperwoods/photos/gcfly.htm

Oh, and that Mama Mallard with her babies is fantastic!

gazergirl - looks like your Great-crested Flycatcher taking a sand bath. Nice.

huggergirl - that's a nice series of the Baltimore Oriole making its way down to your feeder

Lily_love - that was a sweet shot of the Canada Geese couple guiding their babes home - which brings a thought to my mind. Over at the pond at Cooper's Creek Park, I have always seen lots of Canada Geese. I think I'll get on the Harley and ride over today to see if I see any baby geese.

Hack

This AM I looked out the side door and saw the usual Robins, Cardinals, Grackles, Chipmunks, and a Brown Thrasher. In addition, I saw two birds that, while not Lifers for me, haven't been around lately.

Here's a male Brown-headed Cowbird.

Hack

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Lily,Thanks, I took the screen out !!!! Just a point and shoot. Hack just reminded me ,I forgot Iwas going to say the orioles are the perfect Harley Davidson colors,even though my bike is purple...

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