DAILY PICS VOLUME 327

I couldn't believe they'd just spread the wings and then wait for the next one in the circle to do the same thing.

This House Finch just finished his bath.

Caught this Western Grebe at a nearby park.

Resin and Kenedy identified this Starling juvenile for me.

nice shots duc! Love the Western Grebe!

Good pic of the House Finch GG!

Hack, actually I took that finch picture with a small JVC Camcorder and just saved one of the clips. It has 27X zoom on it. A bit grainy, but sure is colorful.

GG, it did come out pretty good.

Well, all, I went out today and the sun came and went.

I spotted this Brown Thrasher, juvy I think, up high on a limb soaking up the sun.

Hack

This Brown-headed Cowbird spent a long time on the ground feeding. He was in no hurry.

Hack

This male Downy Woodpecker was enjoying the suet.

Hack

This Grackle gave me the eye.

Hack

Even though this male House Finch was facing away, and never did turn around, I snapped the shutter anyway.

Hack

I had a lot of male Cardinals around. This one "presented" for me.

Hack

And for my last pic, a female Cardinal at a feeder.

Hack

Nice shots all!!

a lil shakin a lil tenderising and down it goes...lol

Nice shots Hack and Burd!

Beautiful cardinals Hack.

Oh my goodness Burd--the pictures are wonderful, and I love the description you included re. eating the tadpole! HA!

Burd_Fotos - Thanks for the info. I don't use my 1.4x converter all that much, I'm usually pretty close as it is. I do keep my camera on continuous shooting mode, but I usually just do a single snap - mainly because it is tedious going through 50 gazillion pics to find the ones I like. I also like using a high ISO to obtain some shutter speed and also set my ISO noise reduction to strong, also.

The two back to back shots of the Great Egret tossing down a tadpole were terrific.

Hack

Too many to comment on...but enjoyed the all!

I have seen a couple of Blue Birds aorund the yeard this week with all the rain,

i agree I love them all,oK I got lucky here,took these through the window,pr of cowbirds SPLISH SPLASH WE ARE TAKIN A BATH !!!!

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females turn

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she is done

my Baltimore Oriole showed up at the same time.

wanting to take another dip

they hung out for a long time.Or is it juvie ???

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Nice pics hugger! Love the boulders too.

Hack, great variety once again! You're lucky to have that your Downy at the suet so often. The Cardinals sure are beautiful birds.

Burd, great job with that egret.

Nanny, that bb sure looks interested in something-cute!

Hugger, great series of Cowbirds bathing. Pretty Oriole also.

This Oriole (Bullock's I think) looked pretty waiting a turn at the feeder.

One of several juvenile House Sparrows.

This one begged mom for some food-she finally gave in later on.

Some of our Tree Swallows have fledged, but there's still two in this house.

Caught the tongue in this one of an Adult Tree Swallow.

Wow! Great start to another thread Adel! I especially like the pelican and avocet!

Nanny... I like your brown thrasher... especially #2.

Great eagle series Met.

Burd... your great egret series is fantastic! Well done!

Pretty male house finch granny!

Duc... love your grebe! Such great detail! And your tree swallows are alwasy beautiful!

Hack... a very nice variety for you!

Huggergirl... great bathtime series!

I only have a few new bird pics to share...

First is a male hummer visiting our feeder.

Robins are so common, I rarely turn my camera to them... but this guy was singing his heart out!

And a male RWB doing the same!

Last one... another from our day of watching the Pileated trio fledge.
When the female left the hole the first time, she landed in the leaves.
She quiickly made her way to the tree and climbed back up though.