Wild-Rose, I,m so glad you could get some pictures of the Green Herons chicks. They are beautiful!!!
Duc great picture of the Bushtits, I also like the Orioles with the Cowbird, very nice.
Rose, lots of birds are bathing often here too, since the hot weather arrived, we have really clean cool birds. :)
A juvie Chickadee.
Ducbuc, great shots of the unasuming bushtits...I am with you on the difficulty they present. Love the goldfinch and chicadees as well.
Nice shots Missy and Burn!
Beautiful start to the thread, Burn. The Waxwings are exquisite.
Wonderful birds, Rian. I love the Barbet. That's a sturdy looking beak it has there. I hope you post more just now.
From the nest this afternoon. No ospreys, but loads of Cormorants and Silver Gulls (distant shot)
And a Kookaburra for GP
The Kookaburra is so cute!
That Kookaburra is so darned neat!
Burn...how jealous I am of your Waxwing and Dee, I haven't seen either forever!
Margaret...gorgeous shot of the Kookaburra, wish it had sound to go with it!
Burn, that waxwing is just gorgeous. I love their fine textured feathers. Cute little chickadee too.
Missy, how exciting to see the vireo. Good for you!
Margaret, the cormorants and gulls must be quite noisy-how wonderful just to sit and listen to them. I love that Kookaburra too! Such an adorable bird. When you come to visit all of us, please pack a couple of them in your suitcase.lol
My DH and I went to our local park and found this Pied-billed Grebe in an inlet off the lake.
She was building her nest in the same place as last year. It's interesting that the Grebes find a matting of floating greens right on the water and that's where the nest is placed.
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Also found this Western Grebe just enjoying the sun.
A little further down the inlet, we found this juvenile Green Heron. I loved the fuzzy head and this little critter just sat and watched us as I clicked away on the camera.
One more of the baby.
Grackles can be a pain, but watching this bird in the water was a treat!
http://www.dropshots.com/deema161#date/2010-06-19/17:01:22
Here are a number of shots I posted on Saturday. He sure was having fun! Just click on the side bar to view them.
(At least I hope that works) LOL
Wonderful shots Duc!! I think the Pied-billed Grebes are so cute. Love fuzzy head and the Western Grebe!
Nice shots GG!
GG, great job with your pictures. Is your fountain solar? I liked the way the water shoots out-much better than mine that go up higher.
Thanks Duc. Yes, it is solar. Wish I had one for the other birds--darned Grackles have completely claimed this one as their own private pool! LOL
Duc...love your water birds and that Little Green Heron is adorable. I would love to live close to the water like you do...it looks beautiful there.
GG...I really enjoyed seeing all those shots on that link and I like that fountain too!
This is a long range shot and not very good but the Dickcissels are hanging out in the back of the house now. I am hoping to get some better shots if it every cools down.
Nice portrait.
Nice picture Rose--you should frame that one and hang it on your wall. Beautiful!
Oh my...too many to comment on....but theyare all great!
I have lots of photos I have to go thru...but here is a Purple Martin from yesterday down at the beach.
Took a walk in the forest this morning.. Hadeda
Another first... Forest Canary wheee!...
Just very tough to get great pics in the forest...dense and dark....
About the best I could do "side-on"... but hopefully this will not be the last time I see them.
Cape white-eye, I did previously show pics of the gariep white-eye, first chance I have to pic the Cape version
African Hoopoe, hunting for worms
Dellrose, Nice one of the Dickcissel!
Nanny, Sweet Purple martin!
Little, I absolutely love so many of these birds! Congratulations of the new ones. I love the Hoopoe, the Cape White-eye and the Forest Canary. Great job!
Iam telling you,great shots everyone can not keep up with you guys,ive been watching no shooting. I must admit we have a screened in porch and thats where we get parked,a little hard to shoot photos through the screen,but iam watching all the time ..We do have 2 pairs of Baltimore Orioles,and the males will feed together,it suprized me no photo either !!! I will get one with both in it
thanks Pele, I tell you, I got a surprise about 1hour ago, I walked out onto the porch and a WHALE jumped clear half body length out of the water right infront of me, I nearly dropped my cuppa coffee...wish I could snap that (for you guys)...wow. They must be strong to lift that body out..Sorry so far of the topic, but it was great...hahahaha!
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Wonderful pictures of birds and the description of the Whale is wonderful, Little_things. Summer heat is on in our region, thus not many pix to share. I was glad to see this resilent bird, defending its nest all through the spring against Crows and tree-rats (meaning squirrels around here). Now if they can tolerate mother's nature wrath (the heat), then all are as well. Here is Lord Byron AKA Redheaded Woodpecker. ^_^
a little whale watching nice..wish i were there ...
Rose, that photo of your Dickcissel is just perfect to me. The bird has such pretty markings and colors.
Nanny, another cute picture of your Purple Martin.
Little things, your birds sure are pretty. I love the long bill on the Hadeda. Love the white ring around the eye on birds. That Hoopoe is just beautiful! What a shock to see that whale-I know I'd have thrown my cup for sure.
Lily, Lord Byron looks proud.
My Crow was acting silly again.
We're seeing more and more juvenile Orioles. This one couldn't figure out how to balance on the perch and drink at the same time.
Good thing the feeder hole is large, the bird is drinking with a tonail in there too.
duc,both sweet shots...
Duc, love to see the Oriole juvies at the feeder, so so cute.
My Crow is acting silly again
Wow! Wonderful shots everyone. Little Things, how cool is that, a Whale seen from your porch!!
From my front porch, I can see an Amish horse and buggy or a farm tractor, sometimes a deer; LOL cannot imagine how wonderful it would be living where I could see a whale from my house!
Love the bird photos you posted.
Yes that photo does beg for a caption--such as "Help, I've fallen and I cannot get up"!
I am still getting used to it myself, coming from the dry central region...but we chose well...sorry, I had to tell somebody...LOL! By the way....
GO USA! you are through to the last 16 in the World Cup! I am happy for you!
