Daily Pics. Vol. 333

Wow! These threads are zipping by! Sorry I've been off-line for a while... finishing up work so I could start VACATION today! Off for the next ten days! Yippeeee!!! Also thanks for the well wishes... I am feeling much better!

Dellrose... great start! Beautiful goldfinch and the swallow babies are so cute!!

Nanny... great capture of the barred owl! Wow! That is awesome! The baby red-bellied is cute too! And the flickers too! You are on a roll!

Lily... love your babies too! Pretty little cardinals! And why wouldn't the herons want to hang out on that deck... I want to hang out on that deck!!!

Duc... your scrub jay shot is so sharp! Nice!

Hack... love your baby brown thrasher! He has such a cute look on his face!

Burn... your song sparrow on the globe is so good! Love that shot!

Here's a pic of the osprey nest we are watching... the chicks are really getting big now! It was unbelieveably hot out there that day!

And finally got back to see my little guys! The GH bunch were all over their tree, flying and hopping about, and fishing! All five made it!

All grown up... well, almost! Still a bit of fuzz there!

"Wanna see this side???" (Different siblling... more fuzzy!)

Great shots everyone!! This is a wonderful thread!

Wonderful photos of the Green Herons, Wild_Rose. Of course, I'm partial to ospreys too.

From this afternoon, a Silvereye on a pepper tree.

Female Fairy-wren. I think it's a Splendid Fairy-wren, but it just might be a Blue-breasted Fairy-wren.

so sad about the whale and the Owlette = { ,Great shots everyone ,rose what is that long beaked bird ?? nice shot,Margaret love both your photos worth framing ...

Sorry to hear about the Owl, Nanny. So sad about the whale Little things.

Wonderful pictures everyone. Margaret, to me it is a BEAUTIFUL Fairy-wren!

Thanks Donna and Tamara. The Fairy-wrens are such elusive little things. I was telling my friend, who lives right by here how lucky she is to have Fairy-wrens (and an osprey nest) at the bottom of her garden. I was describing how they sound, so she might be able to pick them out when they're moving through the undergrowth. If you can imagine a tiny, delicate little gossamer bag filled with tiny little ball-bearings and then you gently shook the little bag, the sound you would get would be close to the sound made by the Fairy-wrens. When I next saw her, she said she'd told a friend of hers who lives down south of my description and the friend agreed, that's exactly what they sound like. On this description, she has now been able to locate them at her place.


Another Silvereye.

Hack cute baby thrasher. I love that big eye.

Lily, glad you found a nest.

Nanny, glad to hear you're not seeing the HOSP. Cute picture of the finch and oriole family. So sorry to hear about the owlet.

Burn, super photo of the redstart. Loved the picture of the sparrow on the globe.

Rian, sad to hear about the whale too. Looking forward to pictures from your trip.

WildRose, great photo of the osprey. Love the fuzzy head on the Green Heron.

Margaret, fantastic photos of the Silvereye and wren.

One of our Bald Eagles was showing off his catch as he kept circling our house. I was hoping he wouldn't drop the fish on me.

One more of him/her.

One of my Oriole babies looking sweet.

The Silvereye is beautiful Margaret. Great shots!

Duc, Wonderful shots of the Eagle w/ catch. That Oriole baby is sweet!

Wild Rose...love that last GH!!

Margaret ..beautiful shots...the Silvereye is another beauty!

Awesome eagle ther duc!

Can't go wrong with a Cardinal!

Have had Red-tailed Hawks around lately. There was on perched just across the road the other day and just as I found it thru the camera the Grackles chased it off. This one was soaring up high just after.

Thanks duc. LOL about the Bald Eagle dropping its catch on you.

Thanks nanny. Good shot of your beautiful Cardinal.

I was down at the osprey nest before sunrise today. The following three dreadful photos are of our beautiful Port Lincoln Ringneck Parrots, also known as "28's". I think we're headed for an early spring. (Can you have spring without having had winter?) These were quickly snapped as three of them we engaged in play.



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The lighting was better for this male Pink and Grey Galah.

Oh margaret,to see birds with such color living all around soo cool... I ve found 1of my oriole nest up so high it makes me dizzie looking at it...lol you can barly see it ,lighting and shadows.This was all the zoom I had

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Wonderful shots everyone...too many to mention but I sure enjoy seeing them all. Nice to see our daily thread moving along and Margaret it is always a pleasure to see your birds. Burn...that shot of the Sparrow on the globe is priceless! Nanny, Rian and Lily...so very sorry. We are expecting a storm to show up soon so wanted to post before it did.

Here is a not great shot of a Green Heron flying over. I had thought previously that I had seen them on the pond and now I am sure that is what I have seen.

The Indigo's have to fight with the House Sparrows to get seed...but they have plenty natural seeds now.

This juvie Cardinal likes to ground feed...so cute.

The sunflowers that DH planted have really attracted the birds...I am loving it and so is this male Dickcissel!

When they are singing it is easy to get shots of them.

The Red-winged Blackbirds are still in control of the farm!!

This Pine Siskin has been hanging around for the past 3 days...very rare for this time of the year.

nice shots dell,I too have a few of the red winged blkbirds....The chipmunks ate every sunflower seed I planted 3 times.. I have 2 sunflowers !!!!

My God, Rose, I almost inhaled a peanut when I saw that first photo of the Dickcissel. It took my breath away.

Thanks Tamara! We don't have chipmunks and DH planted lots of sunflowers!

This juvie Blue Jay likes to sneak up and get the peanut nuggets!!

Ha...thanks Margaret!!

I was wondering why the new female Bluebird hadn't built a nest and she finally brought 2 of her fledglings to the worm feeder. She finally built her nest in the past 2 days and the babes are on their own.

Oh my goodness, these photos just keep getting better and better. It always amazes me how Orioles build their nests on the very tip of branches--great contractors! LOL

Margaret how wonderful to be able see such a colorful bird in the wild.

Rose, that singing Dickcissel deserves a frame for a wall hanging! WOW!

dellrose,those are sweet = ] ,here is 1 of my female orioles,Iam watching to see if that is her nest,I can really see a difference between the 2 females I see .Really amazing..Glad I stepped out of the screened porch this am got a few not soo good shots.

Nanny, you're right, you can't go wrong with the beautiful Cardinals.

Margaret, your photos of the parrots are wonderful! Your photo of the Galah is absolutely gorgeous. I guess you could have a spring without a winter. We certainly went through winter here and skipped the warmer weather of spring going right into summer. Very strange!

Rose, beautiful photo of your juv. Cardinal. Great shots of the GH and the Indigo. Fantastic captures of the Dickcissel. Excellent photo of the Jay baby too.

Hugger, glad you're seeing the pretty Orioles.

My juvie Cowbird is still following the juvie Oriole, but both look healthy.

This juvie Oriole is still trying to figure out the hummer feeder.

Here's another juvie Oriole checking out the Jasmine blooms.

Love the stretch on this juvie Oriole.

Margaret, the shots of the "28's" are just spectacular!!

Rose....that first Dickcissel is breathtaking...and the rest are just as awesome! That juvie BJ is adorable!

duc...LOVE that last one!!

huggergirl, I have been trying to watch were the orioles fly too in hopes of spotting were they built their nest. I may have to wait until fal and the leaves fall. I have found a couple before in the fall. Great catch!

Juvie Baltimore Oriole & a Gray Catbird

-Rose
- Margaret
_ Duc and everyone I love, love those beautiful picture of your birds.

Nan, have I a Gray Catbird here too? Took this early this am on my morning ride today in the neighborhood;