It's so humid here, it's hard to take pictures. We've had a couple dozen white ibis hanging out on at our pond the last couple afternoons. Look at all the babies!
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I'm glad the kids are there. I have never seen ibis--egrets up here.
Borders, the babies are so cute! Hope you're able to get more pictures of them soon.
That is cute!!
That is so awesome!!
Well GD's are back home now...only here for 4 days this time...not quite so tired! lol
Our Hairy Woodpecker....just as she was leaving.
Nice Gray Catbird...came up and perched on my "tree" I have on the shepherd hook for the hummers, right out the window!
Nice Downy Woodpecker shot....
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Great pics everyone....I have a question:
Do anyone know why some birds have red, other yellow and some black irisses (eyes)? I was wondering if it has something to do with their environment and what they feed on....or is it just so, as they say.
Genetics, natural selection - I'd image it has a lot to do with the success of being found attractive by a mate, that way the genes for eye color are passed on.
Hack
Haven't been bird snapping is a little while, But I did today.
Got this Cardinal juvy (female, I think) at the bird bath.
Hack
Looks like this male Cardinal is molting.
Hack
Been seeing Goldfinches regularly. Here's a male.
Hack
Lots of House Finches, too. Here's a female.
Hack
Still can't get a decent shot of a Ruby-throated Hummer. But I'm not giving up.
Hack
Now, how many times do you see a Tufted Titmouse on the ground? I think this one is a juvy.
Hack
Looks like it is yelling at me, "Have you see mama or daddy?"
Hack
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Here's my last one - not a bird, though.
While I was sitting, waiting for a bird to present itself - the dripping water into the bird bath got my attention. So, I played around trying to capture the moment the drop hit the surface - took a lot of snaps, because it was HARD to do.
Anyway, I finally got this one.
Hack
Nice shots everyone!! Well the heat let up enough for me to take a few shots today. Today was take the kids to Burds house as there were juvenile bird's a plenty.
A few juvenile House Finches showed up..
a bunch of juvenile House Sparrow's hung around most of the day...
juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird
juvenile House Wren
Burd, nice shots...the house sparrow, is that a female...
juvenile Common Grackle
Thx Rian! Yes a female.
And this male Northern Flicker was showing junior how to dig for food.
Couple of other shots...Common Crow
a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
a Ring-billed Gull was giving this Red-tailed Hawk a hard time...
Starting to see the Red-tailed Hawk's again....last shot
almost forgot the "blonde colored" House Sparrow shot.
Nanny, great photo of your Hairy and the Catbird is so close. The Downy is another sweet looking bird.
Hack, nice job with all your birds. Great timing on your water drop!
Burd, more great photos. Love the baby Cowbird Grackle and Wren. The Flickers are such pretty birds. Love that sparrow with the partial leucistic coloring.
This Wrentit has been in the garden early each morning.
This Wrentit looks pretty young, but I couldn't get a better shot of it to really tell.
We were out on the deck eating lunch when my husband said to grab the camera. This White Pelican flew right over us-good thing I was sitting down or I'd have fallen backwards. Most of the pelicans have flown off to cooler areas, but we're still seeing a few.
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This young House Sparrow looked cute on the hollyhocks.
Very cool duc! I love the Pelican and the Wrentit is real cute!
Pelicans just fascinate me...so cool!
Have no idea what was up with this Blue Jay!!
This Steller's Jay isn't happy with the high temperature.
Margaret... very nice start! Always love the osprey but that honeyeater is striking! Lots of great photos already... too many to catch up on individually! Nice job everyone!
We have had wicked hot weather lately! Fri, Sat, and Sun we had actual temps of 104-106 with the heat index at 118 all three days! I still had to get out some on my time off and take some photos!
All of our osprey have fledged now, but some will still hang our around the nest, hoping Mom or Dad will bring them something!
This young fella was sitting on the nest eating a fish, while Dad watched from a tree nearby.
Here is Big Daddy watching from his tree.
"If that Mockingbird won't sing..."
Here is a juvenile bald eagle doing some aerial acrobats.
Here is an unknown to me... let's call it unk #1 until one of you can ID for me.
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