Daily pics, vol. 347

Still got some Ruby-thoated Hummers here.

Hack

Burd, those chickadees are such pretty birds.

Hack, lol, good ad for Chap Stick! Cute pictures of your birds. What have you got in that feeder? Looks like the birds are sure happy with it. Glad you're still seeing the hummers there.

This female House Finch looks like it's waiting for the rain gauge to fill up-we haven't had a drop since early spring.

Our young House Finches are allowing me to get fairly close for photos.

Found our first White-crowned Sparrows a few days ago but this is one of the first photos.

This little Bewick's Wren was checking for seeds.

Hack, regarding theTV's nothing dead. This is at a the Depauw Nature Park. This is prime roosting & living conditions for them in this area. We saw some in the yard of a private residence in the area just hanging out!

I had to get this little guy from yesterday ID'd. He is a immature Common Yellowthroat Warbler. Not a new bird, but have never seen an immature before!

More from yesterday's walk....

Female Red-bellied woodpecker.

This was so high up on the tree and I zoomed & cropped...but I think it is a Great Crested Flycatcher!

or maybe a Pewee.....lol

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Thanks Burd...what a duh moment.....eeek!

Starling

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Male Northern Flicker

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A try at showing both.....

Cool, ducbucln - I've been wondering when I'll start seeing some White-crowned Sparrows. That is a really nice pic, too.

nanny_56, now that's something I haven't seen in a while, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, of either sex.

Hack

Nice shots everyone!!
Nice shots Hack! Nice capture on your Ruby-throated Hummingbird!
Duc, nice shots!! Is that an actual feeder that the Bewick's is on?
nanny, Nice shots!

number 2 of the Blue Jay

last of the Blue Jay

had a Myrtle Warbler stop by...

and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

a little interaction...

Black-capped Chickadee...when the leaves fall off the tree...I'll have more light around the feeder area..in no hurry of course...lol

a male and female House Finch

have been enjoying the return of birds from last year...
Red-breasted Nuthatch

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waiting to see who comes next......last

Lovely shots Burd! Love seeing the interaction along with the Red-breasted Nuthatch!

Nanny, cute little warbler and that wp is beautiful. Love the pose on the two flickers.

Burd, I think this novelty dish was meant to be for water rather than food, but I just put it out to see what how the birds would react to it. Your jay photos are beautiful. Love that "interaction" shot and the nuthatch is just adorable.

A few of our crows were really upset about something in the brush below them but I wasn't about to walk through poison oak to check it out.

The early morning sun was just coming up and the Brewer's Blackbirds were enjoying it.

This female House Finch just closed her eyes and enjoyed the warmth of the sun.

I'm seeing the White-crowned Sparrows more each day.

Took this earlier in the week-a Scrub Jay enjoying a bath.

After not feeding for a month, I am scarce on yard birds. My sparrow population is steadily increasing, so I started a control program this week. The bluebirds haven't been around much since their second brood fledged.

We took an early morning drive to a local lake yesterday and saw a mature Bald Eagle which is unusual for this time of year. Also watched an Osprey and a Belted Kingfisher catch breakfast. Watched a couple of bucks sparring. Not an all out fight, but an 8-pointer ran off a fork-horn that he didn't want around his does. The dominant buck then reared up and placed scent on a small tree. Got some interesting pics of this and the bucks locked up.

Here is a group of turkeys we ran across.

Saw an Osprey migrating thru yesterday!!

wish I would have got better shots....they just take my breath away!

Our Red bellied Woodpecker do vanish from the yard in late summer. I assume they are off eating the bounty of food the woods offer. They always return in the fall and there usually a battle between 2 as to who gets the the yard as their territory!

I was outside in the back yard and got a different angle on one yesterday.

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White-breasted Nuthatch on the platform feeder....

Great shots duc, red and nanny!

It's so good to still see some summer shore birds this time of year. We went down the shore for a birthday party on Sunday and I saw a lot of Tree Swallows on the way down.

Here's a good one, at Avalon Seawatch (NJ) they saw a Brown Booby and a Curlew Sandpiper!

http://cmboviewfromthefield.blogspot.com/

Here is a video of the Booby, shame the weather wasn't better. http://cmboviewfromthecape.blogspot.com/

The rose-breasted grosbeak female was a surprise this morning.

The cardinals and rose-breasted grosbeaks are always suspicious of each other. Don't like to share space at the feeder. These two ladies don't, anyway.

Red, great photo of your turkeys. Eight points is pretty big compared to our bucks here.

Nanny, so glad you got to photograph that osprey. They are awesome. Did you get to hear it too?

Pelle, there sure are a lot of sightings at Cape May. I'd love to go just to see a Cattle Egret in person!

Julie, your grosbeak looks happy with that food.

Nope....the osprey was not making any sounds. I had 2 more sightings today. One flew right over me. I got off one quick shot but have to check and see if it turned out.

Goldfinch on the feeder....