Daily Bird Pics Vol. 351

Cape weaver starting a new nest, occupied nests below.

a bit of weaver action!

done

Common or European Starling - I cannot compete with your great shots, but at least I am trying...LOL!

Nice ones Little! Love those nests.

Nice to see you back Little...and no competion here! Just friends. :)

well this is embarrassing. This comment was for another thread.

Moving right along…

This message was edited Oct 21, 2010 9:37 AM

Beautiful birds everyone. Little, glad you have returned. Ditto what Nanny said.

I've always loved seeing photos of the White-throated Sparrow that some here have posted and a couple days ago I had the chance to actually photograph one at my home. It's a first sighting for our county this year! They are rarely seen here and I'm hoping to see more of them.

Never been away..just did not have much to add, shamefully. I do watch this thread everyday. We're heading into summer, so I can start looking for a few birding trips again.

That's great Duc! I love the White-throated Sparrows!

A small flock of Cedar Waxwings were here for a short time, but they'll be back when our berries turn darker red.

This Mourning Dove was taking a break in the trees below our home.

We're seeing the Black Phoebes more now, but they're here year round.

I finally saw a Spotted Towhee at our birdbath.

Great pics duc! I love the one of the Spotted Towhee!

I've been gone too long to comment on all the great photos, but just a few:
Duc, great shot of the cedar waxwings. I thought I saw some the other day, but I ended up taking a bunch of photos of house sparrows behaving like waxwings!
Burn, beauty of the evening grosbeak.
Little_things - incredible pictures of stunning birds. Just loved them.
GP, glad your painted buntings are back.
Nanny, saw my first Tennessee Warbler but can't seem to get a good photo of it.

For me, this photo proves my theory that somehow my brain messes with the first pic when I'm excited. I relaxed, took my time, waited for camera to focus and then took one photo before it flew away and yet it's still a little off. My first shots are always off no matter what.

Red-tailed Hawk

I felt bad after taking this photo b/c the little table-top fountain that this Red-bellied Woodpecker was drinking from was almost empty. It was a little too shady, but I like his feet.

I love Inca Doves. I wish I could get the red color in their wings though, but I only get a few shots before they disappear -- very timid birds.

I was taking pics of the grackles to make them leave, but this one had some pretty coloring worth sharing.

Elphaba, I love the grackles, glad you got a photo. That Inca Dove looks so different from ours-hope you'll get a picture of the red in the wings. Your hawk is wonderful, don't be so hard on yourself and your woodpecker friend is sweet!

Didn't get out much today. I was armchair supervising the installation of shutters. Mama is a happy camper tonight. I did walk down and check the ponds this a.m. Three wild mallards were all that were around.

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Nice pics Elphaba and red!

The Grackles have come back here too with about 25 in the yard yesterday.

Elphaba, congrats on your first Tennessee Warbler...they can be a challenge!

This female Red-bellied is coming pretty regular now. Rarely see the male at all.

She is a pretty girl...

Nice ones nanny! I'm mainly seeing the males here.

The first Cave Swallow of the season has been seen in Cape May today.

Red, the mallards look peaceful.

Pelle, just tell those grackles they're welcome here!

Nanny, beautiful photos of your female!

Our local Audubon Society had a wonderful presentation on the "Ghost Bird" last night. It was about the Ivory-billed Woodpecker thought to be extinct, but supposedly spotted in Arkansas in 2004. The film was a documentary and excellent. If any of you have a chance to see it, I hope you will.

I'm way behind on my photos, but here's a Bewick's Wren.

A Nuttall's Woodpecker.

A pair of Mockingbirds arguing over the berries.

And a pretty Dark-eyed Junco.

Here's a Red-tailed Hawk that got attacked by our crows and left without one of my birds.

Wow...beautiful duc!!

I saw my first Brown Creeper for the fall season yesterday!

Wonderful photos everyone, great variety of birds.

Had a few Junco the last few days.

A regular at the feeder, is the Hairy Woodpecker.

Nanny, congrats on another new one for the year. You sure got a good photo of that fast moving little bird.

Burn, cute junco and wp!

Duc, Love the arguing Mockingbirds!

Sweet Junco burn!

I'm so jealous of everyone's Juncos! I've only seen one once and took a bad pic. I'd like to see a Brown Creeper just b/c I like the name. Goes with the season!

White Ibis

More Ibis

Little Blue Heron

Anhinga.

I missed the cool bird shots yesterday. Took my first pictures of a Belted Kingfisher but it was a cloudy day and I had the camera set for bright and sunny from the previous day. Then I was taking a picture of a far away coot and there was a grebe right in front of me that I missed. I did, however, take a picture of one of the coolest things that I've ever seen. I'll post it on the wildlife forum. I thought I was taking my first pictures of a baby alligator on a log. What I didn't realize until I got home was that the baby alligator was not floating on a log it was on its mother's face!

Elphaba, how about a trade of a few juncos for a few of those gorgeous ibis? Wow, what beautiful photos they make. Great shots of the Anhinga and Little Blue Heron too.

This female red-winged blackbird showed up with my other blackbirds for some seeds.