DAILY BIRD PICS VOL #375

Talking about broadcasting seeds....I tried it recently. I love to see more birds come to the backyard to enjoy the "buffet". Not sure what type of bird this is:

Another.... A junco maybe?

Or is it just another female Housefinch. lol

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Yep, all Dark-eyed Juncos

Resin

Folks, I went back out to the Eagles' Nest locally, and this is the best my camera can offer. :(( via the binocular,however, I think I saw an Eagle sitting, but am not sure.

Wooohooo, Resin. Thank you, you didn't know how bad I wanted that Junco. lol. That's my lifer!!! I believe GrannyG mentioned that they feed on the ground, I tried that....and I succeeded!

Ahh, another wowzer, I think I see the Eagle from the last pix once enlarged. I did have a great birding-day!!!

Thank you, GG for the tip on the Juncos' feeding habit.

Just before we reached the Eagle's nest. I spotted this raptor. A cooper Hawk perhaps.

Same raptor;

Let's try the Eagles Nest again;

I think I see your eagle Lily!!

Hey pelle, our GHO is talking a lot this evening!

A shot of 3 Downy Woodpeckers on the suet platform!

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Nice one of the Woodpeckers Nan. I'm so glad you saw the Eagle too. Wooohooo, let's hope that there are eggs in there.

As a bonus on my Eagle Nest trip I saw this beautiful lad nearby. An Eastern Blue Bird;

Let's try that again;

A monopod was badly needed for these shots.

Nice pics Lily and Nanny!

Well I guess a lot of you are feeling the extra cold temps last night and today. We went down to 10 degrees this morning. Haven't had temps that low since 1995. Wind chills tomorrow are supposed to be worse.

Pelle, this winter is something else! I thought last year was bad, this is but an encore of last winter! We're so dried here, thus no snow. But it has been in the low 20'ish. That's too cold for our area too.

Some more pics. of my outing last week...Great Blue Heron:

Gulls.

GBH and Ringbilled Gulls;

GBH and more Gulls;

Same Heron and a few more Gulls. :)

My fav. pix of the day;

We have been down to -3 the last two mornings....

But the cold bring sin the birds. Got this special duo eating suet together this morning before we headed out to the grocery shopping.

Male Pileated Woodpecker & male Northern Flicker!!

Oh Nan! I'm turning green with envy! My most fav. woodpeckers--and together? Priceless!

Very nice, Kim

Nan, now if you can only get an Ivory Billed Woodpecker to come to your feeder! lol Great shot.

Thank Kim, Ivory Billed Woodpecker? I'm still working on the Acorn wp, there are more woodpeckers out there? Grins. Hah, this one is for Hack, Hack, I haven't seen your pix lately, but this Brownheaded Nuthatch is for you.

A Pileated and Flicker together!!! great catch Nanny.
Congratulation on your lifer Lily

Not much happening here, except I've seen a fox in the early morning hours, a few days ago. It was under the feeders in my yard. I had heard reports of one hanging around, since last fall.

This Starling was eating some snow.

The Redpolls on alert mode.

Burn, poor little snow eater! But, there is grapes, I'd preferred grapes over snow. lol. You're so lucky to have so many Redpolls. I like that pic. very much.

Wonderful photos, everyone. Those dear little Redpolls, Burn. You are providing them with such a sanctuary.

Nanny, we don't even have woodpeckers and I'm envious of your Pileated and Flicker together.

LOL. Kim. You'd get a shock if she did end up with an Ivory-billed, wouldn't you?

Margaret, I'm especially surprised that the Pileated wp and the Ivory-billed are not in the same species. I looked the bird up and was at awe that it's extinct.

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Trying to catch up with everyone here...lol Duc, thanks for starting the latest thread and I thought I seen the Junco move..lol
Wonderful shot!
Nice shots on this and the last thread everyone!!
Well I finally was able to get some sun for a change...its always snowing or overcast here.
Some shots from the backyard...male House finch

European starlings are now regulars at the feeders....

they love to take over everything...lol

Dark-eyed Junco...their not afraid to land on the feeder..

Papa Downy...always gets a shot...

his close-up...lol

a couple of Red-breasted Nuthatch shots...