Daily Bird Pics. Vol. 381

Great shots everyone!! Dellrose, thanks for the new thread.
About 45f today so I hit Pipe Creek to see if anything is going on. Met up with a Robin first.

had some bird calls on my cell phone so...I tried calling a White-breasted Nuthatch...who called back.

Great Blue Heron's...there must have been 50 or so one area.

This Sharp-shinned Hawk let me take quite a few shots.

Red-tailed Hawk

a close-up of the R-t Hawk.

This what I,m waiting for...more thawing yet...but found hundreds of ducks and mergansers...can't wait.. lol

Wonderful shots Burd!! Love the handsome Red-tailed and sweet Nuthatch!

Burd, looks like you had a good time a Pipe Creek. Two hawks. I'm jealous.

Hack

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Nice ones Burd...course the hawks are my faves!!

Lots of birds were chirpping this morning...just like a spring morn!! So pleasant to hear!

Pelle I was thinking of you while hearing the owls!! By the way I did order the new Richard Crossley ID Guide & can't wait to get it!!

Yes Mrs Ed...Gus is a BIG baby!! :) lol

Well done everyone. Pelletory, I have not seen a Tree Sparrow since I started photographing birds in 2008. Nice shot.

Great photos as usual and I've gotten behind once again.

I went for a walk along the shore of our lake and got a few photos. Here's an American Coot.

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This Great Egret's wing was reflecting the waves of the water.

A Ruddy Duck.

I found Acorn Woodpeckers everywhere, including this one that was below an empty osprey nest.

Here are three more Acorn wps.

This was my favorite, a Starling looking sweet for a photo.

Lovely shots duc! I love those Acorn Woodpeckers.

I think this is pretty funny - lady taking video of secretary birds but as she walk backward she forgets the electrical fence - the husband asks "Is the camera ok"! LOL

http://beta.mnet.co.za/mnetvideo/browsevideo.aspx?ChannelId=4&vid=35370&Search=&CategoryId=64&sortby=5&CPage=6

LOL, good one!

Burd, beautiful shots of the Hawk and Nuthatch, I'm impressed you've seen that many Great blue Herons, Must of been a sight to see.
Looks like you had a nice outing at the lake Duc. good variety, I would love an outing like that..

It's a snowy day today, the Redpolls are very hungry.

Little_things - funny video.

duc, that Great Egret's wing reflecting the waves of the water was a real beaut! and I love those Acorn Woodpeckers.

burn - nice looking jay.

Hack

I went out with the 40D for a little while and snapped a few pix today.

I saw this female Card and a male HOFIN sharing a feeder.

I spotted this male Red-bellied Wp way it in a tree, moving steadily upwards.

Oh, I have lots of Chippers.

One of my ever present Pine Warblers.

I have plenty of Ruby-crowned Kinglets that visit.

Another woodpecker. A male Downy this time.

Been seeing more and more Myrtle (Yellow-rump) Warblers around here.

This is the second Robin I've seen in 2011.

My last one.

This is the first Eastern Towhee (male) I've seen in 2011. The rascal never did step into the sunlight for me. Still, he's a handsome bird. Maybe mama Towheee is around somewhere.

Bye Hack

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You won't believe it, we had just stepped out to go to the store when my hubby froze, he saw the Pileated Woodpecker on our tree! He was amazed and frightened all at the same time, I am surprised it came that late. He was low enough on the tree that hubby got a good look at him, and said he was HUGE!!!!! Maybe he is going to start eating off our suet, but I did not think they could eat off one that did not have a tail board, or can they? Can they hang upside down and eat that way?

Burn, great photo of your Jay! Those Redpolls are so pretty in all your photos.

Hack, congrats on your first towhee. Ours stay here year round so I'd assumed yours stayed there the same. Love love love your pine warbler!

Teddy, can't answer your question, but it's good they're coming closer.

Teddy, If it's hanging against the tree they don't need a tail prop.

Nice ones Hack!

Teddy, they can eat of of any suet feeder if the can access it. The squirrels have destroyed my proptails feeders, including the one i just bought. So I am back to the wire cages for now.

This is from almost a year ago.

I saw a picture on a web page where it showed 2 Pileated Woodpeckers on a suet cake like mine, just hanging on the chain. So I am not going to do anything special and see what happens, I hope that the female hubby saw tonight is going to have babies in our cottonwood tree, there is a hole several feet above ground, I think that is where she was going when he saw her tonight, it was a female. Wouldn't it be great if she had babies in the tree? We have some apples we are going to cut up and put on the shelf on the tree and see if we can entice her to eat, if I get a picture of her or him my feet won't touch the ground for weeks.

Finally, one that I can post here! Juvenile eagle that let me get really close before taking off!

nanny, a yr old and still a great pic of the woodpecker

Rose1656, your Pentax K-7 did a good job on the baby eagle.

Hack

Very nice shot Rose!