Dreadful Birds Pix Vol. 19

Teheheheh, Nan, I can almost hear the mama GBH calling out "Tuck that leg in, you'll be more areodynamic son." LOL

HA!!

Great "dreadful" pics everyone! :D

Lily, I nearly spewed my coffee a few times...you're a hoot and a half! Hummer dodging photo op...and "tucking in that leg..." BAWHahahahalol

DH and I have been going to a few relatively local parks and the weather has been terrible...snow and very overcast and windy...Geessh. I'm in need of sunshine!!!
Those are my excuses for my dreadful pics...lol
I've been able to add to my miniscule lifer list of 87 and bring it up to 116 within a 2-3 week period between the local parks and throughout our trip down to Florida and back.
Here is a small bunch of them...

A Pied-billed Grebe...

A Horned Grebe...

Belted Kingfisher...

A Hermit Thrush's backside...

Golden-crowned Kinglet...

Common Goldeneye...

Congrats Susan for that impressive lifers list. Mini? It sounds humonguous for moi. I'd be lucky if I have had a fraction of that number. Nice collection you've there. And welcome home from your trip. Hope your folks are doing well. Love that Horned Grebe.

Oh my this had slipped down...thank goodness I have a couple new bad pics too add! lol

Myrtle Warbler....doesn't it look so pretty with the leaves sprouting around it? Too bad that darn branch got in the way!! lol

Another MW..... Away he goes!!

Pileated flying in......Oh well at least I tried! lol

Good bad pics. Nan. You know, there are something in the new leaf buds that those Myrtles Warblers so cherrish. Now all my leaf are getting larger, the Wablers are also gone--to you place. lol.

WEnt to take a picture of the robin, when two Chipping sparrows decided to have a skirmish and mess up the focus.

Pretty neato dispite a little off focus, Mrs. Ed.

This one gives off an elusion the Great Egret's neck goes on forever. lol

yeah...still kind of neat Mrs. Ed!

that is just creepy Lily! lol

Oh Nanny, that's exactly what I was going to say. That is one creepy neck!

Thanks about the pix. Those Chipping Sparrows have been crazy all week. I don't remember them doing that in previous years. They are all over the place.

Hummers driving me crazy against a dark background.. I swear, this year I will catch them in a decent photo..lol

Ha! Now you know why the pros use the multiple flash setup!

Rrrr,do you have a tripod ??? i dont have a really great camera so I use a tripod to get a steady shot,Iwear my redhooded sweat shirt,set up zoom and wait, If you dont have a tripod ,a taller hard surface you can sit your camera on ,a ladder or such.. you will get your shot..good luck...Hummers are not here yet...=(

You are right, I really do need a tripod.. The hummers are supposed to be here by now, but I never see them until summer sets in.

I found my mono-pod is easier to haul around with my photo hobby.

i love when they get here an buz the hanger,and hang out like hey you gonna get the food out here..soon I hope !!!

I need one of those !!!

I take back what I said about not seeing them until summer.. I hung up the feeder a little while ago and there was a hummingbird on it two minutes later..

Whistles!!! Way to go!!! LOL

Here is a baaad one. I saw the bird with a mouthful of nesting material on its beak. This is what I've got. lol

It has been awhile since I saw my Carolina Wrens ... one finally showed up at the feeder. But not for long. lol

Ha ha ha, Kim. They are truly dreadful.

Tehehehehe, Margaret. I've won on that one haven't I? LOL. Some of my pics. are so bad, I afraid to send it in for I.D. purpose. Some type of Grebes I think.

Oh my! Oh my!!! I've a new 'lifer'! Thank you Resin.

Congrats..Good bad photos.. =)

Thanks hg, there are a couple of cardinal babies in here. Y'all will have to trust me on this one. lol

I really have to get a better camera. I had a pair of White-Crowned Sparrows show up today, and this is the best I could get:

Here is one photo of about 150 I took today. They were all exactly the same ..... invisible. I spent about 1 1/2 hours trying to photograph Northern Cardinals against a white Dogwood tree. I had some great shots, or so I thought. When I finished, I thought I would take a quick look in the LCD. Instead, a message came up ....... NO CARD.

I knew this was going to happen one day and it finally did. That is the danger of using a card reader to download images to your computer. That's where I found the card.

So, is a terrible photo worse than no photo at all ?

My mother told me there would be days like this !

LOL, Charlie, mother was right wasn't she? Okay, this would have been a good pix, only the subject refused to pose for pix. Hint; you can find the little tail beneath the bottom of the feeder. lol.

oh linth...that is so funny! I use a card reader but remove the card before I remove the reader from the computer or no doubt I would do that too!!

I have had lots of those shots too Lily!

Here are a few of my recent baddies!

Myrtle Warbler playing hard to get...

The morning took these next 2 shots of pileated I just seemed to NOT be able to get it right!!


Bad.....

Good bad one, Nan. lol