Daily Bird Pics - Vol. #386

LOL iris!

My first mealworm taker.

How sweet it is Mrs. Ed...big congrats!! Hope you get tons more takers!

Linth...thanks for the new thread with your beautiful shots...you had me at Eastern Bluebird!! Love them all!

Nice shots everyone!!

It is a gorgeous day in the Ozarks...sunny and warm!

Congratulations Mrs Ed! I love the Nuthatches, that is a great first taker!

Pell.............yes on the first feeder.

Good job on that adel!

Linth, great photo of the nuthatch. My nuthatches come up and sit on a branch about 3 ft. from me when I'm filling the peanut butter/nuts logs in the morning and afternoon. Haven't been able to get them to sit on my bowl of the mixture yet though.

Burn, I'd take all that snow too if it meant I could see your beautiful redpolls. Enjoy them, I'm sure enjoying your photos.

Adel, love all your birds, especially the stellar's. I'm still waiting to see one here. Your feeder is great!

Pelle, lol, those starlings know a nice lady that will keep feeding them!

Red, your story on the bluebirds is cute-love that photo. Glad it was just vultures too.

Nanny, hope you'll have the camera with you in the future!

Mrs Ed, your nuthatch is adorable!

This House Finch was singing his little heart out.

A Mourning Dove looking pretty from a few days ago.

A Dark-eyed Junco.

A fly-by White Pelican.

We had a good wind come off the lake and I caught this robin trying to balance itself on the top candle of an 60 ft. pine tree. It managed to stay there for quite a while too.

Wow Duc...you just get better every time you post...all great shots but my favorite is the House Finch with the foliage!!

Here's a White-breasted Nuthatch from earlier this week.

The Turkey Vultures have returned...here is an extremely long shot across the field.

Lousy shot of a Goldfinch taken earlier this week on a dark and blustery day!! He was a real bright spot!

Last one...the raptors and vultures are scaring all the birds away! Here is a Red-tailed Hawk.

Great shots guys!

Duc, I love the House Finch too!

Good ones Dellrose, that Nuthatch is very cute.

Thanks Pelle...the Nuthatches are so entertaining!

I finally got the Purple Martin gourds up!! They have recently arrived in our area and I am hoping to attract some. It may take a few years and it will be a battle with the non-native birds and I hope I am up for the challenge. I have done a lot of reading about the Martins and discovered that they are completely dependent on humans providing them with houses to nest. Wish me luck!!

Nice shots folks. Mrs. Ed. cute little Nuthatch.

Here is a picture from a few days ago. Two Northern Flickers, golden shafted. The Flickers are now frequent visitors to that one particular tree and suet feeder. They can empty the suet feeder in a day.

red-bellied woodpecker.

Great pics. everyone, I'm so far behind can't comment to each and everyone. Let's me say thanks to Linth for a fresh new start.

linth - great start and that Mallard drake in flight is just super!

duc - I love your tree swallows. I've never seen one. Pretty birds. AND nice Junco shot. I've only snapped one so far.

burn - your Redpolls sure are pretty.

adelbertcat - I liked the feeders you made. Where is the seed?

reddirtretiree - "Bunches of Honey n Oats", you mean the cereal that we humans eat?

pelletory - "I'm at my wit's end with the Grackle situation" 4 cakes eaten. I have no suggestions, but I feel for you.

dellrose - lovely capture of the Red-tailed Hawk.

GrannyGrunt - I'd sure like to see one of those Northern Flickers.

Hack

Here are few pix from me.

This GOFIN was captured just before it flew down to a feeder.

Hack

One of pelle's Grackles dropped by, I promptly sent if back to pelle.

This Mourning Dove looked pretty is the soft sunlight.

My regular visiting Mocker was standing tall.

The male Red-winged Blackbird was busy getting a drink of water.

My last one for now is (I guess it is) a female Red-winged Blackbird.

Bye
Hack

Oops, forgot the female R-w Blackbird pic.

Hack

Great pictures all. Hack on its way back to Pelle, that Grackle stopped off at my house and brought some of its friends!!

Hah! Good one Granny!

Hack

I put all my pics on the wrong thread....Waaaaaaaaaah :(

SusanLouise - I went back and looked. Nice pix

4 lifers - OMG, that's unreal.

Congrats, congrats, congrats and congrats.

Hack

Great start with the new thread Linth! Nice shots on this and the previous thread everyone!!

Not much happening here...other than the weather. A male Belted Kingfisher

this one ended up being very cooperative...other images are on the Pipe Creek thread. Tuesday looks to be decent weather.
Have a great weekend/week all!

Wow Dellrose I love the Purple Martin houses! Best of luck with that and be sure to keep us posted on the goings on with it.

LOL, Hack! Thanks for the extra Grackle. Nice pics! Love the Mockingbird!

Burd, Love the Kingfisher!

GG, So good to see 2 Northern Flickers together! Lucky you!

Forgot to mention in my last post that in the hopes of thwarting the Grackles I put up a caged suet feeder and an upside down suet feeder. I'll let you know how that works.

Good luck with your Martins Rose!

Please do Pelle...I have considered a caged feeder.

Jealous of GG's 2 flickers!! Our male was here one day this week.

Hack...very nice shots...love the mocker!

Burd....love the Kingfisher!

Love those Northern Flickers! They are so pretty! This is one from a while ago, I was lucky to get this shot.

I haven't been taking many pics. Not really any new birds showing up in the 'hood. Although I have seen an Eastern Phoebe around the past few days. I can't resist taking redundant pics of Daddy. Not like I don't already have plenty of him on the feeder.