DAILY BIRD PICS VOL. 392

Pelle, Wonderful WP pics! I had to take down our Woodpecker feeders. The darn Starlings just drove them away and the likelyhood any of our birdhouses would be nil if I left them up too. There is more peace in the yard now, but it tears my heart up watching the Downys keep coming back in hopes it's not a mistake that their feeders aren't up anymore...big sad sigh.

Hack, Great pics...love the Carolina Chickadees :D

Methodical, Wish we had those birds around here! The Tree Swallows and Red-bellied Woodpecker I can go to a local park to see, but the others I have still yet to add to my lifer list!

LEW_TEX, Cool pics of the Buzzard!

Reddirt, Great Brown Pelican captures!

Resin, Lovely Swan!

Teddy, You've made a friend :)

Elphaba, Neat Swainson's Hawk!!!

Nanny, you're lucky to see those Myrtle Warblers! :)

Burn, Nice Bohemian Waxwing and love the Evening Grosbeak capture!!

Adelbertcat, That male Boat-tail Grackle is quite the stud-muffin...lol

Ok, I just have a few recent pics...

A Snowy Egret...

A male Red-winged Blackbird singing it's heart out for a mate...

Immature Red-tailed Hawk...just 10' away from me at the time. Two Crows worked in tandum to steal this hawk's dinner above my head. The hawk was so much in shock, it paid no attention to me after it landed...unsure and in disbelief after what had just transpired...poor thing...

I was finally able to add Wood duck to my lifer list! A poor pic of a handsome male...

White Ibis...when we took our trip to Florida...

Snow Goose...and we're walking...lol

When we were driving through Missouri the 2nd week of March, there was no less than 50,000 in the sky at near sunset...what a sight!!! This is just a miniscule fraction of the skyline at the time...

And the last for now...a male Green-winged Teal...

Great pics from everyone!

Love those Egret shots Elphaba!

Beautiful Red-tailed Hawk and others Susan!

Wonderful, Wonderful pictures. thanks everyone for taking and sending along so we can all enjoy the beauty of our birds.

Donna

Red, I meant to compliment your shots of the Pelicans took in Tx, wow I didn't think I'd see Pelicans in my neck of the woods. But this morning from a distance DH said "Hmmm, there are 6 white ducks across the lake". I zoomed in and found half a dozen Pelicans!!! I couldn't believe my eyes. 1st time ever!

Susan it fascinating to see such large number of birds flying on the sky, during their migration?

Pics. taken this morning;
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Pekin Ducks.

Elphaba - I LOVE your hummer shot. It's postcard perfect. Can't wait till my 1st one shows. Weird weather, tho. Temps all over the place & still not a lot blooming.

Canadian geese;

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C. Geese and the Pekin Duck pair.

Lily_love -- congrats on the pelicans! Some cool bird there.

SusanLouise, nice shots! Nice capture on that red-winged blackbird especially!

OK, I've narrowed down the Roseate Spoonbill shots to three favorites. It's too bad I was there in midday. I need to go back closer to sunset. In this one you can see the front of the bill and the back of the bill and wings open and wings closed!

"I'll be in my tree.." love that song!

Last one.

Isn't that rookery something? Too bad we can't provide audio. When you start walking through the woods from the parking area, it sounds like a bunch of hogs rooting. Just a cacophony of the calls of the different species. Lots of squabbling going on for nesting space, trespassing and fighting over sticks.

We thoroughly enjoyed High Island. Took a scenic route back and stopped at Big Thicket for a few hours. It's good to be home. The scissortails and barn swallows returned while we were gone and we have 3 newly hatched bluebird babies and 2 eggs remaining. You can search 'Bluebird Diary' for more details.

This guy was at the rookery too, but I doubt many people noticed him.

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..and the mentioned newly discovered Pelicans.

Fantastic shots of those Roseate Spoonbills Elfy. Red, the frog is big! We've a fantastic variety of birds on this thread!!!

Red, yes, just amazing! Love that frog shot. Like you, I noticed an animal that was being ignored. I pointed it out to a few people before it disappeared though b/c I'd never seen the likes of it before. After looking at photos online, I think it's a Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle -- not sure though. Most of the turtles around were Red-eared Sliders, but this one looked different to me.

It's hard to stick to birds sometimes huh?!

OK, one more egret shot -- an egret with a turtle!

Went to Lakeview to take trash over and looked at the lake and saw all these little black spots on the water, when we came back, we stopped and it was Coots, a whole lot of them, there must have been 20 or more in one area. Of course, did not have my camera with me, but there was a lot of them. I have heard people talking about them but did not know what they were, now I know. I was sitting outside and saw Mama rb wp in our tree and she was not too sure about me, maybe if I sit there enough times she might get used to me. Do ya think so?

A pic of the new babies. I made cheeping noises and got one to open its mouth.

gosh just loving all the pics Elphaba & Red have posted!!


Teddy...yes if you do it on a regular basis the birds get used to you. Some more than others.

Great shots everyone! Boy this thread is flying by so fast!

YAY....Had a Cooper's Hawk this evening!!

and got about 4 shots of it too!! lol

Wow, everybody, what an amazing variety. I agree Pelle, this thread has taken off.

The Bohemian were here. They love their grapes. :)

A Redpoll enjoying the sun.

The Robins showed up today.

Great pix everyone. Red, BBs' babies? Love the Bohemian Waxwing Burn, Nice Hawk Nan. Love those Egret pix and the turtles too Elfy.

Great pix everyone:.

Methodical - I loved the Purple FInch. Had one here for the frst time a little while ago.

LEW_TEX - nice pic of the Yellow-rump. I have them around here.

reddirtretiree - your Brown Pelicans were the first I've very seen. Nice

Resin - I liked that beautiful Whooper Swan

teddy_8905 - nice shot of the goose, but you cut its head off. lol.

Elphaba - I liked the pix of the Orchard Orioles. The female was having a bad-hair day. :-) AND I really like your shot of the hawk that was sitting in a field. AND those Egrets in love were wonderful

nanny_56 - I've had a bunch of R-w Blackbirds around here.

burn-2007 - That Bohemian waxwing looks good in the pic. Hope its okay.

VA_Wild_Rose - Wow, great capture of the Great Blue Heron fishing AND I loved the look of that Osprey looking dead at you..

adelbertcat - I watched a robin today pull a total of 3 earthworms from the ground as it bounced around my wet yard. Only wish I had the camera.

SusanLouise - congrats on the Wood duck lifer, pretty duck. I got me a Lifer too, that I'll share later.

Lily_love - After seeing your Pekin Ducks, I wonder is the AFLAC duck is a Pekin duck (is it aka Peking duck?)?

Hack



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Got a few more to share.

Here's a cute little Chipping sparrow.

Hack

Saw this male Downy woodpecker eating suet. I see more Downys than any other kind of wp.

This White-throated Sparrow caught my eye when I jumped out of the shadows.

This Mockingbird always enjoys a visit to the suet feeder.

LEW_TEX, here's one of my Myrtle (Yellow-rump) Warblers.