Daily Bird Pics Vol. 395

Crested Pigeon (Australian native)

Crested Pigeon

Swamphen in the glorious late afternoon light.

Great Cormorant - (Australia's largest Cormorant)

A beautiful adult male Osprey a the Leschenault Inlet.

Splendid Fairy Wren male in non-breeding plumage.

Little Pied Cormorants

Good to see you back Margaret! Lovely pics!

Red, Best of luck with the new camera. I know you'll love it.

A pic of Daddy from yesterday afternoon.

Mama with a grub worm for the babies.

An Eastern Meadowlark in the field behind the house. A pair has been out there for a few weeks, but I just cannot get close enough for a good pic. I got one shot and he flew.

That log is a favorite perching place for a pair of Scissortails, the meadowlarks and the bluebirds. Unfortunately there is no cover to approach it.

First pic of a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher this year. I'm going to try to find their nest.

Red, you'll have to set up a little bird blind!

welcome back Margaret. That spoonbill is a stunner. Alan Murphy would be proud of you. ;)

Gorgeous Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Red. Have fun with the 7D.

Thanks, Pelle and Mrs Ed. I posted this one of the Spoonbills in the bird files

Not sure if this is a worm or a piece of grass or something, but I think it is a worm, first time I have ever seen them eating worms. I did not know they ate them, the peanut butter worked but as I said before I need to get it into the cracks more where the squirrels can't reach it. Everybody has been taking great pics, I agree, if someone has a extra Pileated Woodpecker they don't want, send it my way!lol! Probably not much picture taking today, it is warm but of course rainy, the Irises are growing but not blooming even my neighbors whose Irises are way older than mine, his is not blooming because of all this rain. Maybe we will get a little shot of sunshine today, I sure hope so, my Cosmos don't like all this rain either. Good day to all.

Margaret, that Crested Pigeon is so cute!!

Red....Mrs. Ed is right...think that would be a perfect spot for a blind!

Went for a walk around the half mile circle with the dog in between showers and saw my First Eastern Phoebe and a female Indigo Bunting yesterday. Took Gus home and then I headed back out with the camera and they were gone. But did catch this this Blue-gray Gnatcatcher!

Nanny, that's a beautiful picture! Love the flowers too!

Margaret, OK, how is it that even your pigeons are more interesting than ours?! Very cool! That Swamphen is gorgeous. All lovely -- oh the osprey! You are queen of the ospreys.

Lily, nice heron shot. I love their weird poses.

Red, amazing bluebird shots and I just love your flycatcher shot.

My Indigo Bunting is still here! I'm taking pics like mad but he's staying in the shade. Also, I was really worried about my cardinals b/c they were acting weird yesterday like they were nesting again, so I was worried about their babes, but saw the male feeding a youngster this morning, so much relieved. At least one made it out of the nest and it's not a cowbird!

Going to High Island this afternoon! I can't wait. They've been seeing a Western Tanager which isn't even in my bird book and a Western Kingbird. I doubt I'll be that lucky, but fingers crossed!

Woo Hoo!! Just had our FOS Baltimore Oriole!!

Had sun yesterday and the birds were out. Had two birds show up that I've never seen here in the yard.

female Red-winged Blackbird.

and a European Starling.

It didn't take long for the Tree Swallows to run the Starling off. Hope it gets the hint.

The Tree Swallows are busy nest building.

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Here is our FOS Baltimore Oriole!!!

Just so pretty! lol

Adel, lovely series of the Tree Swallows. Congrats Nan on the Orioles, please send me some. lol

Great shots nanny and adel!

Love those Tree Swallows!


Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Cape May today! http://cmboviewfromthecape.blogspot.com/

More photos here- http://home.comcast.net/~jklukens/GoodBirds2011/Pages/ScissorTailedFlycatcher04-23-11.htm

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Another shot from my short trip down south. Black Swans on the Leschenault Inlet.

they are so pretty Margaret!

Wow Margaret! Those are beautiful Swans. The Crested Pigeons are very interesting looking.

Once again it's raining, but the birds don't seem to mind.

Scrub Jay

Dark-eyed Junco

Brewer's Blackbird

These two Mourning Dove seem to be paired.

but not these two.

The two female Red-winged Blackbirds were back. They've joined up with a small flock of Brewers Blackbirds and Brown -headed Cowbirds.

American Robin