DAILY BIRD PICS VOL. 397

Another

And here in the backyard, the mockingbirds are still quarreling over their territorial limits.

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Love that Mockingbird shot Dave!

An adult male Anhinga was over Cape May, NJ !! As you can see they are not normally anywhere near there.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Anhinga/id

http://cmboviewfromthecape.blogspot.com/

Boy, this High Island sounds like a place I need to go!

Rose....herons are so gorgeous.

Red....I would love to see a scissortail!

Elphaba...WOW, Congrats on all your lifers!!

I haven't seen any of the grosbeaks today so I think they have continued on. The male Pileated showed up yesterday evening so I know he is okay for now. I was worried the hawk may have followed him .

A few shots from this past Tuesday. It was still rainy and overcast then so light is not the best. First up are a couple of cute Tufted Titmouse shots.

how do they hold on to tiny seeds like this!

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Male Downy Woodpecker....lots of chasing with the downy's right now!

Total surprise was this White-throated Sparrow that stopped by!

This female Cardinal was begging the male to feed her but he seemed to be totally clueless! lol

The Titmouse is a cutie Nanny. I'm surprise you just saw the White-throated Sparrow, They arrived last week here. And do I have a lot of them this year! Be prepared if you serve apple sauce. You might get something like this lol. There 's more of them in the tree.

In the tree.........I was wondering, why they like apple sauce so much, instead of the fresh apples. And realized, they always come to my crabapples in the beginning of Spring, and I think it's because the fruit is softer after a thaw and easier to eat. so I partially cook one in the microwave today, and they ate it all. The fresh one I put out stays longer in the plate. The Robins don't mine them though.


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This message was edited Apr 30, 2011 6:37 PM

That is very cool burn!

That is kind of what I hoping for burn!! lol For some reason I thought it was duc who said something about applesauce...anyway whoever did I liked the idea & bought some today. Will put some out after the next batch of rain... YUCK!

This Crow has been working the suet feeder!

I think it might be taking food back to a mate on the nest. They usually come in a pair and we just have the one coming right now several times a day.

Nice ones nanny!

Wonderful shots, everyone. Once again, too many to comment on. Thanks for the new thread, nanny.

From a wetland south of the river, an Australian White Ibis and a White-faced Heron.

An Australian Magpie having a game of chase with a Raven.

A pair of Mountain Shelducks. The female is smaller and has the white eye ring.

Clear for take-off.

Her mate quickly follows.

A flock of Australian Pelicans

White-faced Heron

Wonderful shots Margaret! I love those handsome Mountain Shelducks!

I agree, the shelducks are good looking birds. A Cinnamon Teal. They usually nest west of OK, but we have a few.

I spotted me another Myrtle....boy I am not doing very good with my ID's this year......

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I think it is just the light & angle...but I am not sure if this is the same bird or not! lol

Sorry for the lousy photo, but perhaps someone could this ID this unusual-looking bird -- it looks like a goldfinch, but has a stark white tail feathers? If it was an albino, I would think the whole bird would be white. Interesting. Anyone know what is going on here? Snug

Such an interesting group of photos. All different from what I see around here. Still too cold I think. It was 31 degrees yesterday morning, a little warmer this morning. Have had no rain, but lots of wind.

Donna

Very varied type of birds and nice to see migrating birds on their northward bound. Hi Donna, glad you are enjoying the thread as I do along with many others. I have been busy and haven't contributed much as far as birds pix. I saw two male Northern Cardinals chasing one another yesterday, I had to drop everything I was doing to capture some of their pix lol. Only caught one fella who landed on top of the shrubs.

The Sandhill Cranes are starting to return.

Last evening I practiced taking pictures of them coming in for landings.

One more shot.

Oh Gary! Congrats on their return! Beautiful photos!

Great catch Gary!

Handsome Robin in the bush!

Very handsome Hairy Woodpecker showed up yesterday!

Handsome Blue Bird on a string. :))

One lone, bright Goldfinch came to the feeder today. Here he's seen with a male Housefinch.