DAILY BIRD PICS VOL. 398

A Scrub Jay enjoying the water.

Wow...such gorgeous pics everyone and Mrs. Ed congrats on your lifer. This is sure a colorful thread!!

Here is a baby Robin and Happy Mother's Day to all of you!!

I think the Baltimore Orioles must have decided to fly directly to Marna's this year as I have only seen a few and very briefly. We do have the Orchards though and here is a lovely female.

Here is a male Orchard Oriole

A very handsome male Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Rose, love that grosbeak and the orchard oriole is just beautiful. Love that baby robin and the baltimore too.

Happy Mothers Day to everyone pics are beautiful miss seeing all pics but have to work.

Mrs_Ed - I envy you your Baltimore orioles - pretty

gardenpom - nice capture of the Swallow-tailed Kite. I've been seeing some birds in the sky in the evenings whose wings have a V shape from the trunk of the body, not like your kite, though. It flies real fast. I'm gonna crank up the shutter speed and see it I can get a shot of it this evening.

pelletory - sweet shot of the Snowy Egret!

nanny_56 - nice pix of the Balitmore orioles and Goldfinch. Pretty colors.

burn_2007 - that was a great shot of the angry Brown-headed Cowbird.

ducbucln - nice series of that poor crow. I glad it survived. AND the Ash-throated Flycatcher pic was cool.

LEW_TEX - lucky you, baby bluebrds. I've only seen one BB in my life, and ir was on the drive way just for a moment.

adelbertcat - Your male Black-headed Grosbeak is a nice looker.

Mrs_Ed - congrats on the Lifer and your White-crowned sparrows sure are picturesque.

rockminer - your Black-headed and Evening Grosbeaks a beautiful.

dellrose - the female Orchard Oriole on the orange was sweet. I tired an orange half once, but had no luck. AND that male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was a super sh

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And a Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms.

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Hack, that's beautiful poem for all the Moms of us here. Thank you. May I add this pix of a different kind of Mom for our thread? She's beautiful. She's radiant! She's building her nest;

This has been a great thread with so many gorgeous birds and I am really enjoying the spring migration. I will be starting a new thread and will return soon with a link.

In the meantime here is a shot of a female Red-winged Blackbird...they are nesting in the field close to the farm pond.

Here is the link to the new thread http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1179367/ .

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