DAILY PICS VOL. 406

Three Juvies on the feeder and seen two in the tree, one was a juvie for sure , but couldn't tell, if the other was.

I have at least four Song Sparrows living in the hedge in the back, maybe more.

A male Hairy WP.

Triple female Cardinals! lol

Wait, wait Nan. A female and two juvies cardinals. :)

Ohhh you are right!! lol too early I guess!

I can't tell what all these are but they seem to be enjoying the morning sun together. Some R. winged swallows in the mix?

Nan, this is a wonderful time for us all to see baby cardinals. They're all over the place.

Preening under the sun. :)

Not often will I find a Robin that's willing to pose for me, so here is one.

Nice Swallows Lily.
Nice pic Nanny, love seeing the fledgling with their parents.

Goldfinch in my from feeder.

Granny, sorry about all those grackles-I had no idea there were that many there.

Nanny, love all those Baltimores! Plus cardinals-enjoy all the pretty birds!

Burn, great shots, especially the goldfinch. Love those chickadees.

Lily, love all those swallows and a robin too!

We went to our state park yesterday-found this Western Grebe out on the lake.

We found two Green Heron nests that were pretty well hidden in the trees. Here's one parent on this one.

You'll have to take my word for it because the other nest was way in the trees, but our guide said there were 5 green heron juvies on this little nest.

Found this Western Kingbird.

So nice to see the Green Heron's juvies, Duc. I so like your Kingbird.

I am just in love with Green Herons!

A Robin looking pretty proud of his self!

Wonderful shots guys!

A juvie Blue Jay at the suet feeder.

A little closer.

Seeing a lot of Song Sparrow around.

A juvenile American Robin just after being fed by the parent.

Happy Fourth of July all!

Nanny, your little robin is a sweetie.

Pelle, love your little robin too and that jay is a cutie with that little top knot. Enjoy the sparrows song-I love hearing them.

The Lesser Goldfinches are always searching for bugs on the hollyhocks.

I found this Black Phoebe at the park a couple days ago.

Caught these Bullock's and Hooded Orioles at a feeder. It's not often that they eat together without fighting.

Lesser Goldfinch on the holllyhocks is precious, Duc. Love the Black Phoebe too, and Bullock and Hooded Orioles found at the same time! What's a treat. Happy 4th of July everyone. Here I've a momma Cardinal in search of food for her youngs.

Great shots guys! Love the Goldfinch and Orioles!

We now have at least 2 Hummingbirds here fighting over the Honeysuckle vine. Here is a shot of one of them.

Duc...nice one of the 2 species of orioles!

Great shot of the hummer pelle!

No doubt about it....Grackle juvies are NOT cute!

Nanny_56,
Baby grackles don't even sound cute.
GrannyGrunt,
Have you considered not putting out all that food for a bit until the grackles move on? It seems they know your place is a prime location for food. I have done this in the spring when they congregate here. By this time we are past the heavy snows and cold temps. Once they disperse, I start putting out feed again.

I am a little disappointed. I just looked at all the pictures we took at Heron's Haven in Omaha, NE yesterday and not a single one is IDable. I know one was a Wren of some type, but absolutely no markings are visible in the pictures. Ah well. It was a very nice place in spite of the on and off rain and skeeters that would find any spot that did not get sprayed with Off.

Yep Chillybean, that is what I am doing now. The other problem is that two other birders in the area have stopped feeding for the same reason, so the Grackles were all coming to my house. Now, hopefully, they will move on.

Nice pics everyone - specially love the Teal, right at the top.

Lily - I see you have the swallows now!LOL Its winter here, so all birds are keeping a low profile.

I've been watching, with nothing to post, although I've been thoroughly enjoying everyone's photos of our feathered friends.

I went to the North Mole (entrance to Fremantle Harbour) this afternoon in the hope of seeing some Antarctic Skuas (no luck). I did get some shots of an Osprey on the pointy thing on top of the little lighthouse. Too close to get both birds in the shot, but you'll get the idea.

The number of House Finch here is really low this year for some reason. I have seen a few with bad conjunctivitis too.

Margaret neat shot!

Tufted Titmouse.....they are coming back around after a very brief absence to raise their broods.

When we first moved here we rarely saw robins in the yard. I am happy to saw we have them all summer now hanging around!

This message was edited Jul 5, 2011 8:51 AM

Thanks, nanny. Juvenile Silver Gull

Adult male Baltimore Oriole......hate to think that by the end of this month they will be starting to leave. We still are getting new juvies brought to the feeder and being fed!

It's hard to believe that your birds will start leaving so soon, nanny. They only just arrived! I sure wish our summers were as brief.

Again from this afternoon, with some of the Port infrastructure in the shots, two Ospreys at play.

..

Hi everyone, I am back with a couple of new pictures, these we caught as we were sitting on our glider in the front yard, they were across the street. Male and female Northern Flickers!