Daily pics Vol. 416

as are Rusty Blackbird's...

White-throated Sparrow's are everywhere...and a few White-crowned have now shown up also..

Myrtle Warbler..aka butterbutt

a lone bathing Mallard...

lastly a Great Egret swallows down its catch....will be in the field for the next few days will add more images later in the week. :)

Loved these, Burd.

Nice shots Wild Rose and congratulations on the new camera, Yes, bluebirds do eat berries--in fact, they survive on them in the winter months when insects are not to be found.Here is a female about to swallow a holly berry. Sorry but each time she reached for a berry her head moved out of focus

And of course, they love things like crab apples and ornamental pears. This was on our Bradford Pear last year before the starlings and the waxwings stripped it.

SO far behind so I will just tell ya all I really enjoyed all of the photos!

Excellent shots everyone!!!

Lovely photos, folks! The female bluebird/holly looks like a holiday card shot to me. Loved the pine siskins too - what's with the upside down guy??

My yard birds seem to be only feeding morning and evening right now, as there's probably lots of other food around.

Here's one from earlier this year of my resident cardinal daddy teaching his youngster to feed at the feeder. The pair had two broods this spring.

Scanning through the cardinal shots from that day, here's one of the whole family - two on the feeder and 3 more in the bamboo above and to the left of the feeders. Wish I'd zoomed in more, but with all the movement . . . well there you are!

We do have hawks around all the time, so I think they love the cover the bamboo provides. No room for a big bird in there!

On a job assignment in Yuma, Az and I captured this Greater Roadrunner. Traveling for the job has some perks as it take me to places I probably would never have visited and allows me to photograph birds I don't see in my neck of the woods. While there I also saw 2 Burrowing Owls and got a decent picture of the Wilson's Warbler (male). I didn't have my big gear with me on this trip though.

Beep, beep

2nd image

Last image of the Roadrunner

Nice shots everyone!! Well I have gotten pretty lucky lately...here's another very rare visitor to Ohio, but this one "I found" and have reported it to a few sites.
Huron Pier in Huron Ohio....Red Phalarope.

Good to see you Met! Love that Roadrunner!

Love that bird Burd!

Whoa! I do love those birds from out West. Al, it's good to see you too. Great find there Burd, it's sooo pretty.

Thanks for the new start Dave. Love all your photos.

I've gotten behind so will just tell everyone that I really enjoyed your pictures.

I have tons of Brewer's Blackbirds here to enjoy.

Here's a Red-winged Blackbird.

The Northern Flickers are beginning to enjoy the berries.

I've had at least 30 mostly Anna's Hummingbirds here since it started raining. Most of them will be moving on south soon.

Here's a pretty Scrub Jay.

Met... that first roadrunner image is perfect for them!

Great shots everyone... Burd and Duc you have some stunners!

...and Duc, how wonderful is that to have a 'Hummingbirds party' like yours. Love all the pics.

Robins at the stream. Not as impressive as that Road Runner or Phalarope

LOL Mrs. Ed! Your robins are lovely.
Burd, congrats on finding that gorgeous bird. That's a stunning photo of it too.
Duc, I too am just amazed at the hummer party. I'm lucky if 2 will tolerate each other.
Methodical, WOW! Love that roadrunner. I didn't realize that they had such beautiful coloring.
Nice job everybody!

Steller's Jay

Steller's Jay 2

Great start to the thread, Dave. I'm enjoying everyone's shots - too many to comment on individually. Good to see you back posting Al and Gary.

From the local swamp yesterday. 12 photos to share, so bear with me.

Black Swan on his or her nest. No sign of its mate, any cygnets or even eggs.

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Grey Teal

Pacific Black Duck and single duckling. Its siblings have probably fallen victim to the turtles.

Australasian Grebe chick

Australasian Grebe adult with chick in the background.

Eurasian Coot chicks x 3 on the nest.

Nankeen Night Heron in very deep shade.

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Pink-eared Duck. They have the strangest bills.