DAILY BIRD PICS VOL 429

Thanks GG, the birds get to the cat food, before a cat ever appears here. I see a cat once in a while, mostly in the morning. You did a nice job with the Dove landing.

Guess I had better join in.

This is a young Duck that flys in to share the Horse food.

Oh my goodness ginger, love that shot.

BestMissy, been reading about that Brown Jay and just dying to go see it and the Rose-throated Becard -- so many cool birds down south! Glad you got that jay! and all those great shots.

Wonderful shots everyone! I agree with Mrs. Ed -- this thread is going fast! Almost missed it. Looks like it's warming up for you northern folk. We're supposed to get rain -- yeh! I think we were downgraded from exceptional to extreme drought or is it the other way around? Hard to remember which is worse exceptional or extreme. Might get 4 to 6 inches which would be great.

Missy's shot was better, but I was still pretty happy to find the Great Kiskadee at Sheldon Lake again. I hadn't seen it in months and was afraid it had gone back south.

A friend has 4 varieties of hummingbirds wintering at her house which seems grossly unfair to those of us who have none! I may have heard one in my shrimp plants this morning, so keeping my eyes open. This was my best pic and of course I cut off its tail. Then again usually my clearest pic is one in which I have cut off the head -- way better to cut off the tail. I think this was one of 3 Broad-tailed hummers that she has -- 3! Such a hummer hog!

I'll do one more. This pic is pretty awful, but you gotta love Wood Ducks even blurry, far away and on a dark day! Oh and there are a couple of Blue-winged Teal too.

Wow so many wonderful pics from everyone! Great job guys!


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Again, beautiful pics everyone!

Nanny, I'm amazed you even could find that creeper-great job. I love those fast little guys.

Gras, love your photo. Glad you got a tiny bit of warmer weather-if that's what you call it. brrrrr

Teddy, nice one of your wp.

Granny, cute shot of your birds and the waiting line wp. Awesome capture of the dove!

Lily, love your downy.

Mrs Ed, great photo of your hawk. Love that bell too.

Burn, great photos. Catfood, I'd forgotten about that.

Ginger, love your duck photo.

Elphaba, great photos.

I've been watching this eagle for 3 hours now, just waiting for it to fly off the tree. It's still there! Guess it's not hungry because I can see ducks out on the lake.

I suddenly have more Mourning Doves that are coming up to the deck for seeds.

The House Finches have been more active too. This one is cleaning the peanut butter off his bill.

I got up close when this red-tailed hawk was "kiting" the other day.

It's not the crows' fault Nanny, that big fat Tom cat is a hog!!

Love the hummer Elphaba. Fantastic.

Duc, wonderful shots all, but I just love the Finch cleaning his bill. How wonderful it must be to be able to see and photograph an Eagle. Mourning Doves are busy here also. Yesterday and the day before, I counted over 50 feeding on the feeders, and on the ground. Guess the bad weather brought them in.

Here is a Titmouse getting ready to select just the right peanut. LOL

Another Titmouse. I have a lot of them here and they all love this peanut feeder.

New visitors; for years I've only seen one pair, maybe two pair though at different time. This is my first time seeing a half dozen of these Pekin ducks together. They maybe domesticated ducks on the loose? Duc, I've seen an eagle hunting in my backyard, that is something I don't enjoy watching, though I know they gotta eat. I'd rather see them eating "shushi" rather than those that has feathers like that of their own. Yike!

Kell, cute little duckling. Elphy you've seen some colorful birds, and how lucky is your friends who has hummingbirds wintering there nearby.

GG, your "crash landing" Mourning Dove is a nice shot. Burn, thus far I've not seen any Blue Jays around here, so I enjoyed yours. Thanks.

Mrs. Ed. would you please ask your sis and nephew to share the recipe (on our bird feeders thread)? I purchased a bag of nuts labeled for woodpeckers, I'd like to make some "cakes" for them.

While we on the subject of the colorful birds. Red, those sapsackers are beautifully colored. I've some nice shots of them. I agreed with others who commented that "too bad they cause much damage on young trees". I too had lost a young tree in the garden, but thought it was our work in the garden that caused the tree demise. Looking back I think I know better. I still love those "suckers". lol

Last, but not least, a Chickadee, and you can see one of its eyes!! I have a heck of a time trying to get decent pictures of these little guys. Lots of pictures, from the rear!! LOL

GG, love that Titmouse that picks and chooses her/his peanuts. So cute!

hah, sorry GG I kept interupting. Those dee dee dees are cutie pies. They don't ever sit still, do they? lol

I was hoping I'd spot a Purple finch, but I afraid it's just another variant of the House Finch? Brightly colored fella all the same. :)

Some kind of Grebe 'fishing' near by.

Lots of good pics. I'm in the Dallas area for a few days. A couple of Rock Pigeon near Plano.

A Downy WP that was drumming on this dead limb.

Gee lots of nice pics today....can't really pick a favorite!!

Was sitting here thinking this morning( I really try not to do that!) but any way....thought We haven't had a pileated woodpecker for a bit now. I guess because it has been so mild they just have had no need to come here for food. So of course you know who showed up later in the day!!

First to come was the Mrs.......

Followed by the Mr......

He kind of got his knot up here in this one!!

Starlings....The 3 Amigos maybe???

Nice shots Pileated Queen.

Pileateds are neat birds. Don't have many in my neck of the woods.

One of the lovliest ducks in the world, the beautiful Muscovy.

Nice pic. red. Thank you Resin for the confirmation on the two type of birds above. Male Cardinal and Chipping Sparrow (?). Lot of Gold Finches this am in the backyard.

I guess I might as well give up on trying to get the Pileated to eat here, I can't figure out some way to entice him without the squirrels eating whatever I put out for him. So I will just enjoy seeing your pictures and have a bit of pileated jealousy if that is ok. We rent, we don't own our house so I don't think the landlord would like it if we started nailing things to the trees. I thought he would like it here, there are trees everywhere around this house and I guess I could try to find one of those pileated suet feeders, but they are expensive and I would have to order one, and I have no guarantee that they would use it even if I did, I heard one of their enemies are squirrels, and there are a lot of them here.

Granny, cute titmouse and dee photos. Where do you find such nice peanuts? We have to buy them in shells and then clean them.

Lily, love the ducks.

Red, pretty pigeons and wp. Nice shot of the muscovy.

Nanny, I'm again jealous. Love that pileated!


Here's a through the window closeup of a female house finch.

Another window shot of a ruby-crowned kinglet.

My hubby asked me if I wanted this new gadget for my camera (of course he was just kidding)-it's really awesome, check it out. I know Dave will soon have one!
http://vimeo.com/35432485


And, doesn't it look like this cedar waxwing is wearing dark glasses rather than his normal mask?

OMG!!! How cool would that be!!

Hey that CW does look like he has sunglasses on!

Duc, love those shots, but that CW is a hoot. Wow, that new gadget is wonderful. So when ya gonna get one?

I buy the peanuts from Dr's. Foster and Smith.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=8430

Free shipping over $49 and they are very reliable and have good products. Just purchased some safflower seed from them. If the Titmice keep at it, I will soon have to replenish my supply of peanuts. What is nice about these shelled peanuts are that they are pieces, so the little birds can easily handle them.

That gadget would be great!

Duc, Great window shot of the Kinglet! Love the Cedar Waxwing too!

Granny, I doubt I'll ever get one of those gadgets, but I can dream! Thanks for the info on the peanuts.

This morning I looked out at the tree line about 500 feet behind the house, and saw these two hawks sitting side by side. They stayed put long enough for me to get lots of pictures but it was so early the light was poor and I wasn't able to get anything to brag about. Then they both flew to a tree in our yard and perched about 10 feet apart, then flew off together. Thankfully none of the song birds showed up while they were there. I have never seen two working together like that.

Went down by the holly tree this morning and waited for most of an hour. Finally my patience was rewarded when the female bluebird showed up and I finally got an in focus shot.