DAILY BIRD PICS VOL. 441

THAT's where our rain went!!!

Very interesting shots everyone! Resin, that's a lot of rain!

A little adventure from a clumsy flight of a juvenile YB Sapsucker, with a happy ending.
This first pic is moments after, I rescued this young Yellow-bellied Sapsucker from drowning in the pond. He was too weak to climb that stump. It took about 20 minutes, before he could make it up. He rested there for quite some time.Then he decided he would try to fly to the birch tree, but didn`t make it, he ended up hopping another 7' to it. When he made it up there, he made this weird thing with his mouth, as if trying to clear it`s throat but nothing came out. This went on for 4 or 5 min. After a bit of rest, from this ordeal, he flew back to the stream to get a bath, just as if, nothing had happened. He`s still come around several time a day to eat bugs and to take baths.

Interesting tale of the juvy YB, burn. Hope it survives.

Hack

Good rescue, Burn, and interesting behaviour. I'm surprised that it voluntarily went in for a bath after almost drowning.

Great pix Nan, Duc, Hack and Burn. Love all those juvies antics. The weather has been hot and dried, but we did get some rains along with some thunder storm here Hack. It's nice having you back. I haven't many photos to share, but was able to rescue a Cardinal juvy from my dog the other day while Moma and papa Cardinal were flying around trying to coax the babe into a shrub nearby. I was surprised to find the chick in this hot weather. I thought all nesting activity was done for the year. Hah. Goodness I can imagine finding like YB sapsuckers or Cedar Waxwing juvies, that must be so exciting! Thanks all for sharing.

Wow, Lily, all my juvy Cardinals are as big as their parents. Your baby must have been a late arrival. Nice rescue from the pouch.

I don't own any, but I have neighborhood cats to contend with. I think my birds are wise to them. Now and then, I'll see a cat lying in the shadows, yet the birds just continue to feed. I guess the only risk any of my birds have is at the bird bath - but they're pretty vigilant, never seen any feathers indicating a cat attack. I always run the kitty off, but, darn-it, they know I'm harmless and eventually return.

It rained here again last night, my yard is greening up nicely - but now, I'll have to cut the grass.

Hack

Duc, all the pics are sooo cute. I especially love the Hummer in the fountain.

Soggy Resin - I feel so bad for you. It's been in the news daily that all over Europe is having record rains. Those pics are amazing. Hopefully you're safe from any flooding! Please be careful

Great shots, Hack! I always tell the Downies from the Hairies just based on their size differences which is substantial, although I agree it can be harder if they're just hanging on a tree with nothing else to compare their size to.

Oh that poor little Sapsucker, burn. It's wonderful that you could save it! That continued "beak-opening" you saw is called "gaping". It's a way that birds take in extra air (similar to panting). I've seen it in healthy birds as well as birds just before dying. It sounds like your little Sapsucker went right back to its normal activities once it recovered so it will most likely be fine.

Sweet little Cardinal juvie, Lily. Glad you could save it from your dog. Hope it learns to fly well real soon.

Resin, so sorry to see the flooding. Hope it gets better there soon. That rain sure could help the brave men and women fighting our wildfires in the hot sun.

Hack, you sure have a great variety of birds. Such a cute wp and titmouse. Hey, if Resin sent you that rain, how about sending it west for me? We sure need it.

Burn such a sweet little sapsucker-so glad you were able to rescue it from the water. That second photo with the statue is a prize winner!

Lily so glad to hear you were able to rescue the baby cardinal too.

My juvenile orioles are sure enjoying the pollen in my garden blooms. This little one had so much pollen that I thought I had a new bird!

This anna's hummingbird told the oriole to leave his branch and not come back. He sure looked proud of himself.

Sorry, I forgot to add the hummer's photo. Here it is....

Duc, those are some super-cute photos! I love the juvie Oriole's pollen-covered beak. And the Hummer is hysterical. I don't think I've ever seen one with it's beak opened that wide. . .really looks like it's shouting at the poor Oriole.

Wow, duc, the dark area in the background behind the juvy oriole that's about to take flight sure enriches the photo - beautiful!

I saw that the focal length was 370mm, are you shooting with a Canon 100-400 lens?

Hack

Hey, nutsaboutnature, is this the orange feeder you showed me earlier in this thread?

http://www.backyardchirper.com/bird-house-286257.html

Hack

Ooops, double post.

Hack

This message was edited Jul 14, 2012 11:43 PM

Hack - It looks exactly the same except it appears to hold two oranges instead of one. Mine has a single post pointing upward to hold one orange. This one is more expensive than my original $3.00, but it looks very nice. I think the Orioles (and other birds, too) would really like it. How did you find it?

By-the-way, I just took down my feeder yesterday and washed it. I'll take some pictures today and upload them.

Hack, yes, I used the 100-400 lens. This branch is up on the second floor deck and the background consists of trees and shrubs outside our fence.

Here's an oriole feeder my husband made for me using copper wiring and a cheapie glass dish.

Good thinking, Hack!

Very nice feeder, duc and the picture is beautiful!

Hack - here are two very quick shots I took of the orange feeder. I figured if I didn't do it now, I'd keep forgetting. You can see how the feeder has faded since it's darker underneath where the perch sits.

Thanks for the $3 orange feeder pics, nutsaboutnature - you'll never see that deal again.

My homemade coat hanger orange feeder just wasn't up to my standard, so I'm modifying a woodpecker suet feeder to hold two halves of an orange. I want to put perches on it and will post pics when I'm get it finished.

duc, the one your husband made is a beaut. He did a wonderful job on it.

I wonder who is on pelle's list to start the new thread.

Hack

This message was edited Jul 15, 2012 1:27 PM

OK I'll start the new one in a mo . . . it's been a long thread, but lots of excellent pics

Resin

Please head here for new pics: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1270980/

This message was edited Jul 15, 2012 9:08 PM