Daily Bird Pix 450

Hi everyone. I was recently in Hawai'i and have a few shots to share. Unfortunately the weather didn't smile on bird photographers during that time, but I did see a couple of dozen birds that were new to me.

Here's a link to the previous thread. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1297159/#new

Some of these photos have already been posted on a thread I started for Resin to guess where I was - no surprise he knew immediately.

1. Brazilian (Red-crested) Cardinal (O'ahu)
2. Yellow-billed Cardinal (Big Island)
3. Northern Cardinal (O'ahu and Big Island)
4. Saffron Finch (Big Island)
5. Zebra Dove (O'ahu and Big Island)





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1. Cattle Egret (O'ahu)
2. Pacific Golden Plover (O'ahu)
3. Japanese White-eye (Big Island)
4. Black-crowned Night Heron with three Black-necked Stilts (O'ahu)
5. Saffron Finch (Big Island)

1. Common Moorhen (O'ahu)
2. Yellow-fronted Canary (Big Island)
3. Hawai'ian Coot (O'ahu)
4. Red-whiskered Bulbul (O'ahu)
5. Nutmeg Mannikin (O'ahu)

Beautiful pics Margaret! Love that Cardinal.

Thanks, Pelle. It was a real treat to see the Northern Cardinal after viewing other people's posts of it for so many years.

Erckel's Francolin. (Half way up Mauna Kea on the Big island)

I didn't realize that the northern cardinal was in Hawaii. Enjoyed looking at your photos.

Did not now Cardinals existed in Hawaii. Beautiful shots Margaret.

Beautiful shots, Margaret. Glad to hear that you had a nice time.

Whlie here in Los Banos, Ca. attending the annual dinosaur's reunion I went to the Merced NWR and snapped a few pics. Great Blue Heron Greater Egret Snow Geese Northern Pintail Black-necked Stilt

Last but not least, a lifer for me. Nuttall's Woodpecker ( ID by resin)

Nice captures Adel. Love the snow geese. How are the dinosaurs? And is Frank's Creek started back up yet?

Mrs. Ed......Not all of us have gone extinct yet............When I get back home I'll get Frank's creek up and running again. Depends on how much damage the winter did .

Glad to hear you're still around! ;-)

I've had this Junco for a week or so. I'm not sure if this would be a Pink-sided, or a pale Oregon form.
Northern Flicker
Lesser Scaup and Common Goldeneye
Brown Creeper

Gorgeous shots to start the new thread Margaret...they bring back some very precious memories!

Nice to see your birds Adel...can't wait for your spring shots!

Marna...your shots of the snow are a reminder that spring is not yet here but love them! I saw my first Brown Creeper this week...have been watching for almost 6 years!!

Our Bluebirds are pretending to build in the nestbox...will have photos soon!

It is cold and nasty today in the Ozarks and mother nature has dumped losts of rain our way..yah!!

Thanks, Iris, GG and Linth. We sure did have a good time.

Nice shots, Adel.

Different environment to Hawaii, Mrs Ed. Love your Flicker and the gorgeous little Nuthatch.

Thanks, dellrose. I still laugh when I think of the trip. Pity there's no sound with DG. You could post the sound of a Peacock. :)))

Glad you got to really see a Cardinal, Margaret!! Nice to see some photos from your trip.

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You should have seen how excited she was to see a European House Sparrow!

OH MY!! :(

Sounds like, you girls had a wonderful and colorful time in Hawaii. Welcome back. Love all those different Cardinals, and that Saffron finch, what a sweety.

These were taken on different days,
American Crow, Chickadee, Hairy woodpecker, and Redpoll.

Eurasian Dove Yellow-rumped Warbler A fraction of the Snow Gese that were there.

Wow, Margaret, you sure got some beautiful photos of the birds. Sorry about the weather but glad you made that trip.

Adele, great photos of your birds too-congrats on the lifer.

Burn, super photos of your birds too.

I loved all the photos on the last thread.
The mourning doves are really paired up here and looking so sweet.
Here's a bewick's wren, a dark-eyed junco in the forsythia blooms, an anna's hummingbird and a white-crowned sparrow.

A couple of Pine Siskins showed up today.

Margaret what beautiful birds!!! You certainly get them "down under"!!! hahaha. Thanks for sharing.

Burn it looks like you are still in the midst of winter weather...brrrr. Love your pics and was so very jealous of your Redpoll until one showed up yesterday!!
Duc...fabulous pics and I always enjoy seeing your birds with the beautiful foliage.
Adel that is quite a scene with all the Snow Geese.

Here are some of our birds from the past few days.

Carolina Chickadee
Female Purple Finch
Male Purple Finch
Male Purple Finch
Female Northern Cardinal

Adel, congrats on your latest arrivals. I've still got just one here.

Rose, more beautiful photos of your birds. Have you noticed there are more purple finches compared to the houses? This is the first year I'm seeing this happen.

Here's a white-throated sparrow (the second year for this rare sighting), the folks at Cornell asked that I call this one a slate-colored/cassiar junco when I do my bird count for ebird.
A pair of mallards arrived in our front yard to beg for corn yesterday and returned early this morning.
My hummers were loving the rain this morning.

A Mourning Dove and an American Robin showed up today....the Pine Siskins discovered that Frank's Creek was up and Running.

This must be one of my very favorite threads by far! Thanks Margaret for the new thread and your sharing of those Great photos from Hawaii Islands. How fun is it to have seen 3 species of Cardinal in a short span of time. Whoa! Kim and Marna I'm so very happy for you that you made the trip along with Margaret. I'll need to spend days to go through all the pictures y'all have to share. I've missed such wonderful opportunity! I've been rather busy, couldn't post much. Adel, and Duc, love those wonderful pics. from out West, Adel I'm glad to see Frank's creek is up and running, and those Western hummingbirds y'all got which we don't have down East. Nan, Burn, Helen and Rose I'm so glad to see your posting as well.
Nesting season has begun down here, I do believe. I've seen both male and female Red-bellied Woodpeckers at the feeder. Here is the male RBWP.

the small birds are busy at our feeder, but outside of the first day after snow which had brought the cardinals, we have just had mourning doves & a squirrel on the ground.

first Goldfinch to show up............real long look at a Northern Flicker.

Gorgeous birds, everyone. Here are a few taken closer to home.

I went kayaking this morning. I grabbed a couple of shots as I passed by some boats. First, a White-faced Heron and second, Pied Cormorants.

From a few days ago in the scrub by the beach, a Fairy Wren.

very nice.

Hi, all! I haven't been on the forum in a while. It's nice to catch up with birding across the world!
I just got back from camping at Garner SP and Guadalupe River SP. It sure was beautiful, and the weather was perfect and in the upper 70's and lower 80's most of the time.
Here are my lists from the trip:
Hog Creek, Mosheim, Bosque, US-TX
Mar 16, 2013 10:20 AM - 12:20 PM
19 species
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Black-crested Titmouse 5
Canyon Wren 1
Bewick's Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 10

Garner SP (HOTW 033), Uvalde, US-TX
Mar 19, 2013 8:55 AM
22 species (+1 other taxa)
duck sp. 6
Wild Turkey 8
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 5
White-winged Dove 10
Mourning Dove 2
Black-chinned Hummingbird 5
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Black-crested Titmouse 5
Bewick's Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-cheeked Warbler 1 (species at risk of extinction)
Chipping Sparrow 20
Field Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 10
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 2

Concan Frio Bat Cave area, Uvalde, US-TX
Mar 19, 2013 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
11 species (+1 other taxa)
Wild Turkey 8
Red-tailed Hawk 2 catching bats in the air
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Seen only briefly, but it kept calling. Bain Walker (bat tour guide) helped make the ID. Call was verified using Ibird app.
hummingbird sp. 1
Crested Caracara 1
Merlin 2 catching bats in the air
Eastern Phoebe 1
Cave Swallow 100
Rock Wren 1
Canyon Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Black-throated Sparrow 1

Neal's Lodges- Cattle Guard feeders, Uvalde, US-TX
Mar 20, 2013 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
14 species (+1 other taxa)
Inca Dove 2
hummingbird sp. 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Black-crested Titmouse 2
Bewick's Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Black-throated Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 4
Lesser Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 1

Guadalupe River SP (HOTE 077), Comal, US-TX
Mar 21, 2013 9:00 AM
25 species
Wild Turkey 2
Black Vulture 9
Turkey Vulture 9
White-winged Dove 5
Mourning Dove 2
Inca Dove 4
Black-chinned Hummingbird 3
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Cliff Swallow 16
Carolina Chickadee 2
Black-crested Titmouse 6
Canyon Wren 2
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Chipping Sparrow 20
Lark Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Pine Siskin 30 at feeding station, on the ground and on the feeders
Lesser Goldfinch 10
American Goldfinch 8


Canyon Lake - Overlook Park, Comal, US-TX
Mar 22, 2013 10:30 AM
8 species
Common Loon 1 Photos of 1 bird in winter plumage
Osprey 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Western Scrub-Jay 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 1
Northern Cardinal 2

Photos:
1)Golden-cheeked Warbler 2)Black-crested Titmouse w/crazy tail 3) Red-tailed Hawk hunting Mexican Free-tailed Bats [10-12 million exit this cave each night] 4)Pine Siskin, Lesser Goldfinch, American Goldfinch 5) Canyon Wren

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I would have more fun with the birds if the starlings and grackles did not eat the hot pepper suet cake all up from the other birds. If it aint the starlings, now the grackles are here and they are huge! It may be spring, but someone forgot to tell mother nature because it started snowing last night around 11 and it has not stopped, I don't know how much we have the neighbor came over with his snowblower and cleared off the boardwalk before I could measure it, but I know we have a bunch. How can I stop the starlings and I don't know if they are crows or grackles, but they are big, how can I stop them from eating the suet? I wanted to have the woodpeckers and smaller birds to eat off the tree, but it has backfired on me. So if I stop putting it out there will they go away? I still have the upside down feeder, I guess I will have to survive with that one. I was trying to be helpful to the birds because of this late snowstorm.

you can't stop them from eating the suet. I usually just take it away for a while and hope that they move on. Eventually they do. Gotta take the good with the bad when feeding birds.

Fortunately I've missed out on the worst (cold but dry for me), but the weather's NOT been nice in Britain . . . just what does it take to snap a row of 5 electricity poles??

Screenshots from here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21915774

More here . . . watch the digger half-way through! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21910180

Resin

Great photos of all your birds everyone.
That sure is a great list of birds Missy.
Resin, wow, that video is really scary. So glad you're safe. Thankfully I've never seen a storm do all that damage.

Just a few brewer's blackbirds here this year but they're already beginning to show off for their prospective mates. This is a female.
Here's a crow that has gathered nesting material. Must be young because it sure didin't find much material.
This bullock's oriole showed up two days ago.
Two hooded orioles arrived yesterday.
And last, my female nuttall's wp continues to enjoy the peanut butter log several times a day.

Resin Not the weather for March or snow like that at any time. Does the wind usually come from the east like that? We get it off the Atlantic here, but when i have traveled in Britain there seems to be a prevailing west wind.

Thanks! No, it's highly unusual to get east winds for more than 3 or 4 days at a go. But now, they've been blowing for the best part of a month. What's even worse, the Met Office just this morning said that this winter cold is going to continue for another month yet. :-((

I hate to think what will happen to all our summer visitor birds. Bad enough for the resident species. And absolute carnage for livestock farmers.

Resin

The Tree Swallows left for awhile, but were back in force today. This house drew a lot of attention.