Daily pics vol.10

Todays shots...first up, two Collared Doves.

Visiting again, the Great Crested Flycatcher.

Close-up, Collared Dove.

Another shot of a high-flying Osprey.

Great Shots!

I love those collared doves. They are so soft looking.

Janet

All such wonderful pics! A great way to end my evening looking at them all! :) Thanks!

My best shot so far of the Great Crested Flycatcher....this time on a Firebush.

Impressive display for these two Grackles.

Momma feeding young one.

Gardenpom,

That is a beautiful photo of the flycatcher. He is much prettier with some color behind him. :-) It really shows off his own colors more than sitting on a wire. Many times I want to get photos of birds and as soon as I click the shot, they will fly up to the power lines. The lighting/angle is never right to see their beautiful colors then.

Janet

I agree, very nice shot of the flycatcher!

Yes the flycatcher pic wins the prize!!! Its great!!! :)

This Grackle was so funny. He would grab a peanut (in the shell) off the platform feeder then take it right over to the bird bath and drop it in the water for a moment. Then pull it out and crack it open to eat. First time I've seen that.

The Grackles I have here seem to like to drop almost everything into the water before eating. Especially the peanuts. I usually have to clean the birdbath twice a day! Thanks for the nice comments on the Flycatcher photo. I was so pleased he came down and gave me a chance for a better shot.

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Gardenpom, you've already had a ton of comments, but I too want to tell you what an incredible photo of the Flycatcher - stunning!

Pelle, the crows around here get shellfish from the beach area, then fly up and drop them to break the shell so they can eat them. The gulls do it as well. Fun to watch.

What great catches Gardenpom! The flycatcher pictuure is awesosme! Judging by all the gorgeous flowers on that bush it looks like summer is already there where you are.

I love that grackle shot Pell. They always look so fierce with those yellow eyes!

Murmur what an interesting landing shot of your gulls. The only thing I really miss living here in the hinterlands of Tn is being near the sea. I really miss seeing shore birds and the salty fishy smell of low tide (seriously lol). Other than that, I love it here.

Thanks, Resin - I never can keep the variety around here straight!

If you look closely you can see that the gull has just dropped it's "dinner" and will be heading down to pick it up when it lands.

These guys are really loving that seed.

In this pic there are 5 male rose breasted grosbeaks, 4 male indigo buntings, there are some female grosbeaks in there but hard to see against the ground

You can see the females a little better here

LOL, alright Mary thats enough! We insist you share some of those great birds with the rest of us (we'll send directions). Nice pics! Congratulations on having so many of those beauties!

This evening I counted 10 male indigo buntings at one time. ROFL. I'm bragging here! I'm just so excited to see these. In all the time I was in South Louisiana, I only saw 2 Indigo buntings and 1 Rose breasted grosbeak, so it is quite a thrill to have so many here. And we never saw the Goldfinches in their summer glory there.

Mary sure has her fair share of colorful birds, doesn't she? Quite an assortment feeding together. Lilyfantn - today sure felt like summer here, hot,hot,hot! Thanks to everyone for their nice comments on my Flycatcher shot.

This is one of eight Bald Eagles perched around a small lake in Portage Valley, Alaska yesterday. They seemed to be checking the dinner menu for available species of duck.

This morning I watched a Bald Eagle fly over East Chester Lagoon and flush all of the ducks and geese. Then it returned and tried to catch a Canada Goose in flight. The eagle was really quite clumsy and was never able to quite touch the goose. Then the gulls attached the eagle and it fled circling back over the lagoon again. Unfortuantely, there was a large clump of alders between me and the action, so I didn't get any pictures.

Thats a beautiful scene.

I didn't know they would go after Canada Geese.

Wow, Gras! Amazing pic.

I have seen an eagle get a baby swan before, and many ducks and of course fish. But never a goose. I sure know that the geese are scared of eagles, so I always assumed they were part of the food chain too. What a show you saw! You just have to be there at the right time and be watching.

The Eagle made several passes over the lagoon again this morning. The geese go into panic mode as soon as the Eagle is sighted, but only some of the ducks get excited.

This morning the gulls started attacking the Eagle, before it had a chance to study the breakfast menu.

That first pic is really beautiful Gras.

This was just the first of four or five gulls attacking the Eagle.

Thanks Pelletory. Now that I finally got a picture of an Eagle soring, I won't be satisfied until I get one with feather detail. While frustrated this morning, because the Green-winged Teal were too far out for a good picture, again, this Wigeon walked right up too me. I already have good Wigeon photos, but at six feet, I couldn't resist a few shots. However, the mud background leaves a lot to be desired for artistic appeal.

Wow, he's beautiful!

We had an eagle sitting on a stump out front, a couple days ago. After sitting a while a goose started to swim by him, looked up and quickly turned around and swam away. Then the red-winged black birds started to dive-bomb the eagle. He shot out with his huge sharp beak and snapped at one of the red-wings that got too close. Those are some brave little birds.
I really appreciate all the pictures you post of the eagles. You really do a great job!

Blue Jay enjoying the peanut feeder.

Ms. Cardinal finally getting some time on the feeder.

I caught these folks in the act the other day. Just now got around to really looking at the photos I downloaded.

This pretty cardinal sat there long enough for me to get this shot.

Is this garden art? They look cute on my railing made of beaver chewings.

Very nice cpart! Nice pics guys!