DAILY PICTURES Vol. 15

So much so that it caused a bit of a tif between these two.

Pelle, that is one fabulous photo of those two squabbling Cardinals!!! Also a beautiful goldfinch shot.

Al, you couldn't have arranged that any better, could you??

Donna, nice capture . . . glad you could find a place to pull over.

Gary, perfect contrast!

Fchisolm, excellent photos of the Dees and the Doves!

Any guesses on what this poor thing is? I'm guessing (or hoping) it's just a juvenile Goldfinch whose colors are still all screwed up! The "washed out" part is actually white.

Yikes! Poor Baby! Looks like it might be a Goldfinch.

I'm having so much fun taking pictures of the birds. Longing for a good camera. It's always something... anyway, here are some from this evening.

Another Oriole shot...

And another.

Bluebird.

Chickadee

Great shots Sybil! That second Oriole photo, the one on the left looks like he's a contortionist! HAHAHA

Janet

Sybil, marvelous photos!! BTW, have you lived in Brainerd for a long time? My first DH's parents were from there - at least his mom was. Her maiden name was Nelson (undoubtedly pretty common there as it is here) and my FIL's last name was Guernsey. I can't remember if he was from Brainerd or just her.

Great pics sybil!!!

Another Eurasian Collared Dove picture, taken this past April in Roswell, NM.

Rod

Wow Rod! What a lovely family portrait! :-)

They are so pretty. I saw a few of them in my back yard this year for the first time. They are incredibly soft looking.

Janet

Rod, what a delightful photo!

Rod, thats beautiful!!!

I finally found myself near enough a nuthatch for photos!

I think I was so excited that I didn't take the time I should have, but I've missed so many seldom seen birds.

I had just passed an oak tree, when two nuthatches flew by me and into it. This shot convinced me that one of them was a recent fledge. It never went down the tree at all, but just around it and. slightly upward

Murmur - We've lived here for 4 years so we don't know everybody and their cousins like the locals do!

Thanks to everyone who posts bird pics. I love looking at them. I'll need these to get me through the winter months!

Thanks, Resin - I'm relieved to know it's normal. I think what really threw me was the gray coloring on the face - especially around the eyes. There are still a ton of "regular" feathered Goldfinches - this guy seemed quite an anomaly!

Thanks to one and all for the compliments on my Eurasian Collared Dove photo. It took some patience to get the pair to "pose" together.

The down side of these doves is that they are slowly moving across the nation and in the process they are causing problems for the normally resident doves. The white wings did the same thing, shoving the mourning doves out of their normal city habitats. Now, being larger yet, the collared doves are pushing them both aside. The white wings resist somewhat but the mourning doves are losing out to both. The latter still holding their ground out in the country but getting bullied around in all urban areas.

Yesterday was a banner day for E. Tiger females - both the standard form and the dark form. Took roughly 350 shots, mostly of the standard form, as she totally ignored my presence. Will try to spend some time today to pick out the best of each and will share them here.

This morning, while searching for our backyard wren, I spotted this male moulting cardinal. Looks more like a well used bottle brush.

Rod

Interesting that this comes up right now - we have been seeing at least one white dove regularly for the past few weeks. Never have binocs to hand, though, and it disappears into our large pines quickly. It seems to be white with dark bands or some type of marking on the outer wings. I'll try to watch more closely.

Love all the pics from everyone.

Resin, lol!!!!

Hummingbird checking out seed pod.

From reading posts in the Bird Watching forum I learned about peanut feeders. So, off I went to get a peanut feeder and some peanuts. Who knew this would be the hit of the territory! Photos to follow...

Blue Jay and peanuts.

And the thrill of my morning...a Pileated. We have not seen these guys all spring or summer.

My burning question of the day is this: HOW DO THEY FIND THIS STUFF?

Do they smell the peanuts? How do they know a peanut from something else? I am astounded.

Apologies for the poor photo. I had to shoot through the screen and I was so excited I couldn't hold the camera steady.

I'm ready for the morning though. I've removed the screen!

And now for something completely different - funny shots.

And a funny Blue Jay eye shot.

One more peanut feeder shot.

LOL, Thats great sybil!!! To my knowledge which may not be much, lol. Birds cannot smell but they have great eyesight.

So glad this turned out to be such a hit for you!

My day started out with hummers fussing at each other.

I had lots of hummers all day long.

Really nice pics Frank!!!!

Today was the hotest day we have had. So they seemed to rest more.

I noticed that too, we hit 99 degrees today,yuk!

Great hummer shots!

the jays visited today.