DAILY PICS VOL 45

Looks like a Red-shouldered Hawk GP.

kaperc...........good luck on the quail.

Sunlight and...........

peanuts...what more.....

could a bird ask for?

Nice pics adel.

Today, we went to Mosquito Lagoon in Canaveral National Seashore to see the white pelicans that visit during the winter.

Another photo of the white pelicans. They were on a tiny exposed sandbar.

A brown pelican was flying by.

A ring-billed gull stood his ground, while the laughing gulls squabbled. Great day of bird watching.

Beautiful pics bsharf!!!

Thanks so much for posting them!

dellrose..you should have Bobwhite Quail in your area.

bsharf, nice shots of the White Pelicans .............

some times it gets lonely being the only Fox Sparrow in the area.

Beautiful photos everyone! I especially love the sandhill cranes. I've never seen a "real" one (just stuffed ones in a museum) but I'm hoping to find some this year. They supposedly come up here for the summer . . .they are just gorgeous!

Here is one I took a few weeks ago. This is the Mississippi River in Monticello MN. This is actually someone's backyard-this wonderful woman receives funds from donations and the DNR to feed the waterfowl all winter. The water stays open because there is a nuclear power plant just slightly upstream that drains warm water into the river. It is mostly a project to support the restoration of Trumpeter Swans, but lots of ducks and geese gather here as well. The swans are beautiful-and noisy. The lady usually starts feeding at around 11am every day (she has a trailer full of corn that has a conveyor shute that carries the feed to her backyard-she then hand carries buckets of feed down to the river's edge for the birds) and the amount of noise is amazing!. There is a little park next to her house that is set up as a viewing area. Last year, the power plant had to shut down for repairs for the entire winter and the river froze solid-thankfully this year everything is up and running again.
Deb

I thought this picture was funny. This Hawk was slowing himself down prior to a capture attempt that failed.

Also got a Red-Bellied Woodpecker after visiting my suet feeder.

This fast moving forum is movin' on!

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/800936

Hope that works! I can't seem to copy & paste the new page.

Wonderful pics DMurray and GP !!!



Heres the New Thread again.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/800936/

Wow....this is for the birds!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't it great to see some that you've never seen in your area before. They say these red breasted nut hatches have not been in our area since 1985. I'm lucky enough to still have them here eveyday! Gonna work on getting them to eat peanuts out of my hand.
There was an article in the local paper that someone in the area was able too.They are not afraid and very friendly. Has anyone been successful?
Mary Ann

Hi Mary Ann, Nice pic! We have had one member that had a photo of them hand feeding RBN's.

BTW, we're on a new Daily Pics thread now; heres the link

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/800936/

Happy new year, birdsters! Love the pics!

Grassmussen! Just wanted to let you know your redpoll pics are some of the best I've found on the Internet! Sunday I was trying to identify a bird at our feeders thought to be a red poll for the County Christmas Bird Count and I wish I had seen your picture then!

I wouldn't have made such an embarrassing probably wrong ID for the Christmas Bird Count! Now I think I mistook a house finch for a red poll, although I'm still not completely sure--- and they sent an experienced birdwatcher over today to try to verify since a redpoll apparently is rather rare here...of course, no birds to speak of were around today...

LOL, Just so theres no confusion for others heres the New Thread.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/800936/