Daily Pics. Vol 50

Great shot, nanny_56. We have a lot of Downeys, but they have eluded me so far. I have never seen a White Breasted Nuthatch.

Lots Downy' here too. I have been trying to get dofferent poses besides esting at the suet feeder and that is a challenge!

breakfast mob

Dark-Eyed Junco up in the tree. How many kind of Junco are there anyway??


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Wonderful pics nanny!

Is this a painted bunting? It seems bigger than the others I have seen that have visited my yard?

Marilyn: That's definitely a male painted bunting! I have a book of Florida Birds and it's in there. Aren't they beautiful with those colors? I've only seen one or two at our feeders in the 32 years we've been in our house. I guess they were passing through during migration.

Yep, male Painted Bunting. If he's larger than the others, it means he's probably a professional player in the Painted Bunting Basketball League (yep, birds vary in size individually, just like people do ;-).

Resin

heehee
very pretty bird

Another fav of mine, the Tufted Titmouse, taken this morning. Number 1

Number 2

And the last.

Oh, what a cute little guy! The name "Peanut" would fit him wouldn't it? The Tufted Titmouse is one of my favorites too. We get them occasionally at our feeders, which I am off to fill right now! Should have done it early this morning and got busy and forgot! Your pic reminds me that I need to buy more peanuts too!

Great photo's!

I have finally bought me a book of Indiana Birds and I am hoping to maybe get a job at WBU soon! I need to support my bird and flower habit! LOL

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LOL Resin!

Superb pics everyone!!

... Crouching Hawk (Coop?)... hiding songbirds..

That would be great nanny!! I hope you get it!


Another of the Hawk.. Checking out the tiny pond..

Yep, Cooper's Hawk

Resin

Beautiful Cooper's Hawk!

Welcome to the Bird Watching Forum Plantladylin! Glad to have you here!

Great pics everyone!

Marilyn

Thx for the confirm Resin.

Thx Lin and Marilyn...

An hour and a half later the same Cooper landed right on the ground...*flop*... then flew up in this tree real close to the house. I love the large tilt viewing screen on this S5!!

Also have been having a lot of finches visiting.

This Spotted Towhee and

this Dark-eyed Junco are enjoying another balmy 37 degree day.

Wonderful pics everyone!

Hi Nanny, There are 6 forms of the Dark -eyed Junco.

Slate colored, Oregon, pink sided, grey-headed, red-backed and White-winged.

Heres pics of them.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Dark-eyed_Junco.html

I believe this to be a juvie male redwing.

Another of same bird. Both with birdcam.

Beautiful pics trois!

Is that hot pepper powder in w/ the seed mix? LOL,Trying to stop squirrels?

Thanks, pelle, and the hot prpper works, sometimes.

Yep, some birds like the hot stuff. I have some pepper suet out. Love the RW pics Trois!

This precious little Inca Dove came by today...

Here is Inca beside a hosp.... for comparison

Robins were around...

Dark-eyed Junco female

nanny, yep, I spend a lot of time uder that bush, lol, not many others though. It's a good hideout near the oak trees. You're on a roll, great pics!

Amazing colours on the Painted Bunting, Marilyn. It looks a lot like a parrot.

Great pics Linthicum, it must be unusual to get Eagles in the act.

Trois, your second shot is great, such an expression! Does the pepper powder bother the birds? It looks like it's had a hot shock, lol. Legs and feet on it! They look like metal.

You seem to have a lot of Hawks Deb. I see you have answered the hot question too, nice pics!

It's been wet and windy today, I only have a pic of a crow from yesterday. I could have cropped it closer before I transferred it, but I liked the effect from farther away. A large crow of sorts, I could see an orange beak though, it was 'braking' to land on the oak.

I went searching, found this article on crows that make tools,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2178920.stm

Five years later, more tricks, and man doesn't know why they do this. I would say it's down to where the insects are placed and the nature of the wood, maybe narrow cracks in hard woods.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6948446.stm

Maybe my Jackdaw was making a tool?

Nice pics debnes; I like those Inca Doves.

Beautiful catch wallaby! I love that tree too!

I used to use hot pepper in liquid form for deterring squirrels; the birds didn't care and after a while neither did the squirrels.
Best part was in the beginning when you would see the squirrels freak out when they had eaten the seed treated with it. Priceless! :-)

Nice pics everyone! Love seeing everyone's photos!

Took this pic of a Downy enjoying peanuts on 1/9 in the afternoon. Closeup.

Marilyn

Took this one today of some Chickadees and a Tufted Titmouse. One of the Chickadees is coming in for a landing and one of them (on the left) has just about touched down!

Marilyn that second pic is really cute.

White Throated Sparrow

I can almost hear the chickadee in the air saying "GERONIMOOOOOOOOO."