Daily Pics. Vol. #51

Wow you really get some beautiful birds!

I haven't seen an Oriole yet!

I could go crazy here. lol I have so many pictures. Here is a rare picture. This is a Rose Breasted Grosbeak but this little guy is orange instead.

LOL, that IS different!! :-)

Thanks pelletory. I love it here. There's so many birds and wildlife and I just love watching it all.

Here is a picture of a normal RBG with the orange one so you can see the difference. The brown ones are female Purple Finches.

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Sounds like a wonderful place CW!

How long have you been bird watching?

Well, for quite awhile, but about a year ago I got a really nice camera and have been able to get much better pictures than I used to. Plus, about 3 years ago I moved to the country(Ozarks) and so we get more than the usual city birds here.

Thats great. Do you mind saying what camera your using?

It does a very nice job!

Welcome, creekwalker, lovely pics!

Pelle, I have an Olympus SP550UZ and it has been great!

Thanks kaperc

Here is one more of the RHW with a seed in his beak. lol

Yes, I have one of those fancy style bird feeders. Garbage can lid style. lol The birds love it. ;-)

What a striking bird!

I read the sexes look alike so I guess I can't call it a he. :-)

Along as it works and you can't beat that price! :-)

Welcome creekwalker! My goodness, new people keep popping up. Sooo great! Love you RHW! We had one pass through hear last summer but didn't get a pic of him. Only saw it twice.

Mourning Dove

Nice pic Nanny; he looks cold! :-)

American Goldfinch today.

Brownheaded Cowbird & Blue jay having a discussion over breakfast a couple weeks ago! The cowbird seems to have moved on. I haven't see it for awhile now. But i know they will be here come summer. UGH!





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The Bald Eagle pictures above are absolutely awesome! I have tried to capture them on film but haven't been able to do it. We live about 5 miles from a nesting site of them.

Here is a cute little Mourning Dove.

5 miles from Eagles??

You ARE in a great area!

Gotta hit the sack early; have a good night all. Great pics!

I just love seeing all the great pictures here. :-)

Here's one of my latest. A frosty Red Bellied Woodpecker.

Good night Pelle and thanks! :-)

Yes, it's about 5 miles. It is a wonderful place to live. There is a creek that we walk to hunt for Indian artifacts and it's on that creek where their nest is. The nest is HUGE. They'll fly over us sometimes. I wish they would fly by our house too, but I never see them here.

Black cap Chickadeee, eating.

Pine Grosbeak and Starlings

Pelle nice herd of duck there!!! Nanny what a great shot of blue jay, and cowbird catching up on the latest gossip.
Creekwalker, nice birds, love your RHW , I would like you to meet
Hairy .

The Redpolls, are faithfull visitors

creekwalker-- Love the pictures of the red headed wood pecker. What a gorgeous bird.

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

Great pics everyone!


Male Downy on one of my three peanut feeders.

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Marilyn

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Chickadee with a sunflower heart.

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Female Downy on another of the three peanut feeders.

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Gold Finches and House Finches enjoying the treats of mixed seeds and nuts.

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Female House Finch enjoying safflower seeds.

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Great pictures everyone.

The weather was just too nice to stay inside today; so I grabbed my camera and went out searching for birdies.

Yesterday, I found a little burrowing owl; so I decided to look for it again. Here is is sitting on it's burrow, which goes under the sidewalk. The lighting was a little better today; so I got a good shot of it's bright yellow eyes.

"Do you think I look like an eagle when I turn my head sideways?"

This is the first robin I've seen all winter. It was so warm today, maybe he thought it was spring already.

Here's a starling! At least it was minding it's own business and not terrorizing any other birds.

Here's a mourning dove just relaxing on a tree branch.

I cruised by our small man-made lake today and spotted this heron.

Here's an egret that I also saw at the lake.

My next stop was a small park along the Rio Grande. The first bird I saw there was this roadrunner.

The roadrunner thought my camera (which makes a tiny chirp when it focuses) was a bird; so it went into "where's the food" mode.