DAILY PICS VOL. 61

To the chimney pot.

To the oak.

Taking a rest in the oak.

On lookout.

Lift off.

Wonderful pics wallaby!

This Spotted Towhee is trying to convince everyone that he is a Snow Bird. (Dark -eyed Junco that is).

gee, I was gone all day and you all have out done yourselves!!

Resin and Pella. I am going to try and get a better close up of the female cardinal when the sun is out. Maybe we can tell better then. BEV Can anyone tell me what these birds are? They are not in my bird books. I have never seen them before. Thanks BEV
The first and third are of the male. The second is th female but got her back to me.

The female

Better look at the male?????

I did get a couple decent cardinal pics the other day since it was cloudy!

Bev, looks like European Starlings to me.


and..

No Nanny they are not starlings, We have tons of them here. Here are some. BEV

angele, It's a combination of different seeds like milo, millet, sunflower, nijer, suet and molasses. It obviously attracts many different species of birds. We've had Mourning Doves, California Quail, Magpie, Flickers, Starlings, Juncos, Blackbirds, Redwinged Blackbirds, Sparrows of all kinds and now ducks eat off the blocks. We have one sparrow that I've been trying to get a pic of that's buff in color. Will keep trying till I get it and will post it when I do.
Susan

dragonfly62, The first one is a male Redwinged Blackbird. The other two are females, but the third could be a very young male. I see no red shoulder patch at all though.

trois

Thanks for the info Susan, I think you are going to be eaten out of house and home with the ducks joining in :-) but then I can't believe how much seed I am going through.
Looking at everyone's photos has made my day. I'm guessing at least 75% are birds I don't see around my home. Beautiful; every one of them.

Boojum--
Yes, thanks for going the extra mile to get the photos of the owl. They are awesome. What a lovely bird.

Wow, that is a great shot with those pecans Jane. I'm just a little north of you in Elephant Butte and the wind kept me indoors most of the day. It was a very cold wind too!

I've got countless house finches in my yard ... lots of "typical" red one and some that are a red-orange color; but this was the first yellow one I've seen.

Thanks angele! It has been windy here for the past week. We even had a few snow flurries here this afternoon.

Just curious, have you seen any eagles aroung the lake this year? I went to Caballo the first week inDecember; but didn't see much of anything there.

Wow! Never saw a yellow here.

Glad you liked the owl pics. I always take a glance there when I drive by. My Kaufman says, " Mostly nocturnal, sometimes active on cloudy days." Bingo!

I have just seen one Eagle flying near my home & he was soaring way up high. I could only tell it was an eagle after I looked at the picture I took. I can't see the lake from my home so I don't know if there are any over there. That's a great yellow finch! I've never seen one either. Congratulations on the wonderful photo too!

Picture of male juvie Redwing, wings open. Note red shoulder patch starting to form.

another wow photo Trois! beautifully illustrates the wing.

I've been sorting through of my old zoo photos and trying to id the birds. The solid white wing bar and blue around the eye have me stumped. It looks a lot like a balitmore or audubon oriole; but not quite an exact match.

Anybody know what he is?

Troupial.... Icterus icterus

Your Troupial, has been tagged, NM_Jane,what a beautiful bird, love his color, nice shot.

Got a Hairy Woodpecker trying the finch feeder again. Stayed on there for quite some time.

Thanks Ned & Burn.

I have a hard enough time identifying the North American birds. After Ned identified the troupial, I was able to find it in the World Bird Guide. It lists it as Venezuelan.

The zoo in El Paso has a nice enclosure avarian with a pond, rock cliffs and lots of trees. They have some beautiful birds that are free to just fly around where they want. The troupial was one of them. Here's another bird that I found pretty neat looking. I was able to identify this one as an Inca Tern, which is also from South America.

Thanks, Angele.

Wow so many great pics!

This one shows the lower bird (RW) flashing his color to warn off the upper bird that is showing only a thin shoulder patch.

Wonderful pic trois!

Holy Mackerel I just noticed we're already up to 152 replies!!!

I'll try to get the next one started soon!

Heres the new thread:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/810879/

This message was edited Feb 6, 2008 7:44 AM

Volumn 62 starts here.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/810879/

Thank you for input Trois. Bev

angele you're welcome, I know exactly how you feel, I have to fill my feeder every other day and I only used to fill it every 3 or 4 days, and it's not little! Here's a pic of it.
Susan

Heres the link to the New Thread.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/810879/