DAILY PICS VOL. 62

American Goldfinch



This message was edited Feb 6, 2008 9:07 PM

Thanks Angele. The loggerhead according to the book I have, doesn't come near my place, it's located more down south. But the Northern Shrike is listed for this area.

Pink-sided Junco

Very nice pics wallaby!

burn,I love the Northern Shrike,great pic!

Nice ones nanny!

angele, I love that pick sided form of the Dark-eye Junco! I don't think we see them very often on this forum.

A sunbird and pigeon in one shot. Zoomed up 12x3 for this shot.

I have gotten some half way decent pics of the cardinals with these overcast day. One plus I guess..

Cardinals & Dark-eyed Junco

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Cardinals & House Finch

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More Cardinals & HF

Blue Jay & Female Cardinal

wallaby - your skies are always so blue!

Lovely pictures.

I did upload my bird feeding video - had to cut out a lot d/t the large file size. Hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jb5FA3OGXY

Great video!
Lots of good pics, nanny_56..

Very nice video debilu!!! Thanks for the link!

Nice pics nanny and Dinu!

Great video indeed debilu! awesome photos everyone; keep them coming!

I obviously don't have a rose hedge in the winter I have a Sparrow hedge! LOL!
Susan

Another a little further east. Now you can see why I have to fill my feeder every other day! That's just the Sparrows.
Susan

This message was edited Feb 7, 2008 11:26 AM

Wow that is a full bush!

Thanks everyone.
Any tips on growing Sparrow hedges? heehee.

Tell me about it, when I first started feeding the birds I only had a few, now they're here like that EVERY DAY during the winter! And as I said, that's just the Sparrows. Here's the California Quail, there's about 2 dozen of them total that come in on a daily basis too.
Susan

ROTFL! Thanks alot debilu, it's a good thing I just went into the bathroom or my chair would bet WET!
Flicker on the suet cage.
Susan

Looks familiar Susan!! I have Sparrow shrubs and lots of Gambel's Quail too :-)

Cooper's Hawk trying to figure out which one to eat eeny-meeny.
Susan

This message was edited Feb 7, 2008 11:36 AM

Now we know Sparrow shrubs are hardy zone 5b & 7b; add your zone

Thanks angele, now I don't feel so bad! LOL! I know you've probably seen this one but even the snow doesn't deter them, it's like more show up!

Waiting their turn to hide in the Sparrow hedge!

Here is a Crissal Thrasher from my yard this morning. I have a closer relationship with a Curved-bill Thrasher but I love these birds because of their lovely soft sounds. Very sweet sounding.

That's a neat looking bird, we don't have those here or if we do I've never seen one.
Susan

Very nice pic angele!!!

Heres how they sound and yes it is very sweet!

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Crissal_Thrasher.html

Beautiful pics everyone and Deb, what an awesome video. Being new to bird feeding, I've never seen anything like that. I didn't realize birds would come to your hand to eat. Eleanor

Thanks for the link pell! Eleanor

debilu, neat video!!

Thanks for the link pelle, I've never heard a bird around here that sounds like that. So I guess they aren't in this neck of the woods :-(. Yes, they do sound sweet.
Susan

No their way in the South.

Heres their range map.

http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/toxo_cris_AllAm_map.gif

Thanks pelle.
Susan

Sorry about the errant posting earlier. My only excuse is that I was totally flummoxed by the fact that I was able to get down and back up my driveway for the first time in weeks. By using four wheel drive and chains on all four tires I was able to go get a much needed load of firewood. Since the propane delivery truck hasn't been able to get here for over a month we have been heating with eletric heaters and a wood stove. We were down to six sticks of firewood this morning. While I was loading the firewood this Raven kept his eye on me.

This message was edited Feb 7, 2008 1:04 PM

I'm glad you were able to get out for the firewood adel! Nice pic!

I was able to get 4 or 5 keepers today. Very bright sun, strong wind. The birds are restless.

With a very strong sun to her back, a Goldfinch.

Tuffed Titmouse. They just will not face the camera.

Carolina Chickadee. Busy hammering sunflower seeds open.