DAILY PICS VOLUME #77

Thanks for the new thread Adel...Love the Hummers and the Tree Swallows! How well I remember the Cliff Swallows returning to Capistrano! Seems like only yesterday...sigh...

Kiska..congrats on the RB Nuthatch. Never seen one at our feeders but they are in the area and I would love to see one.

Nanny...Nice variety of birds for you today and you sure do have Grackles!

GG...Love the little Downys!

Wallaby..I just love those Blue Tits...and you got some great pics!

Here is the Male and Female Eastern Bluebird. Was too busy this AM so these were taken in the late afternoon.

I think this is another bonafide wing wave...it is so interesting to see, just a quick lifting of the wing!

A Starling was on the same wire as the Male BB and tried to stare the BB off the wire and when that didn't work he tried to knock him off but the BB held his ground!

Male Downy Woodpecker.

Another Downy.

White Breasted Nuthatch!

Those Blue Birds are really getting serious, dellrose; what with the wing waves and the preening, looks as though they'll soon have some little mouths to feed!

Tufted Titmouse!

I hope so GG...they are really spending a lot of time "cleaning" up!!

Dark Eyed Junco!

Male Cardinal!

And a cute little American Goldfinch!

Okay, I now have "expensive camera" and "bluebird" envies. Nice pix Rose!

Thanks Mrs. Ed.

I almost forgot this little Female House Finch. I love these little birds..they are so quiet and polite!

Thanks, dellrose; maybe I can get a good pic of it...you're all so good at bird photos; love seeing them.

Great pics everyone!

Marilyn

Wonderful pics guys!!

Great pictures folks.

Mrs. Ed, that dose of envy must be going around, because now I also have it! LOL

Very cold, cloudy and windy here today. Doubt there will be many photo ops.

GG

Oh yes and I forgot to add, Warm weather envy! I was over on the iris forum reading about Californians and Arizonans who have Iris blooming!! What the???? How is THAT fair?

Very nice and sunny here again today. Warmer but still not what I would call warm! At least I got lily bulbs that I got last week in the ground! lol

White-breasted Nuthatch

Turkey Vulture by the road.

Turkey Vulture flying away...

Turkey Vulture now in the tree!!

Hey, there's a couple more over in this tree!!

Thank you all! The Blue Tits were having to take back seat to the House Sparrows this afternoon, they come in floods then leave. The peanuts lasted 2 days this time! I saw a Woodpecker land on the nut silo briefly but there was few nuts in it and the sparrows said they were theirs!

Wow, lots of great pics today!

The House Sparrows can hover very well, something I didn't know before. They would hover while they found a place on the nuts, or pushed some others off.

Just one second later..

Thats funny they don't bother w/ peanuts at my place.

That is strange pelle, but they don't have anyother 'free' food at the moment, yours might? I was squatted in chilly gale winds by the shrubbery this afternoon, a Robin flew onto it briefly too but I didn't get a good shot. It looked to take a quick peck, but I mostly see it on the ground picking up the bits.

The ones I got of Robin when he flew to the copper tubing were very dark for some reason, may have been the sudden appearance of blue sky with white cloud behind. I like this shot though!

Speaking of peanut silos, heres a Black-capped Chickadee on mine.

Taken through the window, cold out today.

Show-offs, all of you, with your fine and fancy cameras. Well, you won't push me out of the way, no sirs and madams! :) Not so great camera but still adorable subjects!

Wallaby - can't get enough of your robins. That last shot is a painting!
Pelle - adorable!

Everybody is just happy today. Spring is SO in the air. Bare ground showing. Rain drops on the sidewalk. Whew! We're so close to green grass time!

That's okay Sybil, you have everyone beat with your Pileateds!!!

I did see a Hummingbird today, but failed to get a pic of him. I will upload a few I got while outside. Here's a Goldfinch.

Another Goldfinch.

Grackle show-off.

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker.

Blue Jay.

Male Cardinal.

Grackle in the grass.

Squirrel in feeder. Right after I took this a Hawk came down after a Mourning Dove. He missed, but all the birds went into hiding for a while.

White Ibis on line.