Daily Pics vol. 83

Cattle Egret

Ibis

This is my favorite photo. A Green Heron had just caught a wiggling minnow. He swallowed, then had 2 sips of water to wash it down.

A pair of Moorhen.

Nice pics, I especially love the Green Heron. I have a few from today. A collage of Woodpeckers.

Beautiful pic of the green heron.

Lots of Goldfinch visited today.

The Mockingbird decided it was bath time.

Gray Catbird again.

Blue Jay.

Indigo Bunting and Goldfinch.

Oh bsharf, that green heron is sooo pretty. What wonderful colors.

Great pics everyone!!

bsharf I love the one of the Green Heron catching the minnow!

Frank, Real nice of the Moorhens!

GP, Love the collages and the others!

Wow...really great pics guys!

No sun today but have to feed my addiction and take pics anyway! Here is an Eastern Meadowlark...they are very noisy but I love them!

Immature White Crowned Sparrow.

awww, THERE'S my little meadowlark!!! Such nice bright cheery colors!

TT=Terrible Torturer!!

Tufted Tifmouse

Wonderful pics Rose! I love the Meadowlark!

They are colorful Mrs. Ed...and this was with no sun!!

Another one of my favorite yellow birds...American Goldfinch.

Thanks Pelle...The Meadowlarks won't let me take their pic anymore but luckily I could hide behind a tractor!

Gosh what wonderful subject matter you Floridians have!

Chisolm, those Moorhens are so great.

Nanny, "pervert" I doubt it!

Resin, you are correct. The Amish farmers love the land, farm every tillable acre, and their fertilizer is all natural -- anyone living in this valley can attest to that! Sure doesn't smell like roses, but it doesn't harm the birds and other wildlife either. There are as many horse and buggies on our roads as their are cars.

dellrose, you'll have to Mockingbird blind to hide behind.

The Red-Bellied Woodpeckers really seem to like the some of the stuff in Cockatiel and Parrot food.

LOL, thats funny my parrot won't even eat those colored pellet type things.

Nice pic!

Well, now you know who might!

GG, Your very lucky! Those are beautiful areas where the Amish live I've been there several times. Are you near to Lancaster?

Actually GP I have put parrot mix out for the birds and they haven't touched it but I still have some of the other mix left so maybe I'll keep trying. This is an old mix that has striped sunflower seeds in it as well as the colorful pellets; we don't let our parrot eat sunflower seeds or peanuts anymore.

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Here's another pic of one taking the Parrot food.

Nice pic!

An early morning meeting of some of the Steller's jays that flunked the I.Q. test.

Hi Pelle,

I live in a beautiful little valley approximately 80 miles north of Lancaster. At times in the evening when I sit on the porch, I can easily imagine olden times, with the clop, clop of the horses on the pavement as the Amish go about their business.

GG

Made me chuckle adel!! lol

GG, that is the kind of place I would love to live around!

LOL Adel. I love it when you personify those "guys." Cracks me up.

Cold and wet here today. Gives me a chance to try the camera in less than desirable conditions. I have to tell you, the continuous shooting is ADDICTIVE.

Here's a little finchy… getting more and more color every day!

and another.

Oh heck, and one more, just because the snow started to fall in big fat flakes.

Me too, Nanny.

Mrs. Ed, that little finch is really giving you the eye! Great pictures.

Rainy and cold here today, too, drat!

This is from yesterday. A robin who today, is probably regretting its decision to fly here.

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There are several American Robins hanging around. Here's one taking a bath in a mud puddle.

Okay, so I'm messing around with exposures because the finches were too dark. So I take a burst of this Male Downy (did I tell you recently that I'm addicted to the continuous shooting?) and pretty much ALL of them were out of focus. LOL. Here's what I salvaged.

that is nice, Mrs Ed!

Is this a wing wave from a female Rufous Humming bird?

LOL! I think so adel!!

You are doing great with that new camera Mrs. Ed!

GG & Adel...Nice Robin pics!