Daily Pics Vol. #86

Here we are.
Post your daily pic of your sightings of our little and not-so-little feathered pals.
We came from http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/828294/#top
Deb

Great pictures on the other link folks.

Mrs. Ed, yes to the lilacs. Me, too.

Tigerlily, good for you on finding a nest. I am still searching for the ones here. Creek is still running a bit high making it difficult to search out some of the good hiding places.

NMJane, love that Vermillion Flycatcher. Beautiful bird.

Crows, crows, crows, I have tons of them, but they sit high up in the trees. A few come to the feeder, but not very often.

Sadie mae, raccoons are a pain. They come right up on the front porch here. I hope to get a shot of mama and her babies when she has them, late spring. Last year she brought all five of them to eat dry cat food. Still have not managed to get a good picture of her.

My morning walk produced nothing. It is so darned cold again today. Grrrrrrrrrrr.

A pretty lady from last evening.

Great pictures on the other link folks.

Mrs. Ed, yes to the lilacs. Me, too.

Tigerlily, good for you on finding a nest. I am still searching for the ones here. Creek is still running a bit high making it difficult to search out some of the good hiding places.

NMJane, love that Vermillion Flycatcher. Beautiful bird.

Crows, crows, crows, I have tons of them, but they sit high up in the trees. A few come to the feeder, but not very often.


Sadie Mae, raccoons are a major pain. They come right up on my front porch. I hope to get a shot of mama and her babies when she has them, late spring. Last year she brought all five of them to eat dry cat food. Still have not managed to get a good picture of her. When she spots me with the camera, she usually runs me right off of the porch! Very protective mama!

My morning walk produced nothing. It is so darned cold again today. Grrrrrrrrrrr.

A pretty lady from last evening.



This message was edited Mar 30, 2008 11:22 AM

GG: She looks a bit gumpy! :) But she is a pretty lady.

Thanks Debin.

Yes, she does look grumpy.

Glad to see my Internet Service Provider is right on the mark today. It kicked me off-line when I was posting, then posted twice!

WHATEVER!! Wish we had DSL out here.

GG

Wonderful pictures everyone! I love seeing the birds from all over the country too - and the UK!

Pelle, I totally laughed when I read that your Cedar Waxwings don't show up until it's almost dark. Sounds like a common problem! Mine only show up if it's really dark and cloudy outside like it was this morning. I was thinking it was waxwing weather when the first flock showed up and then two more flocks joined them. They were everywhere. Of course it was dark and they won't let me get anywhere near them -- so annoying!

Gardenpom, I saw a Painted Bunting for the first time last April. I sure hope he comes back. I loved seeing your picture. All your pictures were just wonderful. I hope to see an Indigo Bunting one day too.

Very nice pic Debin!

Thanks for starting the new thread!

My other complaint with the Cedar Waxwings is that they will not come into my yard to save their lives. I have multiple bird feeders with different seed, a feeder with grapes. I've planted things that are supposed to attract them even though I only see them a few times a year, but do they visit my yard -- nooooo! My neighbor has nothing but grass and a small half dead tree. She throws some old bread in the back of the yard and they swoop down like it's a king's feast.

Here's a little devil with a piece of bread in his mouth. Did I mention these birds annoy me!

I guess if their hungry enough and there aren't enough berrys on bushes or trees around. I didn't know that they would eat bread though

If bread didn't attract Grackels etc. I'd put some out.

Hellooo!!!

Great pics everyone!

Marilyn

What a shot Pelle! Did you see there are a few frizzes sticking out from her side? Bad hair day the whole way around.

Love the caption, too.

GG

I love that one, Pelle!

Elph - I think you need to send love vibrations towards the waxwings! What kind of tree is he sitting in? Some kind of maple? Interesting leaves.

My early morning walk through the nearby nature preserve was brief as my fingers kept freezing (20 degrees). See the ridge in the forefront? It's where the ice ends. Canada Geese and mallards are buddying up until more ice thaws.

We have so many geese in this area, but they are so pretty, and majestic.

Can't you see I'm busy?

My spring sighting of a nonbird neighbor. I was hoping for a showing of the beaver, but a lil' old muskrat is just fine.

I always enjoy all the pics that are posted here!
Today... the ever popular mourning dove. (ha ha)

And my white breasted nuthatch hanging on the side of my oak catching some rays... GM :)

Wish I could do that!

Nice pics OP and GM!!

OP, "love vibrations" LOL! OK! But they started it! It's a sweetgum tree that I love - big and twisty.

Love everybody's pics!

Tons of goldfinches today and their colors are getting better and better.

A female and a male. Doesn't it look like they're on barbed wire? It's actually dead branches of the bougainvillea that I can't reach to prune. When I do try to prune the high branches they fall on my head and stab me. Seriously, it hurts! It's better to make finch perches out of them!

Hellooo back! Lol. Good one pelle!

I feel almost afraid to say we had a lovely warm spring day today, oh no sorry, it was a summer's day! Spring is cold, lol, we got 13C (55F) and gorgeous warm sun. Lots of pics too!

My girl Pheasant was at the end on my road having a few salad tidbits, she stayed around all day and treated me like another pheasant. I put out some oats later and she came running like a pet but stopped just short of me, lol, I held out my hand with some on but she wasn't that brave but I was only a couple of feet from her.

Nice pics Elphaba!

Wallaby, she's so pretty!

WOW, Wallaby, she's GORGEOUS! and how lovely to have her as your wild pet!

Nice pair of Goldfinches Elphaba! Very prickly perch!

I have so many pics I can't post them all! I set my camera to take multiple pics, although it doens't do it that quick I got a few reasonable ones. I also used the "Shutter' programme and set it fast to freeze, at the end I used 1/1600 but started at 1/1000.

Blue Tit and Great Tit

I just hope she stays off that road! I'll have to give her a talking to.

My nut!

I had a different Great Tit, it looked a bit shaggy, and had trouble getting the nuts but when it got some it looked pleased with itself!

Now how do I get that out of there..

Don't know who that is looking at me, but if they give me this food they gotta be OK..

Move over I'm coming in!

Oh well, if we must pose for these silly photos..

Got a big one and I'm off!

If I can just get my tongue around that ibt..

Look, one leg!

Those are just amazing! The clarity even in flight is a real treat to see.

Now, in a minute....I will show you how..

Thanks Elphaba, it's great to experiment!

...to jump...just like this!