DAILY PICS VOL. 103

Way to go Sheila! Thanks for sharing those pics w/ us!

Congratulations on being the first person to post one here!

He's gorgeous Sheila! Congrats!!

adel, I meant to ask you how you have the orange halves attached to the linb.

Wow, he is a beauty Shelia!

Male Red-bellied Woodpecker

While he was getting peanuts there, the female was enjoying the suet.

Thanks for starting the new thread Indiana Lily with your beautiful pics!

Sheila...congrats on the Warbler...that is awesome!

Great pics everyone...this is certainly a colorful thread!

I spotted this fella while walking the dogs in the north pasture this morning.

Male Blue Grosbeak...a first for me!!

One more of the good looking fella!

Weather is not very good today so got time to post some pics of my trip yesterday with the local birding group:

Purple finch singing, Note there is a discussion now going on the local birding group website where I frequent if a female sings or if it is a male not yet molted into the full adult male plumage. Anyone here an idea?

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Dellrose, sorry if I interrupted your postings.
Nice Blue Grosbeak


Belted Kingfisher:

Black-Crowned Night-Heron walking

Ospreys building a nest

Waiting for supplies?

Maybe a little snack?

Delivery complete

Fem. Red Winged Blackbird

That's all folks

Great pics PC!! Thanks so much for posting them!

I love the Belted Kingfisher and the Black-crowned Night-Heron!

Thanks Pelle, you asked last time what camera I've used so I took a pic of my set-up http://picasaweb.google.com/panamon0creel/Misc02?authkey=nddySvcQg9A

Thanks PC, thats quite a lens!

Beautiful shots PC your pics are always so awesome. (and no you didn't interrupt..I was done posting). :0)

Terrific shots and great seeing all those new birds. Here's a male Cardinal.

Red-Bellied Woodpecker.

Woodpecker again.

Male Cardinal again.

pelle............ the orange halves are held on with deck screws

Blue Jay aflight.

Sweet female Cardinal.

Female again.

This Grackle was feeding two young ones, but they were doing pretty well on their own.

Nice pics GP! Is that last feeder a new one? (Gold one)


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Yes it is, I got it the other day at Lowes. I got excited when I was watching the skies and saw a large bird with a white head....always hoping for another Bald Eagle....but it was just this Anhingha.

Nice one!

JBO was upset this morning. When she came in for some peach preserves, the bear had eaten it up and broke her feeder. I repaired the damage and replenished the preserves so all is well again. (pics of the bear posted at)





http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/843192/

JBO is on her preserve feeder and the one on the hummer feeder is either another female Bullock's Oriole, or a young male. What say you Resin?

Wonderful pictures everyone.

I finally got a picture of the bird that has nested in the abandoned woodpecker hole in the back of my house.

I spent numerous hours hiding in a bush to get a picture of this -- I believe it's a Grackle that has brought some food. Just what I need, more Grackles! (Correctly identified later in thread by Pelle and Resin as European Starling).



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Here is the woodpecker hole they are using.

Hi GG, Its a European Starling. You can tell by the lighter beak and spots on the plumage.

LOL, Not that you need those either!

Thanks Pelle and Resin.

No, I don't need those and as soon as the babies are gone, that hole will be no more. We were going to fill it this year, and then discovered someone was using it!