DAILY PICS VOL. 106

and now from the wings appears . . . . a red bellied woodpecker! Whatta day already.

pictures!!!

Sloppy eater.

Yesterday morning at dawn we had a line of thunderstorms rumble through. Odd timing. All of a sudden the sky above our house was filled with wood storks. They are a fairly common sight around here, but it's still surprising to see so many large birds at once flying so low.

Several rested briefly at my farm pond. They are such unique looking birds.

I got a few to pose for this picture. ;*>

LOL! they're such conformists. ;->

Wow, those wood storks are great! I've never seen those before. What a marvelous picture opportunity! The only large bird I see around here is the occasional blue heron flying overhead.

Wow ! those are cool!

I think these two regulars are planning to raise a family nearby, but so far they seem to be just enjoying the food service. The male had his work cut out for himself the other day as he had a difficult time chasing another male cardinal who seemed to have plans on hanging around. They must have flown around the yard in circles at ten plus times before the newcomer seemed to get the idea that this yard was not likely to become his new hangout.

Hi sadie!! Great pictures everyone!! The squirrel holding/eating the orange is so cute! Just once i would love to see an evening Grosbeak up close!
Heres a few that I had...

#2

#3 chickadee

Thanks Mrs. Ed. I'll try. But every time I get near the window they skiddale.

#4 Dove

#5 Mockingbird

fantastic iris!

#6 Nuthach

Thankyou OPbirder!

7 -Nuthach2

8- Red bellied woodpecker

9 - Tufted Titmouse

10- Herron

Hey Iris!! You've got some real great pics there, love the Chickadee and Titmouse, they're hard to catch being still!

Wow you guys have been busy!

borders, I love those Wood Storks!!

Debin, Nice Cardinal!

Iris, Very nice pics I love the Bluebird!

Thyme, Lovely Cardinal pair!

Very nice Iris!

I am working on my focusing, the grackles were my helpers on this yesterday.

the advice I read on another forum said to focus on the eye and the rest should fall in place.

It worked well at home with birds on the feeder that I you can see the eye well.

Gray Catbird

Song Sparrow ( I think) doing the wingwave!

Iris: I love the lighting on your Mrs. Cardinal and the Mockingbird.

This exercise program is killing me,

(Bullock's Oriole)

Get that little crate out of my way!

(Western Scrub Jay)

see below for the right pic.

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Don't send him my way!!!


OOOOOOOPS!!!

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Don't send him my way!!!!

Goofed.................this was supposed to be the first pic. (very poor light. Had to enhance quite a bit)

A pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks.

Great pics adel! I love the first Scrub Jay shot!

Here is a picture of my Carolina Wren (I am pretty sure). This guy has been avoiding the camera for a while now but I finally caught him this evening!

Nice pic of the Carolina Wren little!

Tower........................ this is Grosbeak over the numbers and touching down.