DAILY PICS VOL. 109

The pair of Golden-crowned Sparrows spent most of the day searching for tidbits in my yard. They were very easily spooked by the slightest movement.

Glad to hear you are still among us Marna! My dh had that about 2 yrs. ago. Do be careful and follow Dr.'s order!

This shot is for you Marna...not a good one but

Male Indigo Bunting

Awww, thanks Nanny!

I'm doing pretty good considering! I still can't believe that I now have a titanium plate in my neck!!!

Took some pictures yesterday but they were all cruddy because of low light. I'll have to try and get some more today in the sun.

New bird, a Scarlet Tanager. :-) He wouldn't let us get too close. My dh took these pictures.

One more

WOW! That's a gorgeous bird Creekwalker! Your husband did a beautiful job of capturing that red.

Janet

Our Baltimore Orioles are back!

Thanks Janet, I'll tell him. :-) Here's more orioles. They were invading my hummingbird feeders. ;-)

Never mind. It wasn't letting me post a picture for some reason. :p

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I'll try again

Another my dh took

Another gosling photo

I think this is a Widgeon.

A hybrid mallard

Cw , great catch on the tanager. My neighbor told me yesterday he saw one in the ares I walk....so that is my next quest!!!!!!!

Brown Thrasher getting a grape...they love 'em!

They like the jelly too..but not as well.

Great pictures everybody!! Can't tell you how enriched I feel by seeing them. :-)
Nanny my Curved-bill Thrasher looooves grape jelly, hehe hope he took a trip to the birdbath after. Greedy Gus!

Sleepy Carolina wren

OK now it's awake

Last shot

Dave those shots are just precious! heart melted over the sleepy one.

edited to fix a typo

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Ditto on the sleepy one. Wonderful!

Every photo on this thread is just great as usual!

I went to Brazos Bend State Park yesterday and took tons of bird photos, so I did a thread just for them. Didn't want to fill this one up! If you want to see, go here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/850043/

Here's a Little Blue Heron.

Gorgeous wren shots!

Papa Bluebird is standing guard at the feeder while the fledglings eat. Despite being wet (and watching the youngsters eat all the mealworms), he still manages a wing wave to Mama, who has five 1-day old babies in the nestbox.

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And to answer the oft-asked question, where do the birds go to get out of the rain. In this case, it's under the peony bush. These fledglings apparently haven't heard about the neighbor's cat. I cringe every time I see them hide in there.

Sorry about the lack of picture quality. It really was raining.

Dave

Fabulous pics everyone! The sleepy wren is priceless. As is that shot of the Eagle!

Glad to hear you are feeling OK Mrs. Ed.

Here are more Canada Geese and Family. Look closely, Gosling #5 is up MAMA's butt.

My First Baltimore Oriole. Not a cooperative photo subject!

speaking of non-cooperative orioles, Here's my first shot at my mom's house. Took him 20 minutes to find the grape jelly next to the hummingbird feeders.

Pileated Woodpeck peeking yesterday morning!

Yesterday was a fabulous day for birds! That the bad part wa the gd's were here to spend the night so I was n't free to just roam all day! lol

Eastern Phoebe

Another Phoebe shot

Great Phoebe's Nanny!!

My bluebird nestbox article runs tomorrow with great thanks to those who helped!

Another oriole long shot. I just love how he's so vibrant in the green tree.

Cute little phoebe Nanny.
Didn't see any Oriole yet, Mrs-Ed, your is really nice.


Chipping Sparrow

Purple finch

Goldfinches

Mrs. Ed great oriole pic ...and will be looking for your article for sure!!

Well, think I will call it a day...here is another Brown Thrasher getting a grape!

I drove the 50 miles to Portage Glacier today, hoping to photograph the Harlequin Ducks, reported to be in Portage Creek, near the Forest Service's Visitor Center. When I found them, they were on the far side of the stream, and I couldn't get very close.