Daily Pics Vol. 112

Brown Thrasher in flight

Op... your BB pair do look so cute in that pic!


Pileated Woodpecker flying away from the tree

Couple shots of a Hairy Woodpecker

dellrose - They just look spectacular against green backgrounds! We have tons of maple seeds in our trees this year. They absolutely cover the grass when they fall. You can see them in this pic.

Beautiful OP!

2nd Hairy WP

nanny - love the motion shots! Man oh man - look at the pileated's wing span. Always amazes me. Hairy's got a cute little face.

Last bluebird for now.

I wonder if Woody Woodpecker was a Pileated.

yep!

I think he's supposed to be, but then I think the call might be Acorn Woodpecker. I can't remember where I read that.

Nice pics Nanny...love the action going on there!! That Pileated is so awesome!!

OP..that last pic of the BB is adorable!

heehee, I just had to Google it and this site has the Pileated call & Woody's too all on one mp3
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote-transcript.cfm?id=92

NICE

Resin, Great "eggsample" of a cliff-layers eggs. They are more pointy at one end so they only roll in a circle.

The pileated shot was cool, Nanny.


This shot is of a Great Blue Heron that caught a huge fish. We watched him for about ten minutes while he tried to eat it. It was funny listening to him slap it on the ground, then spear it again. I don't know if he even got it down. Sorry it's blurry, he was far away.

I believe this is a Eastern Kingbird...Correct me if I'm wrong.

I apologize for taking up so much space on the forum, but today while I was working I heard the most gosh-awful bird sound. It was a very loud grating screech. I looked around and saw a mama European Starling and her baby. The baby, as large as mama, kept following her around screaming for her to pick something up and feed it. So here we go with the series. She finally brought the loud thing to the feeder.

GG

As we were getting ready to leave the sanctuary, we were cracking up because a White-breasted Nuthatch was obviously disturbed by something and was 'enk'ing furiously for like 5 minutes. We walked over to the tree to find an Immature Red-Tailed Hawk just sitting there.

It's just about to fly off in this pic. (after which the 'enk'ing stopped)

Here's where it flew to.

Look at that face!

They look so cute and innocent when they are in a sanctuary. (on the golf course it's another thing)

Let me join in for a little bit :)

Moorhen grooming

Another Moorhen shot

Marshwren

Another Marshwren

I believe this is an American Redstart.

Taken at the Asticou Azalea Garden In Northeast Harbor, Maine.

Green Heron catching some fish

and got the fish

Helps If I include the photo ;)

G. Heron and V. Rail

Green Heron making the mistake of landing on a nesting box with tree swallows, had to duck there a bit while getting attacked ;)

Blending with the background while I was battling with mosquitoes

Love the Marsh Wren shots, PC

And that last Green Heron shot is priceless! I didn't realize we had Green Herons in my area but I guess we do.

Green Heron Silhouette.

Man, is it ever cold out here tonight, very close to freezing point. I'm sure the hummingbird won't be the first to the feeders in the morning. They'll be hanging upside down in a coma state for sure. I don't know, if that is really true, but I had heard that's what they do, when it's really cold.

Here's a Black-Capped Chickadee

Here is picture #2. ISP kicked me off for a bit.

Mama Starling and Baby

Another. He's still yelling at the top of his lungs!

gravel-voices in stereo!

That last pic is funny GG!

Shan, I love the Red-tailed Hawk!

PC, Great pics. Love the Moorhen!
Good catch on the Green Heron!

It's not unusual for me to see Blue Jays in my yard. It is, however, not the norm to see a Blue Jay at my safflower feeder. I guess he was really hungry and couldn't find anything better to eat as he didn't seem to be able to access my peanut feeders.

A long shot of an Ospry in hover