Daily Pics - Vol 114

And the Thunderbirds, yes that is their name, there was an Air Show nearby. GM

Bird dog.

This is Kelly, my male Irish Setter. I got him from rescue nearly 11 years ago, so he's around 12 anyway. Kelly survived a very serious mauling in a cougar attack several years ago.

Bird dog and Brewers Blackbird

Every year the blasted blackbirds nest in the cedars and other trees/shrubs surrounding the area where the Irish run during the day. The babes fledge on the ground, and Kelly is a bird dog.........
Kelly is under constant attack during the nesting season.

Kelly appears not to notice.

Good morning all. Wonderful images and tales everyone. Linth, I agree with pelletory, a new thread with captions would be a hoot. GM, what type of turtle is it?

This male California Quail popped in this evening.

A few minutes later his mate shwed up.

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oooops!!!!

Wonderful pictures, from everyone.

My crabapples is in full bloom, and this fine chipping Sparrow decided to pose for me in it.

Adel, did Mama get her babies back?

Yellow Warbler

Another shot of the Yellow Warbler.

American Robin

A Chickadee from a few days ago.

LOL GM anout those Thunderbirds!

Kelly is beautiful tiger...cougar attack would scare me to death...lucky dog!

Very nice pics burn, I like the chickadee!

Oh those poor ducklings! How could she get them back?

Human intervention I imagine. Great pics everyone!

MargaretK, I always called them a painter. GM

Come on, adelbertcat, did mother duck have assistance to retrieve her bubs? Please let us know the outcome.

I'm not sure he would know, looks like a scanned picture perhaps from a newspaper. He'll be along soon to tell us. My guess that if someone was taking the picture then someone probably found a way to help them out.

Mrs. Ed.......................You are correct. It was a picture sent to me and I don't know the original source, but like you I assume the photograper helped them.

Sure hope so, adelbertcat.

Burn, the crabapple is gorgeous. Everyone seems to have such lovely gardens.

tigerlily..................several years before we moved here we lived in a rural area Known as Covelo (Mendocino County) while we were up here gold prospecting, a Cougar (we called them Cougars where I grew up) came in our yard and killed my wife's dog, one of our cats and mauled my dog (he was half black labador and half ridgeback) my dog survived, but it was nip and tuck for awhile. The link will take you to an interesting video showing a mother Cougar taking on a Grizzly.







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7MuFDVEUro

And if that photographer did NOT get them out, then SHAME on letting them fall in.

Or we could hope that it is just PHOTOSHOP.

Fast thread here..lots of great pics everyone!

The Eastern Phoebe babies seem to be outgrowing the nest!

My photography class met under the Flagler Beach, FL fishing pier today. Grackles take the place of sea gulls under the pier. They poke through the wet sand looking for sand fleas and ghost crabs.

When the waves get to close, they hop up on rocks.

Ringed Turtle Doves take the place of Pigeons roosting under the pier.

Could someone give me suggestions for attaching pics to my messages. Everytime I try it won't attach and when I try to copy and paste a link it doesn't look right. Is there something special I need to do? Thanks for any help you can give me

Nice pics bsharf!

Rose, The Phoebes are growing fast!

crazybirdlady51, right below the "Post a reply to this thread" box, click on Browse. That should take you to your computer folders. Once you find the photo image file you want to attach, click on it and the file location should enter into the image box. Click on preview after you have entered your message and it should show your message with a small photo of the attached image.

Thanks, Resin! GM

Thanks Linthicum...I do that but I guess my picture maybe too big or something because it won't work. I have a lot of my pics in Photobucket and have copied and pasted links on other forums before. I can get it in my message here but not where you can click on it to access it.
I'll try again. It's driving me crazy that I can't share my photos with y'all!

Resin: I've also always called them Collared Doves. In fact I used to breed them when I lived in PA. However th older USA books(ie. Peterson's '80 ed and The Golden Book ID '83 ed ) the names Collared and Ringed Turtle Dove are used interchangably, probably because they are both nonnative species, considered to be domestic escapees. Both books show a drawing of the Collared Dove, calling it a Ringed Turtle Dove. Do you happen to know if and when the mislabelling was corrected?

Hi Bsharf - not sure; they've never been mixed up on this side of the Pond where they are native. I'd guess the confusion got sorted in one of the AOU checklists.

Resin

A downy and a Red-bellied woodpecker

Nice photos, everyone .......

A 'Baltimore Oriole' photo taken recently ......

I know this isn't much to go on, but while golfing today, I watched a bird hover, then dive into the lake(a small one on the course) and come out with a small fish. It was mostly dark with a white neck? Sorry, that's all I've got. It was really fun to watch. Any ideas?

Perhaps an Osprey?

What size was it?

Resin