DAILY PICS-VOLUME 116

closeup of the cormorants. one is air drying - classic cormorant kung fu pose

Here's a goldfinch fledgling to add to the collection. I'm really enjoying everyone's contributions. Such a great time of year!

And a cormorant at a local country park.

Love the Cormorants and the GF fledging...I've never seen either!

The Barn Swallows continue to build today...

one more.

Baby Blue Jay. ☺

An in-flight shot of the 'Great Egret'.

Great pics everyone!

rntx I love all those Cormorants!

Another, going the other way ........

Beautiful pic Linth!

Thanks, pelle ...... here's a 'Cedar Waxwing' basking in the warm sun.

A 'Northern Cardinal' enjoying the sun, also ............

Another pose of the 'Cedar Waxwing .....

An 'Eastern Kingbird' ............

A 'Canada Goose'

Lastly, for now, the 'Baltimore Oriole' ...........

All beautiful pics and shots everyone!

Marilyn

Great pics Linth!

This morning I watched my Red Bellied Woodpecker family getting lessons on cracking those sunflower seeds.

OK Guys, listen up.

Get back over here. I haven't finished telling you how to crack the seeds.

Now!!! Watch this and you might get something to eat around here.

All of these were taken from quite a distance.

Right in the midst of taking these, hubby decided I needed to go to the hardware store for him.

I was amazed that when I returned, he was still feeding the fledglings. I wish the photo had been clearer. This last one was taken from inside the house.

UniQueTreasures,

Wonderful pics of the Red Bellied WP and the juvies! Funny comments!

Marilyn

Nice pics all!

I left the (one of) greenhouse door open today as we had a rare 82F, when I returned soon after there was a young Robin with a parent which looked to be trying to get it back out, they were flying up at the wrong end of course.

Parent watching me.

The young Robin landed on the back.

I tried to help the young one out, parent disappeared on the floor, I think it could see where parent was.

I opened the window as wide as I could and decided to leave them to get themselves out. Parent says thanks.

I heard a thud on the window this afternoon, a female House Sparrow had hit it seeing the reflections. She was upside down and stunned on the fuchsia bed below, I put her in my hand and stroked her back. One foot was clasped, she was much smaller than I imagined. I put her on a broad branch of a tree to recover, she was gasping, shutting her eyes, shaking. It seemed she might not survive, I was stood nearby talking softly to her. After a long time and she was still alive I went behind her and her head followed me. Still there a while later, I bent down to pull a couple of weeds and when I looked she had gone! A male flew to the pergola where a female was sat, they flew together to a nearby tree, I think it was her. I was so relieved!

Who says House Sparrows are not cute!

A Savannah Sparrow.

wallaby, your she is a he!
The bird in your picture is a male.
Gary

Yes Grasmussen, but the one which hit the window was a she, sorry for the confusion!

Love all the pics, especially the Cedar Waxwings.....and that Savannah Sparrow shot is excellent. Here is a young Cardinal.

Red-Bellied Woodpecker loading up.

White-crowned Sparrow.

Wow great pics everyone!

Glad the House Sparrow was okay wallaby!

Great pics everybody!

Such great pics!

wallaby, I think your House Sparrows are very pretty birds. It is just that they are such problem over here.


Had a Rose-breasted Grosbeak show up again the other night!

And the Red-winged Blackbird...sure wish the misses would come.

My first picture of a Turkey Vulture in the US. We saw them all over the place in Mexico, sitting atop cacti.

Have a nut… have two, they're small.