DAILY PICS VOL. 123

It's very hot here again today, and the beak is open in all my shots.

Cute lil' woodpecker.

beautiful pictures tigerlily,
Nanny, I see, your little hummingbird still does the wire act!!! Nice show :) Cute Bunny too.
GM great photos, wish the blue jay would return. Haven't seen them at all this year.
Oh Pelle, I see I'm not the only one stuck with the Grackle, on the suet feeder or others seeds station. the Starlings were more a bother last Winter for me. I see an occasional one here and there.

A Chickadee, who hasn't figured out the feeder yet.

Here he is studying it.

Lily...he is stunning!

Burn...I see at least one hummer up on a wire somewhere everyday on my walks! That chickadee made me laugh! lol

See what I mean!!!!

My big silly American Crows are starting to come to the yard again as there are fewer and fewer grackles now! I have missed them so much.

There were 3 in the tree but I could only get pics of 2.

Great pics tiger! I love seeing the different birds, the fledge is adorable!

Very cute chickadee burn!

Nanny, Your lucky to see crows in the yard. Nice pics all!

Gorgeous birds. You can send your Grackles over to me.

Enjoyed this thread everyone. Thanks. Very colorful red-breasted sapsucker lily, tanager, and black thoated gray warbler. New birds for me. Lots of birds with red feathers.

I went to a different place yesterday. One I hoped would have wood peckers. I found Red-bellied and Red-headed. The Red-headed were the only ones to pose for me.

I already had hundreds of pics of the adults but none of the juveniles. Here is a juvenile Red-headed WP.

Great pics Frank! They are such a beautiful woodpecker!

rut roh Nanny, better hide your scary blue bowl from the crows.

Well, I know it's been two months since my red-breasted grosbeaks visited but I thought I'd post another picture because they are so lovely and I miss them.

First the girls

and now one of the boys.

What truly wonderful shots of the Woodpeckers and Grosbeaks.

I too am enjoying all these lovely pics of birds I haven't seen before, wonderfully close to.
thanks margaretK for your great pic of the oystercatches, with the info from you Resin and Little_things,
can I safely say these are Haemotopus unicolor!!

Welcome, bootandall. Your Oystercatchers look like they're having a chat about the price of seafood as they go for a stroll along the beach.

I think they where talking about me, they had been resting, and where walked off when i got a bit close .
Boot

ooops, they only have one leg. ;)

Nice bootandall...good stuff, I've learned alot about the oystercatcher this week, thanks to resin and your added pics, not forgetting Margaret. Bootandall, maybe we can call yours H. uniLeggae, given the second pic...LOL!! This was great. If you add the great reaction on the helmeted guineafowl I added on the Africa tread (I never knew it would be so interesting in reaction) this forum has made my week....

Boot, those are such striking birds with their long orange beaks. Love them resting on one leg. Do you see a lot of them?

This guy looked a little rough!

Cardinal

Two Oriole Fledglings and a female Cardinal in the back there.

Continuing the Oystercatcher theme, here's a European Oystercatcher, adult (in late summer moult, end of August)

Also standing on just one leg ;-)

Resin

And an immature (note the white collar)

2 Baltimore Orioles & a Gray Catbird!

Nice pics resin...in one of my books, they decribe the non-breeding mature eurasure oyster as also having white ring?

Female Cardinal playing peekaboo!

3 shots of Blue Jay fledgling

Nice pics Resin! Nanny, thats a sweet cardinal.

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Great shots! M.E. I got to see a pair of grosbeaks just this afternoon with their two kiddos at a neighbor's house. She feeds her birds only saflower seeds. You should see all the feathered diners!

Here's the pop.

oh you are so lucky, mine only stayed for a week or so.

Little Wood Pewee lit close by today.

Congratulations OP!

tiger, I love the Pewee!

Very dark morning here. Did catch this flock of Ibis going by.

Closer look.