Daily Pics Vol. 124

Good one on the Woodcock, very difficult bird to see on the ground!

Can't make those two out with the Bobolink; not juv Bobolinks as they're like the females. Maybe Eastern Meadowlarks?? Any options on getting a better pic?

Resin

Great to get a woodcock picture. We usually see the spring mating flight near us, but more sound than sight.

Turkey Vulture flying overhead

Great pics of you BB's rose!

I have some too!
I am only seeing the 1 Blue Bird juvie around now...

The Carolina Wrens have just popped up out of nowhere!!

It was last week that they started to show up. They always come up on the front porch for some reason and I always hear them before I see them!

I was chasing a Itty bitty Brown Thrasher, couldn't even fly yet, around the yard the other night, but it kept to far ahead of me to get any decent pics. Luckily this Robin fledgling come down from the tree, and they tend to play statue which makes for a good pic!

Thanks to Melody over on the wildlife forum who is explaining how to use a camera...I am trying different settings to try and get better shots!
Taken from inside and through the sliding door. Much better than I have done before!


This message was edited Jul 16, 2008 8:05 PM

Sorry got side tracked there...

A couple more BB shots

Papa I presume

Blue Bird Juvie

He thought he had escaped from me...

Not easy ...

They are so wonderful!!
Resin I thought about Eastern Meadowlarks, too. Would they hang out together? I may try pics again tomorrow but the stay way far from the road. I have a scope I could try.

Running behind on this thread . Glad to be able to see all the pictures now. Thanks for the nice comments,
Boojum, nice to see your Woodcock. Seen it for the first time, in spring in my yard. He made a nice little dance for me.

A sweet looking Mourning Dove

I just did a huge double take! I often look out of my window at my feeder station while I'm using my computer - I didn't expect to see this..

Uh-oh!!

Thats a beautiful parrot!

Is it a ring-necked?

Crazybirdlady..thanks..the Cuckoo was a bonus for me as I had just about given up hope of finding one. I read that they are often heard but seldon seen so we are both lucky to get a shot! I know there is someone on Dave's that can help with your posting pics. To post a pic I click on browse below, then click on My Pictures (where I store the ones I want to share), type in the name and click on open. If that doesn't work for you please let us know so we can help. I also downsize my pics to medium as some people have dial-up and it is faster for them.

Boojum...That Woodstock is adorable and I went Bobolink crazy this spring trying to find one...I'm sure I will go nuts again this fall trying to spot one!

Nanny...Your pics look wonderful...congratulations!

Burn...Indeed...a sweet Mourning Dove!

Kniphofia...What a surprise, looks like someone's pet escaped?

Here is a Blue Grosbeak ID'd by Resin as a first year male, another unexpected shot!

Resin, you took the words from my fingertips. Gary, the colour of the Swamphen isn't exaggerated. It is a stunningly coloured bird. They have great long toes, like the jacana. When the Swamphen walks, the white underside of its tail flicks up and down. Some of them are quite tame.

Thanks Rose and pelle. Rose the bluebirds are just so beautiful.

Nanny the expression on the juvenile Cardinal is so funny. Yeah, just like a gawky teenager.

Nice shots of the Moorhens, Gary. They do look similar to the ones we have here, but I think the face shield is more pronounced on yours.

Boojum, it's not a crummy picture. I can't recall seeing a Woodcock before.

Kniphofia, I can imagine your surprise. It has to be an escapee. Check the lost and found sections as it may be someone's beloved pet.

Great pics all!

knip, I have heard that Green parrots are surviving in the wild here but in the south, you are far north! Could be an escapee, I wonder if it could be captured.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/3869815.stm

Seems like the Ring-necked Parakeet has extended it's range to further north, other escapees also surviving.

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/british-birds/7027-green-parrots.html

My little Wren has babies in the neighbours nest box, it's on the wall of an old wash house. They look well feathered, this was 4 days ago.

I am determined that I will learn what all these things on this camera are for!! LOL

Before this would have be unrecognizable as a Carolina Wren

I think these were Chipping Sparrows in this shrub...I just like the pic!

wallaby, what a lovely, cosy space for the wrens.

Nanny, your last shot is a beauty. The lighing is just gorgeous.

Yes my first thought was that the parrot was an escapee, but apparently there are 5000 of these ring necked parakeets naturalised in the UK. They are commoner in the south but the RSPB websites reports that they have been spotted in every county up to the Scottish borders. So it must be a wild bird. I emailed the photo to work and everyone was fascinated :)

I went out to see the bobolinks this AM with a scope and they were very far away and hunkered down in the grasses. I spotted a few males but all the yellow birds were no where to be seen. Guess they knew I'd be back to ID them!

Shocking to think of budgies as wild birds!

Robin babies.

Aww, very cute boojum!

That Ring-necked Parakeet is by far most likely to be a local escapee, not one moving up from down south. The thousands are nearly all in the west end of London (Kew Gardens is a good place to see them), and they never fly long distances.

Looked up on Birdguides, the Ashington bird has been around since 25 June, first reported then. There was also one in Ponteland on 9 June, likely to be a different bird. Further south, there's been 7 in Hartlepool recently; as there were just 3 there last year it looks like they bred there this year.

Resin

Lots of Juvie Robins around now...from yesterday

Got this handsome one this morning

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oops forgot 2!!

Got a close pic of a Carolina wren, today at work. He flew into a window and needed some time before he flew away.

Another shot - that's sawdust on its feathers.

poor little thing. I had a couple of them fly and land only 2-3 feet from me today. One on the front porch and one on a branch of a short tree where I was standing at the woods edge.

This is the one at the woods edge

and this shot

I think I am going to move to Conway, MO so I can live in bird paradise like Dellrose. Until then, all I have is a yellow crowned night heron - very very common here. I guess I should be thankful for what I've got, huh? (But I'd die to see any kind of bunting!!)

Nice pics guys!

rntx,I love the Yellow crowned Night Heron!

You should be grateful!!