DAILY PICS VOL. 127

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" Hey, you in the middle! No looking at the camera! Look towards your right!!" ☺

So cute WC!

Great pics everyone!

Thanks Mrs. Ed...I do miss the House Finches, that's a great shot and a candidate for the caption thread!

Nanny, that Juvie Downy looks really young, I haven't seen ours around for awhile.

Claire, cool Hummer shots!

WC...so cute and sweet!

Watercan that is sooo precious!!

Not much for bird pics for me lately, did I mention the White Pelicans have invaded our state.LOL

... There goes your fishing industry!

Fabulous photos everyone! Love that bluebird in the bath, those three fledglings and those pelicans! So many great shots here!
Here's a house sparrow I saw at the garden centre today.

And a couple of cygnets at the country park.

Adolescent Spotted Towhee ?

Yep, Spotted Towhee.

Resin

Black-headed Grosbeak (adolescent ?)

Knip...those cygnets are pretty!

Chipping Sparrow

So many good pics!

watercan, the expression on those babies faces is priceless, lol.

Sweet cygnets knip, I love their silvery blue beaks. Nice shot of the House Sparrow too.

Hairy Woopecker

The Hairy was being quite fussy and loud..think it is a juvie... trying to figure out how the suet feeder works!! lol

I lurk on this forum ever so often. I do enjoy all the bird pics. They are all beautiful and sure bring a big smile to my face. ;)
I haven't seen any Blue Jays at all this summer. I hope they are not becoming extinct.
Lin

Dancey - the blue jays are western New York visitors in the summer! Lots of them at my feeder. As well as house finches, chipping sparrows, gold finches, chickadees, titmice, juncos.

Nify pelicans bigcity, love the babies watercan, never seen a black headed grosbeak adel.

Thanks for the tip dellrose.

Great photos.

Al, I love the Pelicans;thanks for posting your great pic!

Wonderful shots Knif; love the cygnets!

adel, Good to see you posting again. How are your swallows?

nanny, Nice one of the Hairy!

Great pics everybody!!!
Just my mourning doves from this afternoon.
First

Second

And the last. GM

Beautiful pics GM!

pelle............It appears that the swallows have hatched and left the area. Haven't seen any for some time.

Here's a juvenile black headed gull on the lake at Druridge country park yesterday. I love gulls :)
Sue

A group of Canada geese, I was very interested in the pale coloured one on the right, it even has pink feet!

So it's the juveniles that have the black smudges on the head?

Hi Kniph - the juveniles are the ones with brown wings and back at the moment.
http://www.arkive.org/media/7719CC98-579A-46FA-B4EB-780B7EE0FF69/Presentation.Large/photo.jpg
http://www.severnsidebirds.co.uk/_wp_generated/wpc0055385.jpg

Then in a month or two the juvs will moult into first-winter, getting a grey back but still with brown wings:
http://www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/d/384-3/black-headed_gull_F5R0707.jpg

Resin

Good to see you back Adel...and nice pics everyone!

This Blue Jay landed on a shepherds hook where I had attached a twig for the little birds to perch and I could possibly photograph.

He looks to his right...

and looks to his left...

he looks for hidden treasure...

and finds a peanut...

and off he goes!!

Nice dellrose! I keep a cup near my side door and fill it with peanuts, they just come and take when they please! ☺

Knip - I have never seen a Canada goose looking like that. We have so many of them here. How unusual. I think Resin once described a pale looking finch as being leuco..something. I wonder if that's the same for the goose. It certainly is pale!
Claire

Yes, I wonder if Resin can offer an opinion. I posted that shot so you could compare it with the others. Here's another photo.
Sue

WC...love your Blue Jay...I keep peanuts out for them too and I guess one of them decided to stash one in that perch!!

Probably just leucistic, but it might be a second generation hybrid Canada-Greylag cross.

Resin

Yes dellrose!! They do that! Many times they take the peanut, fly to a different location, place it on the ground and cover it with leaves. Then they go back to eat the others with the other birds. Later they come back to the same spot and uncover the peanut they stashed! Then they fly off with it, amazing! ( & smart! lol☺)

Hello folks, haven't posted for some time so have to change that herewithin :)
Came across this juv. sharp-shinned hawks on todays bicycle ride.