Daily pics Vol 130

I think these are fledgling blue tits.

And a jackdaw.

Beautiful pics everyone!

Pink-eared duck.

Great pics!
And here is my downy woodpecker... hard for me to catch on camera! GM

GM that downy is too cute! Your barred owl pic is better than this one of the hawk I saw this morning, but he wasn't very cooperative!

Frank that purple gallinule is unbelievable on those lotus petals! Wow!

Love all your shots. That parrot wow!

Finally a hummer hanging around. She doesn't like to be photographed though so all I got was this silhouette shot.

Red-bellied woodpecker on the left and big baby waiting to be fed on the right.

Glad I didn't dead head all the echinaceas!

I would have had that Barred Owl shot too if I hadn't been standing there thinking... OMG there it is right in front of me...I was just in awe of it!

This litlle Son Sparrow stayed right ahead of me for about a quarter mile the other day on my walk. It was so cute!

Admiring it's self in the puddles

Cool pics Elphba & Claypa!

Same sparrow

Last one of the happy little Song Sparrow

Male Cardinal being a little elusive...

thinking it over...

wellll....

Alright, here I am!!

Nic pics!
Same old gang here today.
First My chicadee loves his ant moat!

Mourning dove

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And my juvie cardinal is getting very grown up. GM

Wonderful pics guys!

I wish someone would tell this Steller's Jay that it isn't a Goldfinch.

Bluebird Juvie...

Grackle

love looking in at all the birds.

MargaretK. I like that pink eared Duck, new to me.

kniphofia and f_chisolm, I thought, NZ had this bird type to ourselfs

we all them pukeko or swamphens

thanks resin , the size does differ quite a bit, they had looked about the same to me!!

if I ever manage to save enough , I would go on the day trip to maud Island to take pics of the Takahe.one day.

bootandall, the Pink Eared Ducks are very wary. I wish I could have got a better shot, showing the shovelling bill.

This pic is of our local swamp hen, Porphyrio porphyrio, but yours look as if it's a more sturdy bird.

Here's what Takahe look like for comparison: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Porphyrio_hochstetteri

the takahe have feather colors like our Purple Gallinules. The feet and legs are different and the gallinules have the blue patch on their head. The gallinules are the same size as our moorhens.

Just got these shots...Red -shouldered Hawk

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And then this little Song Sparrow!

Wow, nanny, that hawk shot is really good.
f_chisholm, the Gallinule is gorgeous.
Another image of the Mountain Shelduck.

Wow his outfit is gorgeous Margaret; very nice pic!

Love the Red-shouldered Hawk nanny!

Thanks pelle, they are lovely birds. Usually seen in pairs. This one was on its own.

Eurasian Coot, taken this afternoon.

sorry Lost what I wrote will try again tomorrow

Some from last thursday.

Female or juvie Indigo Bunting...across from my house

Male Indigo Bunting...this is in another area down the road

Goldfinch playing Hide & Seek!