Steller's Jay in the Maiden Pinks, Dianthus Deltoides.
Birds & Flowers
My "pet" Steller's Jays have returned for their annual late summer visit.
The Jays only stay for a couple of months, but they act as if they had never left the area.
The "tame" Jay brought a new mate last year. At first the new bird wouldn't come close to me, but it has become fairly trusting now.
Wonderful pics Gary! I'll have to see if I can dig anything up.
What wonderful photos. The colours are fantastic. How long do they stay, where have they come from and where do they go to?
Wonderfull! First for me! Thanks Grasmussen.
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How long do they stay, where have they come from and where do they go to?
For many years the Jays would come for handouts, except during the breeding season, and the coldest part of the winter. Back then I believed they stayed in the thick brush along the creek, during those periods of time. However, I have been puzzled as to why they don't come regularly during the spring, and a much shorter time in the late summer, in recent years. I'm sure they are in the neighborhood during the spring, because they have come to the feeder, on rare occasions.
Gary
Thanks Gary. They are stunning birds.
I hope this still qualifies as a flower.
Yes, but those Cone Flowers are just a little bit past prime. It would have been fantastic, if the Goldfinch hadn't been a week late.
Ah but the bird is there for the seeds . . . if the flowers had been at their prime, the bird wouldn't have had any reason to perch there . . .
Staying with the goldfinch. Here's one from earlier this year.
Thats gorgeous Dave!
Thanks, this one is from a little earlier in the spring.
I love the pictures on this thread...the colors are just gorgeous, I'm glad you started it Gary!
I used to cut all my flowers down in the fall but a neighbor told me the birds would eat the seeds so I left them and this winter it was a beautiful sight to see the Goldfinches on the Purple Coneflowers tearing off the seeds! I also saw them eating the seeds on the Cockscomb and they would use the Hydrangea for cover! Even though it doesn't look as tidy, this year I'm not cutting down anything and will leave it all for the birds.
Here's another goldlfinch, this time on a peony.
Resin, I guess the Finches do use Dave's flowers "just as perches". lol.
Dave, I like the picture with the Trumpet Lilies best. They are all good shots.
In this shot the Jay is hiding a peanut, in the wildflowers, Meadow Arnica, Arnica latifolia.
Beautiful pics guys!
These Bunchberries are long past the flower stage, on the Dwarf Dogwood. However the berries are more colorful than the white flowers would have been. I gave Jay his morning ration of peanuts next to the Bunchberries, a few minutes ago. He was moving so fast in all of the other pictures, some part of him was blurred.
House wren fledglings.
In the daylilies.
Exquisite little birds. Thanks.
I did not think I had a single bird and flower shot (with the exception of hummingbirds)....then I remembered this one from a year or so ago. Close enough. This is the Great Crested Flycatcher after landing in the Firebush.
Look at that sweet bird!
These are all just beautiful!
GP...I love that Great Crested Flycatcher...what a colorful pic.
Thanks. This was by far the best opportunity I have had to photograph the Flycatcher. Wish it could have been sharper, but I am glad it turned out this well.
For several days I have figured the bright colors, of the Sedums, on the sales bench, would make a nice background for pictures. So this morning, I put the peanuts for Jay in the Sedums, and took a couple of nice shots.
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One day last week I had four Jays taking peanuts at the same time. Four is the most I've had at one time. This was the only bird this morning. It is the tamest bird.
Beautiful shots Gary!
Great choice of background. Lucky you that you can get a wildbird to go where you want!!! ^_^
Clever thinking, Gary. Brilliant shots of a spectacular bird.
Excellent photos of the Stellar Jay, Gary. Send some my way .............
Dave, nice photos of the Goldfinch. Their colorful presence is always a welcome sight during the summer months.
boojum, nice House Wrens. It seems as though my House Wrens and Carolina Wrens have disappeared after nesting under my deck.
gardenpom, neat shot of the Great Crested Flycatcher ........ I'll have to look through my images to see if I have any bird/flower photos.
Lots of lovely flower and bird pictures. Here we have honeyeaters that feed mostly at flowers, so my contributions are all honeyeaters.
Here is a Little Wattlebird ( one of the larger honeyeaters) feeding on the flower of the Giant Candles Banksia in our garden,
Kennedy
The wattlebird does not find food in the Acacia blossoms, but here is the Little Wattlebird again this time posing among the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) flowers.
The Eastern Spinebill loves flowers and likes to add a few exotics to its diet. This one is feeding on flowers of the beautifully fragrant Luculia gratissima outside our bedroom window
Finally, the Crescent Honeyeater is also a great lover of flowers and this female is feeding on the flowers of the Scott River Jug-flower (Adenanthos detmoldii) on our patio.
Great to see your birds again kennedyh!!! How little is the Little Wattlebird? That Eastern Spinebill male is a handsome lad!
Little is only relative to the other Wattlebirds. The Little Wattlebird is about 30 cm, the Red Wattlebird 35 cm and the Yellow Wattlebird from Tasmania is the largest of all the honeyeaters at 43 cm. The Eastern Spinebill is among the smallest honeyeaters at only 15 cm.
Wonderful pics kennedy! So nice to see some different birds and flowers!
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