Daily Pics Volume 132

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Really great shots of the Osprey, Margaret. With those shots, I'm confident that you will do well with the smaller subjects, also.

Nanny, nice photos of the Cardinal.

I agree, great shots! Margaret, you do have a good variety of larger birds there, it must be exciting to see them and photograph them. I never saw a Kookaburra but heard them occasionally.

Nanny, you'r doing well with the two-fer American Goldfinches, lol, it's not easy amongst grass.

Yesterday I heard the funny sound of young Wrens, a churling-grinding sort of noise. They were on my neighbours fence, one flew but I got some of the other. No sun at the time unfortunately!

It kept asking for food, but I guess mom wasn't appearing with me there.

It got tired of asking and eventually flew.

I just love the way their little tails stand up!!

Nanny, the Cardinals are spectacular.

Thanks for the vote of confidence Linthicum.

Gorgeous little wren, wallaby. Even though I've never heard one, I can imagine the sound they make by your description.

Another shot of the Kookaburra from this afternoon.

Handsome guy Margaret!

Those little tails are too cute I agree nanny!

Margaret I love the Osprey cleaning shot and the Kookaburra is so handsome!

Nice cardinals nany!

Wallaby I like your wren, they always seem perky and cheerful.

Margaret, those pics are making me want to just go out and buy the Canon and that lense and just scrap my camera research. Your making it hard on me (smiles). Love those cardinals. I think they are some comical birds. Never seen nor heard of a Kukaburra. Nice shot of the wrens I never seen one here - cut little birds

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Yah, if you can afford it, do it, do it!!

Both Rose and Margaret are doing a great job!! I have lens envy!

This time of year I have to fill up my feeders every morning. Here you can see why. The goldfinches come in droves and just sit and eat. Then move on, and then come back later. The little ones fill the air with their chirping.

note, the thumbnail in the above post doesn't show the whole picture, sorry.

this is not the greatest picture, and I had to enhance it a bit, but it is a shot of a male goldfinch feeding a little one.

Here's another one I had to brighten a bit. I love that I got the wing flapping mid-air :)

Gee, I fill my feeders every morning every day of the year..what am I doing wrong? :)

Female Cardinal

Here are a couple of mourning doves sitting on a rock next to my stream. They're watching me warily as I sit on the patio. Shot was taken "through" one of the garden beds.

Nice pics evie! Love the last 2.

Good one nanny!

One thing I could not capture today was hummingbirds chasing each other. They are so fast! I saw 3 at once today, more than I thought I'd had coming by. The dominant one (I think?) kept chasing the others away and perching to watch. At least one of the others kept trying to sneak in by going from a different way, but that never worked out. I got lots of shots, though, of the one sitting in various places waiting for the others to return. Eventually there was just the one left and she (I think) took her time eating from all the monarda, lobelia and even the echinops.

Here she is sitting in one of the crabapples. This was a frequent look-out spot.

And here she is sitting on a dead branch in one of the old red maples. She also like to sit in the serviceberry that is closer to the monarda, but none of those shots came out (too far away from where I was sitting).

Spot the hummer! (I'm stealing from Python here)

This one is actually easy. This is lobelia I have planted in the stream.

Nice ones evie; yes I see the one in the last pic. :-)

I have Lobelia too, they really love it!

OK, here's a harder one :)

Great pics everyone!!!
Black capped chickadee from this afternoon.
First

This time making believe he is a hummingbird!! GM

Beautiful Monarda! Mine loved the Jacob Cline; which one is yours?

Yes I see him on the right hand bloom.

Great Chickadee pic GM!

Sweet chickadee GM
Evie, that's a nice combination of monarda.

Nice to see a Kookaburra picture, know of them from old Girl Scout campfire song.

pelletory - That should be "Gardenview Scarlet". Not exactly red though!

My birds all do that, Grandmaggie. I think I need to move the feeder -- the poor hummingbird is often scared away when the other feeders are busy!

And it is great you got pics of the chickadees. I find them so hard to film because they're always moving.

Here's one of many blackbirds that visited during the spring. I have not seen them in awhile now.

And another blackbird

Met, The second one is a Common Grackle. the first one reminds me of a crow. :-)

Nice shots!

Thanks for the info pelletory

Yep, American Crow and Common Grackle.

Resin

here are a few I took two days ago

the other half

nice couple

making splish splash

and another

this little one was less afraid of me then the big birds by the feeder

MD