Daily Pics Volume 134

Doesn't this Little Blue Heron look positively peeved with me? Can't wait for all your wonderful photos to fill up this thread.

We came from here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/895707/

Resin helped me to identify this one with this very picture showing the unusual spots of the juvenile form. It's a Black-crowned Night Heron perched precariously on the side of a slightly slanting tree.

Green Heron

Nice start Elphaba; great pics! Thank You.

Nice photos, Elphaba. I'm heading out early tomorrow morning to hopefully take some photos of a family of 7 Little Blue Herons, including 5 immature.

Here's another photo of the Osprey. I made the most out of a very cloudy morning.

And another ..........

I'll let you count the number of Double-crested Cormorants in this photo .......

From some distance, a photo of 4 immature Little Blue Herons, 1 adult Little Blue Heron and a Great Blue Heron, taken this morning.

Wow! Your photos are so clear. I love the little blue herons all in motion!

I was excited to see these White Ibises together in a tree. My photo is not that great, but they are such weird looking birds that I thought I'd share anyway.

Here's one more little blue against a blue sky.

Elphaba...fabulous start! I just love that Little Blue Heron.

Linth spectacular! The shot on the last thread has to be a one in a million shot!

Elphaba, that certainly is a nice shot of the White Ibis AND the Little Blue Heron.

Here is a Ring-billed Gull (I think) doing better than the fisherman I saw this morning .....

Wonderful photos from the previous thread. But, linthicum, WOW! The Ospreys coming into the nest is really spectacular. The clarity is amazing.

Elphaba, what great shots of a variety of beautiful Herons and Ibis.

What a fantastic start (and finish) to the thread! Amazing Osprey pics and I just love that gull with his catch!

Outstanding shots guys!

I make it 53 Double-crested Cormorants. And yep, Ring-billed Gull.

Resin

Lots of Cardinals in all various states of molt are at the feeders right now



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Ewww.

The Blue Jays have been busy again with another around of juvies showing up

White-breasted Nuthatches are coming everyday now

Chipping Sparrows are getting fewer & fewer

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As are the Gray Catbirds

Nice pics nany! Can't wait till my White-breasted Nuthatch come back.

Heres a Black-capped Chickadee from the other day.

Well i put this pic over on the hummer thread & it should have been here...****** CRS!

Northern Flicker on friday

Well, Carp...I put my pics in the wrong thread again!!

Okay...blah blah blah...a Cardinal!!

guess you all would like a pic , huh?

pretty Gold Finch on thistle...I watched him for quite awhile before he saw me.

Just to be sure...here is another shot...I have lots!! lol

Linthicum, I don't know how you get those fab photos of birds eating fish. Either you are really lucky or you have amazing patience! Just great!

Absolutely beautiful shots Nanny -- you wild thread hopper, you.

Pelle, that's a really great shot of a chickadee. I took about a dozen pictures yesterday of a chickadee. They were all awful! Good job on a hard bird to capture!

I think this is just a mockingbird with unusually pretty coloring.

There has not been enough light here today to get any photos. I removed all the feeders except for the lightest hummer feeder because of the danger of the wind. This morning I spread BOSS on the picnic table, the deck and on the ground. The wind and light rains have not stopped the birds from coming for feed. The hummers have been very busy fighting over the one feeder. The hummers have been feeding even though the feeder is blowing in the wind. There is still a lot of bad weather to the east. I hope to get out tomorrow and look for any birds that may have blown north from the gulf.

Stay safe Frank!!

Resin, thanks for the DC Cormorant count !!!

nanny, nice series of photos.

Pelle, excellent photo of the Chickadee ....

Elphaba, thanks. Luck and especially patience always come into play. And, you have to go to the right places. Here is a photo taken last year of a Double-crested Cormorant. I could not believe that he was able to swallow the fish whole. You just need to be at the right place at the right time, and then ... don't blow the opportunity.

And, one final look ................

not a native that's for sure.... wouldn't come near me... but I tried

was thinking about it though

amazing how hard they hit... I had the action setting on my camera... tree is clear... bird is not

Thank you Nanny. It looks like the east coast will get the next one. Then after Hannah there is Ike and even another forming off the African coast(Josephine). When will the birds have a safe time to migrate?

Linthicum, congratulations on the Osprey pictures. Great shots!

At noon we spotted this fledgling Bald Eagle perched on a high voltage tower. Note the yellow, of a baby birds bill, at the corner of the mouth. It was still on the same perch four hours latter.

At 4 PM this adult Bald Eagle was perched on the next high voltage tower.