Nice selection of photos everyone. I have been seeing an incredible number of Double-crested Cormorants. One Cormorant in particular was putting on a fishing exhibition to the dismay of the line of fishermen on the adjacent shoreline. Here is his catch-of-the day !!!
Here he is "flipping" his lunch .............
Nice pics burn and nanny!
Wonderful catch Linth!
Hawk flying over. Hard to tell what kind.
Inverting the pic shows some more detail.
Blue Jay.
Grackle eyeing feeder.
Victory!
Blue Jay hanging towards feeder.
Success capturing the prey.
Red-bellied Woodpecker heading to the suet.
Grackle showing off.
Black Vulture.
Mockingbird on Golden Dewdrop.
Final pic.....flock of Vultures.
Hey GP, that's the same platform feeder I have!
Blue Jay chowing down on an acorn
Neotropic cormorant drying out his feathers
These cormorants are a little out of focus, but I thought they were so cute sitting like that
Little downy woodpecker scavenging the branches of a tree that had been uprooted from the hurricance
Another of the downy showing his red spot better
I was shooting the downy and didn't even notice the house sparrow right next to it. The birds just love this knocked over tree; I saw mockingbirds, blue jays, doves, sparrows, cardinals, woodpeckers, and my new addition (I think a yellow throated vireo) all in that tree in one morning. Must be dining on insects??
grackle and starling invasion! It's like a scene from "the birds"
a little green heron - before it got mad at me for being to close, then squawked and flew away
this white winged dove is kind of pitiful looking.... maybe a youngster?
Wow...what great pics all!! I do love that hanging jay there GP!!
Gold Finch and Tufted Titmouse at the feeder
Bluebird Juvie...almost a big boy now!
Another Bluebird juvie...
awww,cuties!
wow RN. Thatsallotabirds!
Hey, Look who has showed up the past couple of days.
Is that a nuthatch?? Whitebreasted? SO cool
Yes it is. I'm sorry to have forgotten that. Frequent and funny visitors here except absent all summer. Perhaps hiding in cooler wooded areas.
Are yours friendly/shy? When I was up in Montana there were lots of Red-breasted NH around the cabin, and they seemed rather fearless. I have a cool video I will upload (once I go back to my house) of one that sat RIGHT NEXT TO ME and just stared for 2 minutes. They were undaunted by humans.... and seemed almost attracted to us. I wish they were here :(
Eur. collared dove
Juvie yellow crowned night herons from last month
I think they are pretty friendly. for birds that is.
Last May I had a Red-breasted here just one day. I did not get a picture because it was a heavy thunderstorm and just too dark. I hope it comes back this year, I know they were in the area for the Backyard bird count.
I was saving this pix for the captions page, but I can't think of anything funny. so here's something to chuckle about.
Blurry snowy egret from last month
Impostor mallards at the park
mockingbird
blurry red winged blackbirds
Hawk flying over. Hard to tell what kind.
this white winged dove is kind of pitiful looking... maybe a youngster?
Gold Finch and Tufted Titmouse at the feeder
