Daily Pics Volume 162

Good morning. I'm starting a new thread.
We came from here http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/931754/
Here is a Common Grackle lit up by the sun

Two purple finches in the snow

Beautiful shots bebop! Love the Grackle.

Thanks for starting the new thread!

Rose,Wonderful shots on the last thread.

Bebop, the Grackle is gorgeous and that shot of the finches in the snow is a stunner.

From the previous thread: Burn, the Bohemian Waxwing is such a beautiful bird. Lovely little Grosbeak.

Methodical, you sure are doing well with the non IS lens. Gorgeous shots of the Cedar Waxwings and Yellow Rumped Warbler. Good colours.

Speaking of warblers, nice Palm Warbler GP and I see you're still keeping the Indigo Buntings to yourself.

Rose, I love the Mockingbird and the White Crowned Sparrow having a bath. Yes, can see the hawk just fine. Is that the brush pile in the background?

From this afternoon at the Osprey site, a Kookaburra being harried by two Willie Wagtails. The entire WWT is barely the size of the Kookaburras beak.

Wonderful shot Margaret!

Hey Bebop...that grackle looks all decked out for the holidays!!


Gray and cold here and getting colder as I type...I did happen to look out the window and spot a Downy and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker out on one of the suet feeder this morning! Sorry it is so dark.

Great shots everyone. My computer crashed and just got it back up and running. Hope to post some more pics soon

I finally got all my pix from the last few weeks onto my computer. I'll try not to overload you with them all :)

A blue jay came by for a drink

getting the sip

and now a really lucky shot of a newcomer coming from behind

another bird bath shot, but taken from another angle (and through the sliding glass door hence the lines on the sides).

The mourning doves are "famous" here for keeping warm in the bird bath. Usually only a few at a time though. This is quite a gathering! The bad thing about them hanging out at the bath? They leave "presents"...a lot of them.

The other place they like to hang out is under the deck, on the SW side (which is right under the bird bath actually).

See how many you can count in this one. Now you can see why I can't have platform or other large-bird feeders -- in this number they take up the whole feeder and just sit in the feeders and eat (and leave more presents).

A close up of how cute they look all puffed out

The cardinals have been by regularly now that it is cold. In summer I'd hear them at sunset, but now they're here throughout the day. The arbs and snow make for pretty pictures!

peek a boo!

I've been leaving some mixed seed on the ground under the arbs on the property line for the juncos and cardinals (only the males go to the feeders for some reason). Of course the squirrels find it, but I have seen the juncos eating, so that makes me happy.

One thing I've noticed, however, is that the chickadees seem to prefer eating from the ground than at the feeders. As long as there is food on the ground, they'll get it from there, and only when it runs out do they go to the feeders (or when they don't see the ground food if they're coming from another direction).

This isn't a great picture, but you can see the specs of the seed on the ground, and the chickadee looking around. Plants are nearby, but I was still surprised to see it so out in the open.

here's another, but closer to cover

The goldfinches are out of control! I'm going to try a different tactic this week to see if I can get the food to last longer...the sunflower chips go so quickly it is hard to keep up.

is this still a goldfinch? the bright yellow on the throat and above the beak is throwing me.

here's another one I'm not sure about. the finches always throw me.

and is this the female?

If you're getting tired from all my pictures, I am too!

here's a pileated eating at the suet feeder.

This junco was not afraid of the squirrel, under the feeders.

here's a junco and a dove

I have a ton more (don't we all??), but I'll leave you with the bird bath covered in snow. I love how it rounds itself out.

Uhhh isn't that a bird house???

My little Carolina Wren from saturday...I had one come again today too!!!

Another shot...

Hairy Woodpecker...

ooops...Wren eating suet!

Cedar Waxings are still around, tho not near as many now as the berries dwindle.

HAHAHAHA!!!! That's what I get for not previewing. That's the tilted bird house I put up. My first, we'll see how it goes. Now here's the bird bath.

Okay...just wanted to be sure it wasn't just me!! LOL

I had to be happy with what I got thru the window today. Way too cold to be out wondering around. Luckily I had lots of visitors today!!

Already posted my sapsucker ...oh look here...an American Tree Sparrow came by!

What else...hmmm...OH!!! how about a White-throated Sparrow too!

House Finch is the one on the right a first winter male?

I've only been taking pix from inside!! Cleaned the windows for it too :)

Another pic of him...he seemed different

Your pics are great too Evie!! I cleaned mine awhile back... DH said a Downy smacked one yesterday but was okay.

Of course the Crows came by...

a cute group....

This message was edited Dec 15, 2008 8:43 PM

They're playing so well together. lately one goldfinch has been chasing any other birds away, including the chickadees. So greedy! :)

oh, and I'm so jealous about the wrens. so adorable