Daily Pics Volume 162

Palm Warbler 2.

Eastern Phoebe.

Eastern Phoebe 2.

Yellow-Rumped Warbler.

Female Cardinal.

Male Cardinal.

Red-Bellied Woodpecker.

This message was edited Dec 16, 2008 8:37 PM

Wow GP, you've quite the selection!

Thanks, actually most of the day I was upset how few birds were around....I got most of these shots late afternoon.

Lou, the bowl has an element enclosed in the bottom of it. You simply plug it in and it heats up. I've had the water freeze at the top before and remain warmer on the bottom, so I stopped filling it so full. Now it seems to have gone kapoot on me.

Your fountain is kinda pretty with that ice. You might want to try to turn the pump off (and remove it so it doesn't get damaged) and put one of the bird bath deicers in the fountain bowl.

Your bowl when Kapoot , how long have you had it? Hope mine doesn't give up on me. I set it up on a timer, so it turns off at night and back on in the morning. I have the same problem as Nanny, with the bowl freezing to the table I set it up on. When I want to change the water I pick up table and all and empty it.
GP that's a nice shot of the male Painted Bunting best pose.
LouC I like your bird bath with the ice real pretty.
Rose awww poor little Titmouse, looks so sad, there's no Sun. Like how his head is against the chain link fence, it's as if he's looking out the window. And his expression, says it all.
Well I'm not done showing you pictures of the Evening Grosbeak.

Another female.

And the Male Evening Grosbeak.

And the Black-Capped Chickadee.

GP...love the Woodstork. Would like to see one of those!

Burn...I am sooooo dying to see an Evening Grosbeak. The just don't look real! We are supposed to have them here in the winter. They are eating the BOSS out of that feeder, right?

Yes, they and the Pine Grosbeak do eat the BOSS in the big feeders.They will also eat on the platform or on the ground. I only seen one female Pine Grosbeak so far. I'm getting anxious to see them. and the Redpolls.

a little Dark-eyed Junco on the back porch today.

Gardenpom, you do post the most interesting pics of birds that I don't see this far North. The wood stork and the painted bunting, just to metion two. The cranes, also, captured my interest in part because of their bustle.
thanks for posting. Lee

Love the Wood Stork GP!

Beautiful Evening Grosbeaks burn!

Terrific pics guys!

That male grosbeak is really something, Burn!

I've only had the blue bowl since last year. I remember a couple of times last year it did not work. I've unplugged ita and moved it . Now I have it on a different drop cord, so we'll see if that works. If not, I'm going to set up my winter island pond deicer in a tub of water!

This was from the weekend. My quest to get a good picture of a titmouse continues. It was really windy this day and the shy ones were not cooperating when I was outside.

House Finch in the garland outside. There were about 4-5 for a few minutes this morning!!

With today's snow chickadees & titmice very busy on the feeder. A cardinal, juncos & mourning doves busy on the ground.

The sun came out later today and some goldfinches had a little snack. Little do they know that I just got 20# of nyjer on sale for them!

check out THIS butterball…

awwww....so cute Mrs. Ed!!

Here's my junco today...

LOL, that's quite a butterball Marna!

After trying and trying I finaly got the red crown patch of the Ruby_crowned Kinglet.

Boy, you must have been stalking those poor kinglets!

Brunch time!!

more...

Thanks, Pelle, Mrs Ed, Nanny. Your Juncos are really cute Nanny And Mrs Ed
Frank Good catch on the Ruby Crowned Kinglet.

I was finally able to take a close up of the Junco today, but on a snowy day.
They don't normally come to this feeder.

This message was edited Dec 17, 2008 11:54 PM

A Downy Woodpecker on a branch.

Mr Blue Jay sitting in the tree.

And the Male Downy Woodpecker.

Nice pics everyone!

As DH and I were looking out the patio door this afternoon, all of a sudden, we saw a (gasp!) Cedar Waxwing land on one of the container pots! We were so excited at seeing this beautiful bird! We hadn't seen one for years! We have a birdbath on the patio (that we add a heater to in the cold months), so maybe he was heading to the birdbath, don't know for sure, because he only stayed for about a minute and flew away.

nanny,

That's wonderful you have an American Tree Sparrow in your yard! I was just thinking about them today and looking forward to seeing them back in the yard! I'll have to keep a keen eye for them in the coming days!

The weather here hasn't been what I thought it was supposed to be. Alot of cold and 'wintry' days. Not much sun, either. Would love to try and get some pics if I'm able to.

Yes some some would be sooo nice. The last 2 weeks have been very cold & gray. I had some starlings and robins find the heated bowl yesterday. Could see them out there while I was baking some cookies, so no pics.

Did catch the little Carolina Wren out at the suet feeder.

I've been gone for nearly 2 months w/ PC problems, (did anyone miss me at all?) and I don't think I'll ever catch up!

I think I saw this Pileated the day after my PC crashed. I couldn't believe it when it flew in and landed right next to where I was parking! And on a lovely blue sky day, too.

I saw this Black Phoebe there too. I'd never been so close to one before.

So glad you are back!!!!!!!

Well, you should have LOTS of great pics to share then, huh?? :)

Thanks nanny. I gotta tell you I was suffering some serious withdrawal!

Not a lot of good pix for you, sorry. During that time I had a major fall and have some nerve damage to my right hand. Holding the camera is quite difficult, and shooting is more so.

I saw this Northern Pygmy Owl on Thanksgiving day, and last week it was on a wire just outside the house.

OMYGOSH

OMYGOSH

OMYGOSH....he is sooooo cute!!!