Daily Pics - Vol. 175

Beautiful start for the new thread Linth...thanks for starting it. What a beautiful sight to see all those Tundra Swans!

Rutholive...cool shot of the Quail!

Duc..Nice shot of the Bewick's Wren. I have one that has wintered here for 2 years and have a hard time getting any shot! Love those Juncos.

Burn....That Grosbeak is gorgeous, you are so lucky!

Mrs. Ed....Hooray and congrats on the Redpoll! Great shots too...they are such sweet little birds!

bbrookrd...cool Hawk!

GM...Nice shot of the Downy and Siskins!

GP...Your shot of the Indigo Bunting on the last thread was just too sweet!

Here is a shot of an orange tinted male House Finch. I've seen them before but only in pictures.

Here is a female Purple Finch...we have had lots and lots of them for the past few weeks!

LOL...Mrs. Ed...I knew I have seen a pic of one somewhere!!

Here is a male Purple Finch.

nice

Thanks...here is an American Goldfinch...we are having a real invasion of Finches!

What wonderful pictures today, as usual. I love seeing all of these birds, but especially the ones we don't have around here.

Congrats. on the Redpolls Mrs. Ed.

Here's a finch having a snack.

GG

Here's a Brown Thrasher I caught while he was all puffed up. I usually see him/her feeding on the ground but on this day I actually caught it up on the suet basket eating suet.

Duc, your little wren is so cute!

Cb, we have the thrashers in the summer and eat from the feeders and some will try and eat the suet too! I kept trying to get a pic of it but never did.

Nice pics Rose...I had a female Purple Finch(with a cardinal) too today. Have not seen a male yet....and my pic is not a good as yours. LOL

I just had time to grab the camera get a couple quick ones off.

Red-bellied Woodpecker sitting in the seed pan

all still enjoyable!

Beautiful pics everyone!

dellrose - that picture looks like it belongs in a book!

Thanks Evie and Pelle! We had sleet and snow last night and the birds are eating like crazy. I had brought the feeders in last night so they wouldn't get clogged and am glad I did. At least it isn't slick so we can get out and walk around. I am going up on the hill to the brush piles to feed those birds...I know their food is covered up and they must be very hungry.

Here is a poor window shot showing the Red-winged Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds on the feeder. Luckily they just visit in spurts along with the Starlings!

Oh that's so cool that you have the red-winged blackbirds still. I can't wait to hear their call that will signal spring is on the way!

Yes, wonderful photos everyone. Thanks for taking the time to show and tell. There were a dozen or so Red Winged blackbirds in my Ash tree a couple of days ago, only stayed a few minutes, so spring must be on its way. Can't tell from the temp. tho, it was zero yesterday morning, warmed up to 15 degrees. Is still 15 degrees so may snow a bit. there is still lots of crusted snow on the ground and where ever snow is walked on or driven over, it is very slick walking. I only go out to garage and gh, and where shoveled or swept. Too cold to try to go outside to take pictures.

donna

Dellrose, great shot of that orange-tinted finch. I've not seen one here, but another birder friend had one last year. Hope you can get more photos of it. Great photos.

Our Bald Eagles were out yesterday.

Forgot to add the photo, sorry.

Caught the Robin flying down to the trees.

Another Robin in the birdbath.

duc, that birdbath looks interesting!

so good to see the robins.

Thanks Mrs. Ed and Duc! Great in flight shots and love the Robin in the birdbath.

For some reason the Red-winged Blackbirds have been here all winter...and this morning they're baaack!

Well Rose, that is a sight I don't think I would ever see here in town!!

You are probably right Mrs. Ed...I think they like the rural areas.

It is cold and sleeting so have just been shooting through the window in zero light!

This Blue Jay landed on the mealworm bowl and ate one. I hope this doesn't become a habit! LOL!

This poor Blue Jay has lost it's tail!

Awww, that poor little tailess Jay is so cute. Love that fluffy one above it too dellrose. Are the red winged Blackbirds in their winter color? I've only seen them here during the Spring and they're more black? Cute feeder shot!

Great photos, everyone.

Resin, thank you for your answer to "what is oology" . Other than coming from zoology, I was trying to find some other derivation for the word. Anyway, I learned something new !!!

The male 'Hooded Merganser' is really one photogenic bird. Here are a couple of photos taken on Sunday.

Another pair ..........

2 male Hooded Mergansers taking flight ........

For anyone interested, the attached link takes you to a webcam at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on the eastern shore of Maryland. That is where I took some of the photos of the Tundra Swan to open this thread. The eagle is on the nest and has just laid her second egg. She has been a good mother in the past and by the looks of it she is doing a good job protecting the eggs from the snow.


http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm2.html

Thanks, Resin. Geez, I've learned two new things. I don't have much more room to store this information !

American Kestrel

Red-tailed Hawk

too

After I took this pic I realized my lens was fogging up. Cute Indigo Bunting.

Jay picked a peanut from the feeder.

Mr. and Mrs. Red Bellied Woodpecker.

Cedar Waxwings in a neighbors tree.