Dellrose, that bright yellow of the Meadowlark could brighten anyone's day!!
Love the Robins and that chickadee is so cute!
Here's a Tree Swallow that I got last spring. I can't wait for them to actually make their nests in the houses. They'll then sit on the railing and poles that hold the hummer feeders all day long.
Nice you guys!!!
I just read today that the Meadowlarks should start showing back up in February along with the Great Blue Herons. February is great for seeing Blue Bird too, at least here. I have seen the off & on and hear them. Eben heard one today. But in the next couple of weeks the will be everywhere..I can't wait!
Couple of shots of the Flicker that I put on the wrong thread...playing peekaboo!
There is a little Downy Woodpecker in the righthand corner...you have to wonder what it was thinking!!
Very handsome flicker!! He must be grooming for spring. It is coming, right?
Duc, I love the Tree Swallow; their one of my favorites!
Nanny, I'm so jealous your Flicker comes into the yard for suet!
I love the Swallows too but the only ones I have seen are the Barn Swallows. Duc I love how you got yours with an open mouth...I love to hear their chatter!
Nanny...I'm jealous of your Flicker too, wish ours would come and eat here!
I have noticed for the past few days the Red-bellied Woodpecker has become more territorial and vocal. Here is a window shot from yesterday shortly before he got into a confrontation with a Starling. They both ended up on the ground going at it! Today the Woodpecker showed up with his girlfriend and I noticed they seemed to be hanging out together. Maybe spring is in the way.....
Finally saw a female Red Bellied woodpecker today.
Chickadee making a quick get-a-way.
Goldfinch
The goldfinch do seem to be happy that the thistle seed sock finally thawed out today.
ETA: wrong picture
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This is the one I wanted.
Nice grouping there Countrymouse!
Rose, I always love your photos but that meadowlark blew me over.
Nanny, love the Flicker shots!
Great pics everyone. Glad that cardinal still has her beak!
Forgive me for sharing four pics of the same bird, but it is just not everyday that a Pileated Woodpecker comes to visit me! and a male one at that!
With something in his beak.
He has his head down at an interesting angle in this shot. I should probably crop more, but truth be told, I like the shape of the tree!
Last one I promise! You can see his whole body in this one. I also used a lot of zoom and it's not too blurry. Amazing!
Elphaba, he's beautiful! All great shots, and I like the tree in the third picture too. :)
Melanie
Excellent shot of the Pileated! We don't have them in my neck of the woods.
Thanks y'all! I thought this same Pileated came to visit twice today, but I just went and looked at the few pics that I got of the first visit and that was a female! I hope they stay around.
Here are some White-winged doves.
Nice pics Melanie and Elphaba congrats on the Pileated!!
Tufted Titmouse...last tuesday afternoon when as the storm was starting
White-throated Sparrow on tuesday
Goldfinch & House Finch...think they may have been discussing the weather!! lol
This female Red-bellied Woodpecker was very busy coming & going tuesday afternoon!
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Wednesday morning...until I could dig paths to where the feeders went I cleaned off the deck and the top of the grill so there was some place to sit out some food.
Starling mob...
Tufted Titmouse & Dark-eyed Junco in the background
Female Cardinal
It was nice to have them up so close and watch them...
American Tree Sparrow...am surprised how many we have now!!
Male Cardinal..
Nice pics countrymouse!
Elphaba, Love the Pileated!
Nice American Tree Sparrow nanny!
So many to comment on, Love the Pileated Woodpecker, wishthey would come back to my yard. Great series Nanny, lots of Starlings there too!!! Nice Flicker shot too.
Rose gorgeous Meadow Lark, so brilliant.
Can't wait for those sweet Tree Swallow to show up, won't be till April here.
Enjoying your pictures everyone.
The Pine Grosbeaks seems to be intimidated by the amount of bigger birds in the yard. Starlings , Doves, and Jays. They keep their distances, they will come, but won't mingle much with them, unlike the Evening Grosbeaks.
This Dove was stretching one wing at a time, kept it up for a while.
Now the other wing.
Had a few of they Pigeons today.
And the Redpolls .
Hairy Woodpecker.
All fantastic birds. Rose, the Meadowlark is dazzling. Elphaba, fantastic shots of the Pileated. Nanny, I love the White Throated Sparrow in the snow. The female Cardinal seems to be laughing. What were you wearing?
A female sunbird.
Wonderful selection of birds. No spring birds here yet.
Dinu interesting shot of the lovely yellow sunbird.
Havent't seen the hairy or Downy woodpeckers here for some time.
No robins yet .
Of course it is 16 degrees outside and lots of crusty frozend snow
Donna
This black kite - Milvus migrans was hovering close to our house yesterday morning and I was ready with cam. But its flight path was too quick to follow using the view finder and a 12x zoom. Thank my reflexes for having this much inside the frame the image of the bird flying very close by! I was happy about this shot in the end, given the situation! Hope you like it.
Everyone's photos just get better and better.
We have Barn Swallows here at our park where I caught this one.
Our Tree Swallows are little characters when they want to be. Here's a sweet one.
