Daily Pics. Vol 203

Here's the 2nd shot

The 3rd shot

Another shot

Another one

Last shot

Here's a few of my Juncos.

Another Junco

Another shot of the Junco

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Last shot of Junco

Here's the Femal House Sparrow

2nd shot of House sparrow

Here's the Male House Sparrow

2nd shot of Male sparrow

Here's the Male House Finch

2nd shot of Male House finch

dell, You know the grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence. I do have a wonderful place to view wildlife, but I sit here and look at those western HB's and quail, people's buntings and think the same thing. This forum is the best place I've come across to see a lot of different birds.

I normally log about a dozen species per day.

What a way to start a new thread-wow. All the photos are just fantastic.

My American Crows are still nesting, but they do take time to chase off the eagles and osprey all day long.

Had to share this really cute photo of a female Anna's hummingbird. She was cleaning herself in the rain and her bill looks extended, but it's actually part of her wing.

A Lesser Goldfinch.

An Oak Titmouse.

Oh Wow! Duc those titmouse, goldfinch and even the crow are pretty. Crow chases hawks? Wow, what an aggressive dude! May I ask what type of vine that it perched on? A clematis?

I'm with you, RDT, I love (and covet) seeing some of the birds from other parts of the country. I used to live on the Mississippi River flyway and would spend days just looking out windows during the migration season. In those days of cameras with film, good pictures were few and far between. Our bug supply here is very limited (not a bad thing!) so the bug eating birds are not plentiful.
I am lucky enough to have a small vacation place on the E side of WA as well, by the Columbia Basin Wildlife area and so will soon be including pics from that entirely different habitat.

Nice one Met and Duc...Love that Oak Titmouse...just adorable!

Red and PNW...I agree it is great to come here and see all the different birds and their habitat!

Here is another shot of a male Cardinal on a windy day.

The Barn Swallows have returned and are doing their aerial acrobatics going after insects. They are so much fun to watch and like to perch on the high wire and chatter non-stop! I hope I can get a closer shot in the future but this is the first of the season. They are starting to build or rebuild their nests in the old barn so there will be lots of fun ahead!

I returned to the brush pile the other day and was surprised to see the young male Harris' Sparrow was still there. I did not see the usual Song or Fox Sparrows but the White-throated are still there. It is very interesting how different birds are at different brush piles on our small farm.

Anyway...here is the Harris' doing his usual hiding in the brush!

Some of the regulars. The doves are getting tamer. No longer flush when they see me move inside the house and are venturing on to the front lawn to pick up droppings from feeders there.

Great pix everyone, I just think those doves are so cute. I've a pair of Cardinal nesting to the front Rose arbor. Everytime I am near, papa is all excited and tried to 'shoos' me away with his loud cry. lol.

Lily, The other day my wife said to me, "I don't know how you can shoot those beautiful birds."

My response. "I just put the muzzle on their beak and keep my gun moving. It's not that hard." :)

An unremarkable female Cowbird on the feeder.

:-) RDR. After the storm yesterday, I was delighted to see these fellas were safe and sound in our area lake. These pair camp out here year round. But, one pair thanks goodness. Pekin ducks (?):

Just had an unusual sighting for me. About 200 migrating Least Terns just flew down the creek and over the horizon. I saw a flock of about 20 a couple of days ago. Funny how these migrating birds follow the exact same path. Sorry. No pics.

I've also been watching a Great Blue Heron and a Great Egret most of the morning through my binocs. Too cold and windy to try to stalk close enough for a pic. The ponds are pretty open and both these birds are wary. They have been around for about a week. I posted a pic of the Great Egret by the falls.

Looks like you have a beautiful place on the lake, Lily.

I too have seen a couple egrets circulating the point beyonder. This weekend when hubby and I worked out in the garden. I hope to be able to catch some pix soon too...

Lily, I have no idea what the name of that vine is. It's a wild flower of some sort that covers some of the native shrubs and trees on vacant property next to our home.
Rose, that Cardinal in the wind is just precious.
Reddirt and Lily, more great photos!!
Glad you all are seeing the herons and egrets. There's more here now too, even though they're normally here year round, we had a shortage of baitfish this year to feed them so they went somewhere else.

Awesome pics everyone!

Here is a male American Goldfinch this afternoon taken through the window.

Pretty color in your Goldfinch Pelle.
Rose , cute barn swallow, wish I was living on the farm again.
Lily, your Cardinal really shows off against the green foliage.
Super job on the pics everyone.

Common Redpoll

Jay on the antenna early this morning.

A light dusting of snow last night turned the melting ice pure white again. Of course I welcomed the opportunity for a picture with a nice winter scene. LOL It didn't seem to bother the Common Goldeneye.

Not much variety yet this spring, but this one Goldeneye has been feeding close to shore. A group of five males were constantly chasing a single female, but they were to far out for photos.

Thanks on the ducks ID Resin,
The picture above was taken a few days ago. Our snow had gone down quite a bit. Today the snow piled up on everything. Poor birds.