DAILY PICS VOL. 206

One of the Brown Thrashers....

A real surprise late yesterday afternoon...female Eastern Towhee!!! We have only had the female a couple of times..last year.

Nice bluebird Nanny.

Here's mine from two days ago (also in the rain) when I removed their nest and five eggs. He is looking for the PVC canister that fits up under the roof.

And then just a bit later...the male Eastern Towhee came by!!

Awesome shot Dave!!

Thanks. Sorry for jumping in on you like that.

Another shot from about the same time.

Last one

Awwww, poor little lost papa.

What a lovely female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. And your lilacs are blooming also!!

Nice on the towhees Nanny.

Here is one of my chickadees.

I just love Dave's shots of the blue birds, they almost like angelical in some way.... my lilac is blooming too, but will never be as pretty as up North. sniff, sniff.

Elphalba, I use something called Finch Mix, which Buntings and Finches like. It will usually tell you on the bag what birds it attracts. The mix is mostly millet.

Ditto to what Lily_Love said! (Except for the part about the lilac, mine is beautiful!)

Summer sun is too hot down here for Lilac, June.

My first Eastern Towhee this spring!

Beautiful GM!

Nice close up GM!!

Here's a chickadee update. More of the same. In and out of the box during some periods of the day. Then this evening just parked in the hole singing away.

Love that Mrs Ed, can't wait to see activity, in the ones I put up.
Good picture of the Towee, GM
Thanks for the Woodpecker answer Resin. I'm kinda glad it wasn't a nest, I would have worried about the babies.

Song Sparrow

The first Goldfinch of the season.

The Rose Breasted Grosbeaks are in my backyard this week -- same week as last year. Here is one with a curious parrot.

The Chickadees are so cute Mrs Ed!

Burn, It must feel good to see the Goldfinch!

So nice to see them mrw!

A couple shots of the Northern Mocking Birds

Spring

2nd shot of Mocking Bird

A Black-capped Chicadee

The Male Wood Duck

The Female Wood Duck

Wow, Methodical, I have lens envy. Great shots.

See, Burn, Spring really does exist.

Cute li'l Chickadee Mrs Ed.

I have been going through my photos and was just above to hit the delete button on this New Holland Honeyeater from February, when I decided I quite liked how the body is blurred in the motion of a good shake but the head is in focus.

A sure sign of spring, the Geese are stating to return. This evening we watched the Geese coming in to the field next to the Palmer, Alaska airport. They spend the nights here for a short period, but disperse to feed during the day. There were a couple hundred Snow Geese among the Canada Geese. The Snow Geese do not return to this field every year.

Methodical, great shots. Love the beautiful background colors on the Mockingbird shots.

Lots of action this morning between the male gold finches as they get their summer colors. Must be 50 of them at the feeder.

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Wow, look at all what I've missed out yesterday! All great shots everyone. Frank

I agree there are some beautiful shots on this thread! Thanks for starting it Pelle with those great shots of yours!

Here's my bluebird mama, taking a break while finishing her new nest.

yay Dave! Does this mean she took to the slot box.

Your BB moma is cute, Dave. Look at the tiny water droplets on her head. Your photography is outstanding!

My ordinary finches. These do become quite agressive when come to nesting season. I'll see these pair chasing others away from the feeders, that include, other finches, Titmouse, wrens, even its own kind. Very family oriented kinda birds! I hope to catch the moma with straw on her beak:

This one's for you, Nanny.

Big old Crow!