Daily Pics Vol. 210

My turn in the barrel to start a new thread. Hope I do this right.

How about starting off with another pic of the wild turkey that visited this a.m.

You did great reddirt. I loved you turkey photo on the last thread, and now another one! Cute!

My Crows are working overtime every day chasing the eagles away from our house, then they stop by the feeder for a peanut snack.

Took this photo last weekend at our state park. You can't really see them, but there are over 8 Great Blue Heron nests in the top of this 30-40ft. Oak tree. Unfortunately the lake was choppy and the boat wasn't very steady for better photos.

A Hooded Oriole.

Red-winged Blackbirds love the berry bushes that grow along the edge of our lake.

Another Red-winged Blackbird.

Thanks Red for the new thread, here is one from me. White Breasted nuthatch. Thanks Josh for the tips on attracting Blue Jays to the feeder. Wooohooo, I'm on a roll on having more birds.....

pelle, Thanks for the advice on turning off the ads here. I've done that and checked Firefox to make sure I have ad block on. This York ad just keeps popping up. It's peskier than a herd of pi$$ ants at a picnic! :-)

Love those crows!

What are the daily post rules? Is it one pic per day? Should the picture be of a recent bird visitor, or can I dig up some of my favorite pics from a few years past?

Here's a pic of a baby Eastern Screech Owl that nested in my yard last year.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post, not sure how to delete it.

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GREAT owl shot - gotta love those peek-a-boo ones!!

Not sure which - I think a purple finch?

Here's his front

Hi evie,
thanks for the compliment. Watching an owl family get raised was an incredible treat last year. I'd vote Purple Finch too, but I'm pretty bad at telling male rosy finch species apart. Hopefully Resin or one of the other experts will weigh in with something more definitive.

Oh man, what a nice collection. I hope you all are having as good a time with spring migration as I am.

Jec, that owl is so cute, such a "hoot."
duc, you continue to amaze me with all those birds! Love the heron "condo" and the crow.

Congrats lily on the nuthatch, Looks like it to me evie! But it's been a while since I've seen one.


Busy day here.
Gray Catbird.

Goldfinch Invasion I've counted 20 so far and let me tell you it sounds like a jungle here.

My first indigo bunting in the yard. I've only seen these out in the country. I was really excited.

And finally, I have a nesting cardinal. This is from my webcam. She laid one egg this morning.

Perfect backdrop, Mrs Ed. And I love their sounds in large numbers. Keeps you "company" when you're outside :D

oh, and Red, I forgot to say, nice start on the thread.

Okay whoa........I gotta catch up!!!!

Red...great start...LOVE the turkey!

duc & Lily nice job!!

Jec6...no rules and you can post more than 1 pic. You can post older shots. It is just best say "this is from last year" blah blah blah. Ya know!

Mrs Ed things are very busy at your house!!! Congrats on Mrs. Cardinal coming back see I knew she would!

Some pics from sunday...it has been pouring rain here all day, but now the sun is trying to come out a bit.


My Song Sparrow still comes by...

I was outside hoping to catch an oriole at the table, but this Cardinal spied me first!

Thanks nanny. Here is the little owl a few weeks later on the day he/she fledged

And here is a picture of the proud pappa

The gray phase Mommy didn't do a bad job either

Red, Thanks for starting the new thread! Nice Turkey!

Love the Oriole duc!

jec, Love the Owls!!! We don't see too many here so we appreciate the pics!

Evie, Nice pics!

Marna, So glad about the birds your getting!

Nanny, Sweet Song Sparrow!!


Patty, Congratulations on the Grosbeaks in the last thread!!

Another great start for the new thread Red...thanks !

Duc...love that Crow shot, beautiful job on the blacks!!

Jec..nice to see those Owl shots!

Mrs. Ed...Congrats on the Card nest and the Indigo Bunting!

Nice job everyone!

Here's a Pine Siskin from this morning...I think they are heading for Burn's house!!

Beautiful shot Rose! I haven't seen mine in a few weeks.

Too cute, Rose! I just had one today with the influx of goldfinch.

Cool turkey reddirt.
Duc, I love your Hooded Oriole shots on this thread and the last. That Red-winged Blackbird is a beauty too.
Jec6, LOVE the owl!
Mrs. Ed, congrats on the cardinal egg!
Evie_bevie, WOW on the purple finch!

On the last thread, someone asked about Indigo Buntings and what you could plant for them to eat. I think. Maybe I imagined it. Anyway, I had a Painted Bunting in my yard two years ago that ate ajuga seeds for about an hour, and last weekend at the river, the Indigo Buntings were also feasting on wild ajuga seeds. I love ajuga and I'm planting more of it!

Well, I finally broke down and bought a new feeder just for the little birds. Then this pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers showed up this morning and one of them tried to eat from the little bird feeder and couldn't. Neither tried the big bird feeder and then they left. I was so bummed. It's the first time that I've had red-headed wp in the yard in two years.

Their gorgeous Elphaba!!

Aren't they pretty. I saw two pair at the river last weekend and I've been thinking about them all week and then there they were. It's that law of attraction in action. Wish I could make it work with riches!

Here's one more although not a good shot. It's been a very dark day.

Ephaba, that is just amazing. Glad you are helping with the feeding. These guys have Near Threatened status.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-headed_Woodpecker/lifehistory


Thanks everyone on the cardinal egg. I'm pretty excited.
Today's pine siskin

Today a female Rose-breasted grosbeak showed up.

Oh nice one!!!

yay, a purple finch. Rare for me to see those. I also saw a Northern Flicker today, also a rare one for me. Two in one day...not sure to jump up and down, or wonder if the world is coming to an end ;-) esp since I saw turkey vultures flying low over/near my house :o

;-)

Jec...your owls are sooooo cute!!

Elphaba...so cool with 2 red-headeds!

I can't really match that, so how about 2 Male Baltimore Orioles...

Nanny, Are they shy around you? I was wondering what to expect this year if I see them. The whole family I saw immediately disappeared when they saw me except for the mature male.

Nanny, two male orioles is totally a match. I've had the same experience as Pelle. As soon as I try to get near or take a picture, they disappear.

Mrs. Ed, I had no idea what a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak even looked like! Thank you for sharing such a great picture. I'm trying to commit it to memory, but if I saw one, I'd probably have no idea what I was looking at!

That link was really interesting too. Thanks for sharing. I was worried about the woodpeckers at first because so many of the big old trees were lost in the hurricane. From that link, that could be a good thing for red-headed ones. Also there are still a lot of damaged trees out there with dead limbs still hanging from them that are probably bursting with bugs. Could be a good year for woodpeckers.