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I have been hearing new bird songs the last few days. One was the Pee Wee...there was no mistaking that one. Another I couldn't ID until today. I was checking out the grosbeaks songs and then I listened to the Scarlet Tanager. That is what I have been hearing the last 2 days!!!!! NOW...if I could just find it and get a photo.......LOL



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Nanny, I can certainly sympathize with you. I have been hearing the Western tanager since the weekend but have yet to spot one. They are here for the summer, but tend to hang out in the high treetops. The black headed grosbeaks are back also, but are stiil very shy, so I haven't been able to get a pic that I think is worth sharing. That should change as time progresses, however.

A Redwing Blackbird.

Got a new bird for my list today, but no pic worth posting. Saw 12 Wilson's Phalaropes in a flooded field. I reached #2 in my county this week. For what that is worth. :-)

There was a group of 18 Great Egrets on the same flooded field.

Excellent shots everyone!! I'm still trying to catch up. Congratulations on everyones new birds!

I'm in a picture taking slump due to a lack of subjects. However I did get some bluebird pics today.....

Second one........

Last one.......

Very nice ones Jay!

Jay, love the second shot!! Is there somewhere you can walk to see birds? I walk a half mile circle that my road makes aside from what I get in my yard. I hate to say it but so many so close has made me a bit lazy in looking else where for birds!! LOL

Downy Woodpecker at the suet feeder..

I got this really bad pic of a Blue Bird out in our tree. I kept hoping it would come down in the yard!! This is the male that has been around our yard all spring. Really should be on the bad pic thread....

finches
I am about 20 threads behind.

today's bad rainy day doo look on this wet flicker

Thanks Nanny! I have some places close by I can go walk. Raven Rock state park is good and it's about 20 miles from my house. Jordan Lake is another and it's about ten miles from me. I'll be taking the boat up there this summer and hope to see the Eagles and other birds. Plus they have trails as well. My biggest problem is finding the time to go. *sigh* The bluebird pics are from my work and that's 45 miles from my house...

Nice pics dirt and nanny!

This rainy morning was quite the grosbeak morning. I now have more than one pair of the black headed ones, and a few evening grosbeaks visited as well. Sorry the lighting wasn't better! Male evening on left feeder, male black headed on lantern feeder.

Rutholive, did you notice the orange I put out this morning so see if I could entice my Western tanagers closer? Just have to get a picture of one soon!

Here is a female black headed grosbeak.

Here are a pair of the black headed ones. As I said before, they are still pretty shy and hard to capture pictures of.

I don't remember ever seeing a male with so much yellow on his breast. Makes you wonder what his parents were up to.

It is easy to identify this individual from the others, though.

Lunchtime brought back my herd of band-tailed pigeons. I had really hoped that they had moved on by now, but past history has me thinking they will be around for another month or so.

A couple more shots. You can see how they got their name on this one.

another

And last, but certainly not least, how many can you count??????????

There goes my birdfood budget again. Cracked corn here I come!

I make it 16 . . . not too many.

The school sports field in front of my house has over 160 Wood Pigeons grazing on it every evening recently - I'm glad they're finding their own food!

Resin

I went down to St Augustine Alligator Farm and took pictures at the rookery.
picture 1

Resin, I am not familiar with a Wood Pigeon. Is that a bird that we have here as well? Might it be the same as our Rock Dove (domestic pigeon)?

Here is #2 Wood Stork

Here is #3 I believe a Great Eagret

#4 A Tri colored heron

#5 Snowy egret

#6 Snowy with eggs

#7 think snowy

#8 Only a face a mother could love. Tri-colored Heron

Nice egrets and herons! Yep, Great Egret in pic #3

Another Wood Pigeon

Resin

the reason that they use the trees around this pond as their rookery.

I have a few other picture but they are not as good.
Saw the following birds nesting
Wood Stork
Great Egret
Snow Egret
Little blue heron
Tri colored heron
Cattle egret
Roseate Spoonbill
They list more but I did not see them. There was new nest, nest with eggs and young birds up to almost ready to fly

Wow nice pics Wren!! Nice to see them w/ their eggs!

Handsome pigeon Resin!

Wood pigeon is the only British bird call I can ID. Hard not to be able to use my ears there.

Thanks
Y'all should have heard the calls of all the birds, sounded weird

Here is the Cattle Egret