DAILY PICS VOL. 216

A very handsome Robin. The robins are REALLY enjoying the grapes that I put out. We have robins in the yard all day now!

gr8 pics everyone!!

Not the greatest, but we seem to have 3 african hoepoo's around the house and I hope to be ready with the camera outside soon, once we are settled to snap better pics of them...still this one took a sun/dust bath outside the window.

Reddirt, love that Egret!!
Dinu, what a cute magpye robin. I've never seen one of these-very interesting.
Lily, that Heron is a beauty too. Don't you just love watching them?
Nanny, you did good with that beautiful Cardinal and Robin too. I sure miss the Robins here and will have to wait untill winter before they return.
Little things, your African Hoepoo is cute and very colorful.
I love the variety of birds I always see here-great job everyone!!

Oh Little I would love to see more pics of the Hoepoo!!!

A female Hairy Woodpecker on the arbor.

Nice one on the Hairy!

Nanny, that is how it starts!!!

Here is one for you, Margaret.

So while Mrs. Grackle was bathing…

… the mister just sat there with is mouth open !

Wonderful shots Mrs Ed!

Saw the first of the european Starling fledges today. :-o

Red-tailed Hawk flying over.

Good one of the Redtail!

Was taking a little drive yesterday looking for birds and spotted this longbeard pecking around the barn of a nearby riding stable.

Mrs Ed. Have you seen that commercial with the melody "I think I'm falling for you" ♥♪♫♪♪ in the background when the he Grackle watching the she grackle bathing? LOL

Pelle, nice pix of the hawk. Red the turkey is happy it seems.

Decided to catch pics of the doves today...

I nearly dropped the cam when I pointed at this one. Never saw Band-tails this far up river--Never mind all alone. Maybe he is just adopted out to the Mourning Doves!

What a delightful mix of birds in this thread and some amazing photography. I'll try to be worthy!

Bill

I like the way the wind ruffled its neck..

A Mynah visits to this stone trough everyday to quench its thirst.

Super pics guys!

Nice one of the longbeard red!

Beautiful Doves Rock!

Dinu, That Mynah is such a handsome bird!

Great pictures everyone!

Last weekend, I went to the zoo and boy did I get a surprise. Aside from the actual zoo animals, there are always a lot of wild grackles and pigeons around because of the easy access to "free food". Well, this weekend, there was also a roadrunner there.

Usually I can't get within 20 feet of a roadrunner; but this one let me get about 5 feet from it. As I snapped a few pictures, it seemed intrigued by the beep/chirp sound my camera's autofocus system.

Now for the real surprised!

After a few minutes, the roadrunner hopped up on the fence not more than 6 inches from me. I slid my hand over slowly and touched up against its leg to see if it would hop onto my hand. I could hardly believe it; but it hopped right onto my hand and sat there for about a minute.

Several people were watching in disbelief as it just sat perched on my hand. One girl managed to get a picture (which she emailed to me today); so I just had to share this one with everyone.

Boy, have I gotten way behind! I've been away awhile so I'm not even gonna try commenting on everyones pics but they are all great. It's wonderful to see pics of birds from India and So. Africa, too
My hubby and I went to TX recently to visit our daughter and I saw a White winged Dove, lots of Grackles, and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. Here is my pic of a Female Scissor-tailed. She lit on this wire while we were at a gas station filling up:

What a great experience Jane! I had hoped to see some roadrunners in TX but no such luck.
We had a lot of rain and flooding a few weeks ago. In fact we barely got out to go on our Tx trip. Here is a pic of a Great White Egret (?) standing in the flood waters across our road

I got a pretty fair shot of a Yellow-breasted chat this evening:

An American Robin checking for bugs in the debris pile from firewood cutting. Well past sunset, so it was poor light conditions. Had time for one quick pic, then a Scrub Jay chased it off.

One more for this evening...I got a shot of this Summer Tanager today, too:

That's a pretty bird CBL51. I'd love to see one in my yard one day!

All wonderful pix. Pelle, that's a fabulous photo of the hawk.

Mrs Ed, thanks for the Blue Jay. I can almost hear it.

Welcome back LittleThings. You've moved, eh? Wonderful bird. Keep them coming.

Jane, what a treat! Any more shots of that gorgeous bird - oh, and also the Roadrunner. LOL

Hey Nanny, you be careful posting something as grand as your pond. Next thing, everyone will be wanting one just the same.

We've had some really wild weather - winter officially arrives in just over a week. I went down the ocean this morning and managed a few shots of seagulls. I really had trouble maintaining my balance and my body was literally vibrating from the strength of the wind.

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Those birds looks so gracious glyding on the sky. Hi Margaret, how cold does it get during the months of winter there for you?

Here is a titmouse on my feeder. I saw a pair of them yesterday at the same time at the feeder. I have noticed they usually come one at a time, sings (as if to call one another) before it feeds.

man, I cannot keep up with you guys! so many pictures so quickly. awesome.

Very cool Jane!!! Wonderful pics!

You and Angele are becoming Roadrunner Whisperers!

CB, Great pics on your trip to Texas!!

Margaret, Great shots of the seagulls!

Lily, Sweet Titmouse!

Thanks Lily and Pelle.

Lily it was a "cold" day in Perth today. Our maximum reached only 17.5C (64F). It will get a bit colder than that during the depths of winter. I think our coldest winter day on record was 9C (48F) many years ago. Our minimums do occasionally get as low as 0C (32F) although not on the coast where I am. If we have a minimum of 5C (40F) we think we're going to perish from the cold. LOL. Our mild winters are compensation for our brutal summers.

Here's a shot of a Yellow-billed Spoonbill from a few days ago.

Wow he's incredible! Great shot Margaret!

Look at his 'spoonbill' lol how cool!

Margaret those are some mild winters you get. The Roadrunner shots are cool, lucky you. Mrs Ed I am jealous of your pond.

Here are some Cowbird shots

2nd shot. I had to crank up the ISO on this one

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3rd shot of the cowbird