Daily pics #217

Love the Robins, Pelle, all four of them.

Nice Kingbird, Mrs Ed

Lovely birds, dirt.

Striated Pardalote in the eucalypt and mallees at the river yesterday. ID confirmed by Resin.

Another shot of the same bird.

That's a spectacular bird, Margaret.

Thanks, GP. They really are beautiful.

I went to the local lake yesterday afternoon for the first time in months because it's like a desert over summer. We had a couple of days of rain and there are now a few puddles and already the birds have started to return, including this Straw-necked Ibis.

Its bill is dirty almost as far up as its face, which shows how far down they probe into the smelly mud after little gourmet delights.

Beautiful pics Margaret!! Love the Pardalote!!

Gorgeous shots, Margaret. Love the iridescent colors in the Ibis.
Nice to see the young Robins, Pelle.


Female Purple Finch

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American Goldfinch in the crabapple tree.

Male Purple Finch in the same tree.

All beautiful shots, Burn. The one of the female Purple Finch is a stunner.

Thank s for the nice comment. Margaret.

Yes love the female Purple Finch!

Turns out the Mockingbirds have two babies. This is the oldest chick.

This is the youngest.

Mom works all day finding food.

While Dad sits on the line and sings.

Blue Jay with his "catch".

Another Jay looking pretty.

Starting to lots of juvies around now....the starlings, house finch, jays!

House Finch family with fledgling last night!

Pileated Woodpecker yesterday...

Nice pics GP and Nanny!

I'm seeing a lot of fledges around too.

OK, how many of you will admit to being old enough to know what song this pic of a Scrub Jay brings to mind?

Me and my shadow. (Frank Sinatra and the other guy)

MargaretK..................spot on, but I remember it being done by the Ink Spots first.

Haha Nice pic adel!

Well I just put myself firmly in the seniors category with that one, didn't I?

First of two pix of a Little Pied Cormorant at the river today.

The launch. The river was like a millpond - the splashes are from the wash of passing boats.

I was in the back yard a few days ago and I heard a dog barking - really close. I was concerned for the safety of my free-ranging pet chicken, as we don't have a dog. Frantically, I looked around as the barking continued. I finally located the source of the barking. It was coming from the crown of a palm tree. And there, above me, was an Australian Raven looking down at me and barking. So, I did what any normal, sensible person would do: I barked back: and it barked back at me and thus it continued for a couple of minutes. I was in stitches by the end of it. (This photo isn't of the barking Raven)

I was watching this mommy feeding her chicks on my front lawn all morning and decided to try and catch it with my camera. What a catch! As you can see I managed to get the little one begging for food. She finally feeds junior! So darn cute!! Wish the pictures were more sharp but it was a very cloudy day and shooting through the window doesn't help. Enjoy though!

This is from a few days ago. Brown Honeyeater in amongst the gum blossoms.

Barking Ravens??? That must be crazy!! LOL

I must admit I have been lazy in my bird searching lately...and I have bee busy getting plants in the ground and doing yardwork. I will have to down load pics off the camera here in a bit to see if I have anything.

So how about another pic of the Pileated Woodpecker for now....

Those are great pictures Margaret. Nanny the Pileated wp is a wild thing with its hairdo. lol.

Great pictures! Such a great variety of birds now that it is warmer! :)

I found a cardinal nest in the arbs on the side of my house. I could hear the babies pipe up when dad came by to feed them. I'm not sure about all, but at lease one fledged yesterday.

Here's dad in my neighbor's bush, probably trying to draw me away

Wonderful pics guys!

Margaret, Love that Pied Cormorant!

A baby robin in my yard

Beautiful baby robin!

'Meow'

Ahh, will those catbirds every migrate my way? Cute!

Haven't taken any pics for a few days, but I've been watching. Love the birds I don't normally get a chance to see.

A pair of Goldfinches and a House Finch on the feeder.