Daily pics vol. 219

My fav.!

Here's my long time visitor - Song Sparrow

The 2nd shot

I found this baby Dove in my flower pot.

you must have planted some "bird" seed!

;-)

What a sweetie! Was mum nearby?

Great shots Met!

Luckie, So cute!

Loving all the baby shots!!

Male House Finch...no babies along!

A glimpse of the female Indigo Bunting

Sweet little Chipping Sparrows....

Swallows were on the porch again....I was inside this time!!

Swallows are hard! nice shot. I've got barn swallows nesting in the attic of my garage, I've often thought of having DH boost me up there for some shots...

Nanny do you think they'll nest? have you seen mud being brought in?

Nope...no mud! I was thinking maybe they were checking it out. Don't know if that would be a good thing right there on the front porch!! I see this lttle group around the house quite a bit. So I think they are very close by.

They sure shook up this hummer!! LOL

Cool shot of the Swallow and Hummer Nanny! Yesterday I saw and heard several Barn Swallows chasing off a Hawk...what a sight to witness!!

Here is a male Indigo Bunting.

and a female Indigo.

and a female American Goldfinch...doing that cute little belly check!

Rose, what can I say? Cute, cuter, and cutest!!! LOL, love that belly check thingy!

ROTFLOL That is hysterical!!

Wonderful pics Rose!! The male Indigo is gorgeous!

Birds love navels!

It's very noisy here this week with a bunch of starling fledglings.

Got "mooned" by a Starling. :-)

Same here Pell, the starling fledglings are very noisy!

Nice shot Marna and knip! They do make a racket.

I think possibly because of the number of Grackles I've had this year I have less Starlings.

ha. nice moon.

One of my male Red-bellied Woodpeckers

Love that moon shot!

Luckily so far the Starlings are keeping their distance...but like you Pelle...lots of Grackles around!

Here is a Starling feeding the young.

This Robin strutted all over the yard like this...reminded me of the guys in high school! LOL!

LOL, you guys have some pretty funny shots. Pelle yours look like, it's blooming. Neat capture. Rose, your goldfinch is so hilarious.

Chipping sparrow on the front porch.

Goldfinch in the Crabapple.

Ring-billed Gulls

Meth, love your G.Finches!
Nanny, great photos!. Is your resident swallow a Barn Swallow?
Dellrose, that last Goldfinch is stunning! Love your Robin and new family too!!
Cute baby Mrs Ed!!
Pelle, love that moonshot and the WP!! Good job!
Burn, that picture of the Crabapple and G.finch is beautiful. Cute gulls too!
Hope I haven't missed anyone, I love all the photos!

Here's a pretty Oriole.

This Calif. Thrasher wasn't going to miss a peanut treat.

Hi duc!! Yes, the swallows coming up on the porch seem to be Barn Swallows. We have Tree Swallows too here. Do they cross breed? This is the only other shot I got the other day.

I love the tummy and moon shots guys!

The dove I found had a Mother but when I found her she was on her side barely alive. Something must have killed her and the other baby, I found a pile of feathers in our front yard. I took the baby in our garage in a big crate with food and water, because we were geting bad storms. I took it out this morning and it flew off.

I think swallows are beautiful. How do you attract them in your yard? And what suet do you use for your woodpeckers pell? That is a pretty bird.

Great shot Nanny! Those swallows sure are pretty. We have cliff swallows at our parks, but here at my home we have Tree Swallows in three houses on our deck. There's always a few of the men and juvies sitting on our railings.

Luckie, I'm glad you gave the baby shelter and it was able to fly off later. Do hope it will survive now, at least you gave it a chance.

I guess this is why they're called 'Tree Swallows'.

So cute Linth!

How cute! Wow, do they create a hollow as such?

Love that Goldfinch in the Crabapple tree Burn...so colorful!

Duc...Beautiful Oriole!

Linth...Love that shot!

Here is an Eastern Wood-Pewee that landed in the backyard. At first I thought it was our resident Eastern Phoebe and wondered why she was chasing away any other bird that landed close by!