DAILY PICS. VOLUME 220

Nice shots all. Love the Bullock Oriole. I've only gotten shots of the Baltimore Oriole earlier this spring. Love the White Crowned Sparrow and the Mama Robbin feeding the young. I have a Robbin nest in my front yard...seems they love my little tree out front.

Lith is the Osprey shot from the Merkle Sanctuary. I shot a family there last Sunday on the farm side of the Critical Area drive.

Here's 2 more lifers for me

First the Yellow Warbler, male

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2nd, Blue Grosbeak, adult male

3rd, immature male Blue Grosbeak

Great shots all!!!

Congrats on all the great new birds Met!

Met. Beautiful Blue Grosbeak, JulieQ, howdy neighbor. I love our residential Cardinals here too. I think I may have heard catbird call but haven't been able to photograph those. The common Yellowthroat yellow are something to mesmerize about.

Pekin ducks frequent our area:

Beautiful photos and the birds all look like they love posing for each of you.

Congrats Met, great shots!!

Congratulations, Meth, and a great series of photos. As to the Osprey photo, it was actually taken near the Patapsco River in Pasadena. I've been frequenting the Patuxent Research Refuge (North Tract) with some success considering that I just walk back-and-forth on a small stretch of road for 2-3 hours. I hear more birds than I see but I have been able to photograph the Yellow-breasted Chat, Prairie Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeak. Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Bluebird, Orchard Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Brown Thrasher, Towhee, and Summer Tanager. That's not too bad for a stretch of road of about 200 yards. Plus, I'm certain that I missed some, also.

Meth, here is a Yellow-breasted Chat photographed recently at Patuxent (North Tract).

Been gone to Branson for a few days and haven't posted. My ATT air card was next to useless there. Poor signal and antiquated system.

We did a lot of hiking and the birding was really pretty poor. My prize pic was of a mama mink. We were biking up Dogwood Canyon and had climbed up to a waterfalls. I looked back down at the trail and saw a mink carrying a small animal. I couldn't tell if it was a baby or something she had killed. I watched where she stashed it and investigated when we got back down. My wife saw her on the other side of the trail and she was carrying a second baby to a new location. I rushed her and she dropped the baby. I knew she wouldn't leave it. She was so frenetic and active I almost couldn't get a shot of her. She kept trying to rush in from the rear and nip me while I was taking pics of the baby.

Fur-- no feathers.

Baby mink.

Why did I leave my fly rod in the car? Fins- no feathers.

A few feathers. A swan on the mill pond at College of the Ozarks. If you're in Branson, don't miss the College of the Ozarks. It's a Christian college that has a program for kids who normally wouldn't be able to attend college to work for their tuition.

Has a 4-star restaurant in the Keeter Center. I had a meat loaf made from pork, wild boar, and chicken that was to die for. Not ground meat like most meat loafs, but larger chunks of meat melded together.

Don't miss their museum nor orchid greenhouse either.

A male Calif. Quail getting directions

A Scrub Jay winging it.

Very funny!!!

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A Brown-headed Cowbird that doesn't have the sense to come in out of the rain.

Nice shots! I especially like that poor soggy cowbird...

The Song Sparrow that keeps following me around. He just stood there, letting me take his picture.

They're friendly little guys!

Baby Robin being feed.

3G, They can sing a nice tune too.

Here's the baby by the pond.

The female Rose-breasted Grosbeak, was back tonight, but didn't stay, because we were out on the deck.

My 1st waxwing. Made my day!

Congratulations luckie!

Great shots everyone!

Here is a nice video about the Red Knot's in New Jersey (you'll have to scroll down a ways).

http://wildnewjersey.tv/

Lithicum I guess I need to go to the Northtract. I plan to go out Sunday if the weather holds off. Were you on the wildlife drive portion?

Adel, love your Quail and Jay photos!!
Burn, your sparrow looks so sweet and The Robins are adorable.
Luckie, glad you got a photo of your first Waxwing. They're beautiful!


One of my Orioles.

A pair of Mourning Dove

This Northern Flicker has started showing up every evening and going to the same spot.

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Got this little House Wren....

Tried to sneak up on this Red-bellied Woodpecker...but it caught me!!

he caught ya all right! I've spent 20 minutes sneaking up on a bird...cat-like creeping step by slow step...just to have Hubby come tromping up noisily "whatcha doin babe?" LOL

This little guy and his friend, they are together always...came visiting my bird bath this evening.

Pair of Goldfinch's today :|

Nice! I never see them until Fall for some reason...

family portrait

Great pic f_chisolm !!! A+++