Daily Pics Vol 242

Me too! Great shots duc!!

Thanks guys, for your comments on the feeder and birds.
And it's sure nice to see everyone's post. Dinu love the photo of the Bulbul and Koel, never seen neither of them before.

Another one on his way south, the Red-winged Blackbird.

Chipping Sparrow.

Burn, feel free to attatch a letter/message with those migrating South. LOL, last time I saw those red winged black bird was in late Spring around here.

Duc, I love you Lesser Goldfinch as well.

Burn, I love the Red-winged Blackbirds. I haven't seen one here for a few weeks now. Your little Sparrow is cute too.

Look at this little one, is she just puffing up for show?

She might be,otherwise she looks fine.

Love your Indigo Buntings, Rose.....be sure to let them know it's almost time to head South!

I FINALLY got a Red Headed Woodpecker late this afternoon! It made sitting still in traffic for more than an hour getting to my birding spot worth it. Life is good! :)

Congratulations....that's one I wouldn't mind seeing.

Nice one Jay!

Yay! Congrats.

Dinu, nice to see you and your beautiful birds from India!

Duc...Beautiful shots and I am desperately trying to find a fountain like yours. It sure attracts the birds...lucky you!

Burn..Our Chippers and Red-wings seem to have disappeared in our area. I love to see the birds you are getting in your area and can't wait for your first Redpoll to appear!

Congrats Pelle and 24.

GP...I am sure your Indigo's will show up shortly...haven't seen a mature male for at least 2 weeks.

I got my digiscope set-up working (Nikon Coolpix P5100 and Vortex 20-60x80 spotting scope). It was Resin who said that most of his digi-pics were not too good, the same was true for me.

But I did get a few keepers. Here's one, a Mourning Dove, on the drive-way eating seed.

Soon, I'm going to start a new thread with my other keeper digi-pics.

Hack

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Hey you guys...I got lost again... NICE PICS!!!!!

Our indigos are gone. I miss them fussing at me when I walk by.

This was in the shadows...but got this Barred Owl this morning!!

Nice one Hack!

Lucky you nanny!

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1034993/ Check out the link in this thread on the Pets forum. Well worth watching and reading.

Nanny, that's a fabulous Owl and I agree with Pelle. Lucky you.

I posted that a while ago but definitely worth revisiting for newer members in the last year or so. It's a very heartwarming story. Thanks Margaret!

Thanks dellrose. Since I don't go out much to where the birds are found much, I have to depend on what comes in to my garden when I'm free with camera in hand waiting for these visitors. So that narrows down the variety and frequency.

Yesterday was one such. A Crow pheasant spent some 10 minutes near the window and for the first time, I was shooting it from less than 10 feet. It must be a youngster. There are bigger ones with longer beaks. I judge by the size of that and its relative boldness to fly down on the ground beneath the window - I was there with camera and still as a statue! It is a very shy bird by nature and very hard to shoot from that close a range. It first sat on the shrub and looked here and there and took a long time to confirm things are safe to get down.

Then finally came down. Still that fear had not gone. It looked restless.

'children' don't know about people with cameras as yet. Glad you got the photo.

He is a beauty Dinu!

Wonderful bird, Dinu. Wonderful enough that I googled it and saw that it is from the same family as the Roadrunner, which didn't surprise me given the obviously specialized toe layout.

Dinu, how lovely. I adore that ruffled edge tail too!

What a wonderful bird! Great shots Dinu!

Hack...congrats on the new set up. Looking forward to seeing more of your bird shots!
Nanny...Lucky you to get a shot of the Owl, I wish ours would show themselves more often. They seem so scarce!!
Dinu...What a gorgeous bird and great shots too!

Very overcast yesterday but as I sat on the bank of the farm pond I was treated to a long range view of the Mockingbirds harassing a Red-tailed Hawk (correct me if I'm wrong on the hawk ID). The Hawk was very vocal in his protests, which is what caught my attention. Sorry for the crummy quality but hope you can get the idea of the situation.

This first shot shows all the Mockingbirds gathering for the harassment!

They all seemed to take turns diving at the Hawk.

Lot of staring too!

Don't make me come over there!!

Ha..Ha...gotcha!

Thanks. It gave me enough time to enjoy looking at it while I took some 10-12 shots. The macro range for my camera is 6 ft, with 12x zoom. I tried that also!! He/she was that close! I then changed to normal setting. Light was good luckily.

I've just added a couple of other pictures on Bird Files. Have added this one also.

The Hawk eventually got smart and left the area!

Earlier yesterday I spotted this lovely Wilsons Warbler.

That is quite a set of feet Dinu!!

A young female Asian Koel also flew by yesterday.

Portrait shot! Couldn't resist posting here also after saying I've posted in the BF.

Another comical view!

Those are beautiful shots Dinu!

Last one...a Rose-breasted Grosbeak stopped at the dead tree, I hope she returns for a better shot.

Fun series on the Hawk Rose.

How do you get the Warblers to sit still for a photo. Did you put super glue on the branches?

The downies are back, so I put out more suet.

and then the male showed up. Can't believe how close they let me get.

I wish more birds were like the Downies. Wonderful shots Mrs Ed!

Great pics of the Red-tailed Hawk and Mockingbirds dellrose! The Warbler is adorable.

Thanks for the Kohl and the additional shots of the Crow Dinu!

That Crow Pheasant is awesome, Dinu. Rose, your Wilsons Warbler needs to be in BirdFiles if you haven't already...it's a beauty! I have a few shots from the short time I spent outside this morning. First is a Blue Jay.

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