Awful Bird Pics Vol. 11

Excellent "awful" picture Burd!

Geez! We're getting really good at taking aweful pictures of birds. lol.

editted to add: "You've caught me with my mouthful!" said the goldfinch, while the chikadee flew away. :-)


This message was edited Jan 25, 2010 2:58 PM

That's an awfully good shot Lily! ;)

Thanks. Those goldfinches are the cutest.

This Nuthatch just couldn't sit still for a few more seconds....

and this female cardinal just had to hop....

Oh...I forgot the bad White-throated Sparrow...it looked so cute with the snow on its beak!

I thought this was the bad photos thread. Those pics look awfully good to me Nanny.

I was at the computer, when I heard a rush of bird panic followed by screeching blue jays. I knew that meant that a hawk was nearby. I went to the kitchen windows and saw the jays low in my sweet gum tree and there was the hawk. Maybe 20 feet away with a squirrel that he'd just caught. I excitedly ran to get my camera. I got back, he was still there. I'm fumbling with the camera and almost have it when the dogs who had been barking at the trash truck came racing around the house.

The hawk flew off into a neighbor's tree and was just too far away for a decent shot especially on this dark, cloudy day, but I tried anyway. Hopefully, you can also see the jays pelting the hawk.

Looks like a Red-tailed Elphaba.

Nice shots guys!

How cool! Getting ready get pics off the camera...I am sure I will have some new ones to add here...LOL

Terrible pic of a Hummingbird taken this morning. It was early and very overcast.....but this was the first time I caught it at the feeder. Had to resort to a feeder since the freezes killed back the Firespike and Firebush, which the Hummingbirds prefer.

Glad their using it and that you saw that.

Oh it would be so nice to see a hummer now....

yes it would!!!

This may be one of the reasons that Florida has sooo many retirees: we can finally get to a climate that has hummers year round ^_^

Hey! it is a good enough excuse for me!

Still getting used to the new camera...Northern Mockingbird out of focus!!

Hard to get them in focus with all the branches in front of him.

and no sun.

It's a study in gray.

Hi everyone, I saw this pair of hawks yesterday evening while visiting a friend. I wasn't very pleased with the quality of the picture(s). But the sighting was pleasant. The pair each was perching a short distance from one another. Once approached by people down below, one flew to perch right next to the other (hawk). I wasn't quick enough to capture the two of them together....

p.s. if you look closely; you can see the other's blur of an image as it flew off to the lower left corner of the picture.

This message was edited Feb 7, 2010 9:40 AM

Hi Lily, Looks like a Red-shouldered Hawk.

I tried to get a pic. of this Chickadee. They're always out there when I'm walking the dogs but usually vanish when I go back with the camera. Silly thing, as soon as I clicked it took off, right at me, almost hit me in the head and of course I couldn't get another shot as I had the camera on full zoom :(

I have only seen a pair together once and I didn't have my camera with me...darn it!

Do you see the Brown Creeper???

Lily, too bad the hawks wouldn't cooperate for you.

LOL Nanny, yes, I see the headless creeper! That chickadee is cute!

Thanks Pelle and Duc about your commends on the RS hawk. :-) Here is a not-so good pix of my Baltimore Oriole last time I saw her. Guess she has return to Baltimore? Geez imagine that, it's snowing up a storm up East Coast!

Good awful pics guys! :-)

Hope no one minds if I start a new thread, we're at 145

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1074471/