Daily Pics #7

Starting a new thread for daily bird pics. Starting off with a male Cardinal.

Young male and female Indigo Buntings at feeder.

This squirrel found a novel way to hang onto this feeder and eat.

I was amazed watching the Red-Shouldered Hawk soaring around this morning with a Swallow-tailed Kite as a dance partner. Got one mediocre shot.

Female Painted Bunting at feeder.

Great bird to end the series with- a Vulture.

That Swallow-tailed Kite is a stunner . . . never caught up with it on my US trip :-(

Resin

Grackle fanning his tail.

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Greedyguts! ;-)

Wowie! page 7 already!

I have never seen a swallow tailed kite before - thanks gardenpom! As usual, love your birds!

I also love that fan tail on your grackle Pel. It looks like a flamenco dancer.

I have a few new pictures too. Here is a carolina wren at the "diner".

You can see here how full his crop is with meal worms.

A downey has discovered the woodpecker suet block by my dining room window. He loves it buts hates being so close to the window. While he is there he is contantly shrieking. You can tell he doesn't like being so close to me but he just can't help himself lol.

He keeps trying to position the suet block to block me out of his vision but I keep moving with him.

What a pest that lady is!

Oh wow! Really? It seemed so slim. Come to think of it, it is larger than the downey that comes to the front. Do you think it is a juvenile? or would this be too early for a young male? Thank you so much Resin for the correction! I sure wished you lived in my neighborhood I would be over constantly making a big pest of myself!

Anyway, here he is after deciding to go find a diner that is less crowded!

Lily, wonderful photos of the woodpecker (I can never tell the downy and hairy apart, but I'm always happy to see them!) The buntings are so pretty, I don't know if we have them here or not. And that Swallow-tail Kite, awesome!

Thanks for sharing :)

Red-shouldered Hawk attached.

Here is my little breakfast buddy from a few days ago. He is so interested in what is on the other side of the window. Here he is saying. "Holy cow! If you eat all that for breakfast we are going to have to call you thunderthighs!"

oops forgot the picture.

Then he said, "You should eat more roughage like me!"

"They call me Mr. Svelte."

Thanks again Resin!

Hi Hineni! Thanks for sharing your hawk picture. I have yet to get a decent picture. Maybe one of these days.

Talk about some great photos!! And I also have never seen a Kite before - impressive!!

I haven't had many unusual sightings lately (backyard or elsewhere), but did come across this guy while out looking for the eagle's nest, which I didn't find. I'm getting pretty good at quickly pulling off the road, even if I AM on someone's private road!

The wood ducks are back. this is the view from my window. I would like to give you excuses to why the pictures are blurry, but there are too many to mention. I just have to say sorry, but want to post anyway.

Wow! This is just the busiest forum.

lilyfantn, my camera is a Canon 30D, and I use the 75-300mm for the critter pix. Am dreaming of a 500mm, but suppose I really should learn the camera first. I just can't seem to find the time to read and concentrate.

Great shooting, folks! I especially like the wp in flight.

cpart, I just love the woodies. I was most pleased to see them on my little creek last fall. Lucky you, what a view! I told DH I want a new house w/ a deck up over the creek for wildlife watching.

So after looking at the wood ducks out front, I got on my coat to go for my morning walk in the woods. I started in the woods and looked up. There were the wood ducks, sitting in a tree. Now that is something you don't see very often. They ususally fly right away.

Tigerlilly, this one is for you. Have you ever seen them in trees?

Just think how nice the pictures would have been if I would have used a tripod, had the camera at the right setting, and took the first picture out on the deck instead of out that dirty window, I am beating myself up now.
The view is the one I see while doing dishes. Can you beat that? DH even does dishes to watch the wildlife. So tigerlilly, put a row of windows and a sink in the island of your kitchen at the house you are looking for.

Here is a picture of a red bellied woodpecker taken with my new camera.

Cpart, Wood Ducks are so beautiful. Have you put up any nesting boxes for them? They nest in hollow trees and nesting boxes.

Wow Marilyn. I have an ollllld HP Digital, and sometimes I get to borrow the DH's work camera. Nothing like that Red Bellied Woody pic though. Awesome detail!

Gras,Yes, sometimes the hollow trees get too rotten and have to be taken down. We have had woodpeckers and wood ducks nest in the same tree at the same time. Like an apartment building. If we find a tree on the ground with a good size hole, we replace that section on a cedar pole, putting a baffle around the pole to keep out the raccoons. And put it where the old tree was. Another neat thing about wood ducks is they fly into the tree at full speed and don't even slow down. That is cool to see too. Many people in the area put out nice nesting boxes for wood ducks. I have seen a few boxes out in the water that geese use too, along with the nests on the tops of stumps, but my favorite is to see them nest in an old goose hunting blind.

Wow, great pics everyone! Lily, Congrats on the Hairy!

Nope, I've never seen them in trees!

That's one of our chief complaints about this old dump. The sink is on an inside wall, so my "view" is of knotty pine. And ALL the windows are so high I have to stand to watch the birds. ;-( It's a dank and dreary place, and I like light, lot's of it.

We looked at a couple mobil homes the other day, and one had corner windows above the kitchen sink. Dan says "Look, honey, you can watch in two directions!"

awww - what a nice husband tigerlily!

Thanks Pell. I'm going to add that picture ot my picturetrail! :-)

Got this little jewel today.

Beautiful pic tiger!!!