DAILY PICS VOL. 32

Hi adel

First little ones a male House Sparrow, second a female House Sparrow.

Look who decided to use the screen platform instead of hang upside down.

You talkin' to ME?

Cute pics Mrs Ed!

Thanks tigerlily, they say practice makes perfect, but a little luck and good weather do help!

I love the quails with their strange plume on the head, and the scale quail is very pretty.

adelbert, the geese look like birds to me, lol. Very pretty too.

No pheasants today, it was heavy cloud with a few small patches of blue until later, then just pure dull.

I did get some new birds on the oak tree at the end of the hedge, but they were very dark so I had to lighten them, and they were high up.

I don't know what this one is, there were many blue tits and long tailed tits flitting around the tree, and a Mistle Thrush on top. I got some of a long-tailed tit too, poor pics but the first I have got of them.

It has a yellow patch on the wing, and some yellow on the breast.

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Long-tailed tit

View 2

View 3

View 4

After they all left there was another bird, couldn't see what it was and the pic was very dark, Ilightened it and found it was a Bull Finch! I've only ever seen once here once, it's on the Red List which means it is endangered.

Rear end

Coming back I was fortunate to see a magpie glide from the tree tops toward the oak, of course I was by then near the opposite end of hedge but got a first good shot, two later, darn camera doesn't like to focus in dull weather.

Cropped

Shot 2 cropped

Shot 3 as it glided to the oak, I don't think it stayed for long, I went back to look!

A pair of ducks flew off from somewhere behind the oak.

One from yesterday. a Starling and sparrow.

I like the long shots of the Magpies!

The duck one is nice also!

The last shots nice too and of course you know how much I love those two,lol.

Today was too cold and dreary to sit outside watching my desert birds; so I decided to head down to the river and see if any of our winter visitors had arrived yet.

I spotted a Great Blue Heron along the shore and managed to get a couple photos of it. I got one shot of some ducks flying overhead (althought it's not much more than a silhouette), and some fairly good shots of our mallard and other duck visitors.

I hope these don't duplicate post ... don't know what I did; but the other pictures didn't come through. (Trying again!)

ducks #2

ducks #3

ducks #4

ducks #5

ducks #6

ducks #7 (last one)

Nice pics Jane!

I see 2 Mallards; did you need the others identified?

Thanks Pelletory! If you know what the other ducks are, yes please ID them for me. I know the green headed one is a mallard. Also, I think the brown ones with the blue stripe (one in the water and on shore) are female mallards. I don't know what the others are.