DAILY PICS VOL. 110

Hi everyone. Can't wait to see your fab photos! We came from here:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/849401/

Mockingbird mocking me. He says "even when I land right in front of you, you cannot take a good picture of me! Ha!" For some reason he's saying that with a French accent? Weird eh?

A very very blue Grackle, giving me the evil eye from the phone lines.

Elphaba - I think you're right. Definitely a french accent to go with that mock. :) But a good picture, despite the bird/critic's opinion.

Love your birds Elphaba and Rogue, very amusing.

Thanks for starting the new thread Elphaba. Those Mockingbirds are real hoots! So curious and comical. Your Cardinal looks like he stuck his beak in a light socket, real bad hair day but a great shot. :-)
Rogue that is a pretty shot of the Grackle.

Goldfinches hanging out today. They are so pretty. Looks like the tree has blossoms...

Very nice pics guys! Thanks for starting the new thread Elphaba!

BeaHive, Thats a sweet shot!

Great pictures folks.

Rain, rain, rain, and more rain.

Here is a shot of the Beauty and the Beast!

GG

LOL - love Beauty & the Beast!!!

Here's an unusual pair - they weren't really "together," but put up with each other for quite some time.

LOL GG love that pic.

Also love your Murmur, very tolerant of each other.

Chickadee on coconut feeder.

Beehive, love the blossoms on your tree, very neat.

ground feeding goldfinch.

Pine Sisken

Purple finch

Thanks folks.

Murmur, perhaps tolerate is the operative for that pair. Love it!

Male Cardinal waiting for his turn at the feeder.

Female Cardinal looking sharp.

This poor little guy is wet, but still gorgeous.

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Catbird using its tail to balance itself and to keep from being blown off of the branch by the strong winds.

In my neck of the woods, if someone stuffs their mouth too full of food, instead of calling them a pig, they are called a "woots".

I guess this is a "wootspecker"?

A pair of Horned Grebes at Potter's Marsh, Anchorage, AK

LOL at 'wootspecker' GG!

Beahive, that is a fantastic shot of the goldfinch on the tree!

3 shots of a Gray Catbird from saturday.

and...

last one

Neat catbirds Nanny. Love the tails on those critters.

Two Red Bellied Woodpeckers chowing down on suet. She prefers cherry crunch, he prefers peanut.

This one is blueberry. Hmmmmmmmmmm! Wonder what that one tastes like?

Oh my gosh! Oh My Gosh!!!! Oh My Gosh!!!
I love you all and I love your photos but I am so excited I have to jump right in. I just saw a flock of the #1 bird on my wish list & I almost missed it!!
Mr. Thrasher was eating the grape jelly and then flew up to Mrs. Thrasher fed her a bit of the jelly so I kept my camera trained on them for a few minutes hoping for a shot of the feeding. When they separated I lowered my camera and my jaw dropped at the sight just a few feet above in my beloved Honey Locust Tree.
Here's Mr. Thrasher getting the jelly..

A whole flock of Cedar Waxwings with one looking at me as if he was thinking "About time you looked - We aren't going to wait all day!!!

WOW. Congrats. I'm so glad it happened like that too. Fun story to tell.

I had been outside for hours never saw them arrive I was only able to get 5 clicks of the shutter off before they flew south. I can't believe they stopped in my tree.
May 21, 2008 is a day I will never forget. Must have been a dozen of them.
(last photo)
I'm so happy to have you all to share with. Now I'm going to behave and read & look at all your posts. :-)

Thanks Mrs_Ed :-)

wow angele - that's really phenomenal about the waxwings. Nice shots too. :)


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Good for you Angele. Great pictures.

Wow, congrats angele!! They are at they top of my list too!

Another for the halloween season...phantom Pileated Woodpecker! lol

Congratulations angele!!

The wind has been terrible here lately and temperatures are already reaching into the 100's; so I haven't been able to do much bird watching lately. That's why I love this forum … I can still get my bird watching "fix". GREAT pictures everyone!

Every year western kingbirds build a nest on my front porch. This year, the mama bird went all out, building a nest that was twice as tall as usual. DH & I joked that it was a high-rise condo for her babies.

There were originally 3 eggs in the nest; but only one survived. Yesterday morning, I got my first glimpse of the baby, which looks to be pretty big already.

Last night, when I took my dog out, I noticed my western kingbird nest was torn up. I spotted part of the nest on the ground, with the baby right beside it. As I got close, the baby tried to fly away; but its foot was caught in the nest. It just didn't have the strength to fly with the weight of the nest on its foot.

I picked up the baby, brought it inside, and very carefully cut the nest off of its foot. At first the baby was scared; but then I think it realized I was just trying to help it. Afterwards, I put it back up on the porch ledge. It was still there when I went to bed last night; but by this morning it was gone. Sometimes the fledglings return to the nest for a day or two; so I'll be keeping a lookout for it.


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Ooh, I sure hope he makes it!

Looks like a young Cardinal.

I took this long range pic of a Great Blue Heron a few miles West of my house on the Klamath River Monday morning on the way to the Klamath Basin for a couple of days. Just got home. I took in excess of 600 pics, got it down to 450 last night in the motel room. I'm starting the job of sorting and when I get through I'll post them on a separate thread named TWO DAYS IN MAY. A word of warning, it's going to be a long thread.

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Nice pics GP! Their so cute with their beaks that are not orange.

Looking forward to the thread adel!