A spot I always visit when I'm at sister's home is Oak Grove Lake...The dam broke about 18 months ago so the bird-life has not returned to full occupancy but some have returned...its always a great spot to see babies in various stages of infancy!
Other Birds who love the water are around....like this Red Winged Blackbird.
and the belted kingfisher
this fishing line scares me.... hope he never gets entangled in it...
Eastern Bluebirds are always around catching flies....
and ah......Got Worms? This Grackle does,,,,he has a mouth full!!
Lovely wild daisies in full bloom...
and I can never pass a thistle by without getting a photo, such a beautiful plant...
I have not looked this fellow up...but he sure is pretty look at those green eyes!!
I heard this call unfamiliar to me...then I saw this Pied Billed Grebe floating around in the reeds I think a nest was nearby...I tried to get his call but he clammed up when I turned the video on...
Such a cool encounter...he had his eye on me the whole time!!
another great day in nature!!
PEACE
Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.
Those birds, they never perform when you want them to. They must be really used to people. I guess you were zooming, but they seem pretty unafraid.
ReplyDeleteI know did you hear me trying to encourage him? LOL he just gave me the stink eye and keep floating!
DeleteHi Sondra.... Love those little guys so darn cute!!
ReplyDeleteGreat shot's ....some wonderful wild life going on there !!
Love the thistle!!!
Grace
To me the thistle looks like came from mars or Saturn,,,its other worldly...
DeleteYou got some fabulous bird shots there Sondra. I love thistles too, tho I know farmers hate them.
ReplyDeleteThanks my friend!! Not much farming going on here now a days...mostly pine trees farming! and some hay...
DeleteWowzer that camera is treating you well! Gorgeous photos- I love the face on that kingfisher especially. Pied-billed Grebes do make some crazy sounds sometimes, took me a couple years before I even realized they were the source!
ReplyDeleteI finally figured out how to get those Outside sources out of the video part...So far its a keeper...sometimes the big zoom looses some quality tho. BUT its easy to handle and I can at least ID the birds I'm shooting with it.
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