Showing posts with label E. BlueBird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label E. BlueBird. Show all posts

Friday, March 28, 2014

A-Birding I did Go...



...in continuance of the trip to see the waterfalls I thought I'd share the birds I enjoyed seeing. 
First in my sisters back yard she gets birds on her feeders I never get even tho those species are in my yard...Like Blue Birds!


a small family of them are always eating at my sis's feeders! I've tried buying the same seed, but still I don't get bluebirds show up to eat it...then an American Robin jumped on for snacks...


a red-bellied woodpecker waited in the wings for a turn at the feeder...


and I saw several yellow rump warblers at the feeders too!



Then over at Oak Grove and the lake there from Oak Creek...I saw the usual fare of ducks this one gave me a decent bath sequence...which was fun 


Then he glided off with a friend...


then.......The Race WAS ON....



The Geese are nesting so any intrusion was not tolerated and a chase ensued....only the fastest would escape without a honking big bite on the rear!!
I've been bitten by a goose it does hurt...


...and this red tail was making sure everyone stayed on their toes!!



The large flock of ring billed gulls that was around on my last visit has dwindled down to only one or two...I like gulls because they tolerate humans pretty well...




Brown headed cowbirds were around as well as Carolina Wrens..



More Eastern Bluebirds....


                  These guys were so back-lit I couldn't tell if they're barn, bank, or other! Either way they're swallows!


I wanted this to be a Eastern Wood Peewee but I think its an Eastern Phoebe..


...and its just not birding without a northern cardinal to brighten things up



Spring arrival....


and this killdeer wad very leery of my intentions...


and several hundred people flew over the lake....



and one totally aggravating Belted Kingfisher who wouldn't be still long enough for any kind of shot... so ended up with this extreme crop job...


How annoying is that? All in all it was a good day of birding for me!!


PEACE

Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

WBW 30-Parenthood


SC State Bird the Carolina Wren
The wrens have 5 eggs in a flower pot on my deck--it must be a young mother she is very skittish, she flies off the nest every time I come on the deck...So Im trying not to bother her but I am hoping for some photos when they start feeding the hatchlings if they are successful at incubating them..Since she was already off the nest I grabbed my camera and got this shot of her eggs--I watched the couple build the nest before Memorial day and then one egg appeared then two, three, four and five then she started to sit --
5 Carolina Wren Eggs
IT was fun to see this busy MOM taking some time for herself--at the backyard SPA~
Female Eastern Bluebird

AND lets not forget the DADS they do their part too...This House Male Finch is taking his kid out for fast food!


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Carolina Wren Trivia: it takes about 12-15 days for the eggs to incubate..so hopefully Ill have some wren babies in a few days!!



PEACE

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

WBW 29 Yonder Bird


American Goldfinch
 Ode to THE Birder

Oh Bird in the Sky
Flying so High

Dipping, soaring,
Gliding right by

ISO too low
F-stop too high

O-Aperture Priority
Shutter too Slow
OH DANG....
Where did that
Bird Go?

 S Hickman



Eastern Bluebird
Tripod or'e my shoulder
Out to field I go
Spirits er' a'soarin' 
Expectations grow-n
Or'e the stream
Around 'er bend 
Quietly he's waiting
There on yonder limb.

S. Hickman





Chipping Sparrow
Little Brown Bird    
Catching my eye

Sparrow or Wren
Taken to sky


Oh lark of yon' meadow
Take thee a rest

I'll snap a photo
Whilst you look
Your Best.

S. Hickman







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PEACE