Wild Bird Wednesday

I don't see the Pileated often enough so very happy when this boy visited my Suet.

Extreme close up, they are amazing!!

After visiting the suet he spent some time pounding on the ground.

 I was frustrated I couldn't get a clear shot of him through the chain link. This was by far the best of the lot.

A little fledgling hunkered down under this bush having a rest.

Song Sparrow is my guess???

Another view of this cute little one.

I think this might be the same Fledgling taken the next day. Bathing in the rain.

From a large Pileated to a tiny Anna's Hummingbird

This little Anna's at the feeder.

Looks a little bit downy so I think it might be a young one.

I have at least 2 Anna's that spend time in and around my Butterfly bush. They have favorite branches so I am constantly scanning to see if they are perched there. They often zoom around each other at the feeders too, such a joy to watch.

One of a number of Juvenile Stellar's Jay, they are so much fun!

I sure love these teeny boppers!

You can't see it very well but this is a Cedar Waxwing, my first!!

Not a good picture but you can be sure I'm pretty excited to have finally seen one!

Kristi

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Wild Bird Wednesday

Quite a day for me today!

My first

Violet-green Swallow

Preening here and 

Preening there

Beautiful little thing!!

Then

While not a first I've never had so many Evening Grosbeak at my feeder.

I managed to get 6 of them in this shot but there were at least a dozen or more.

This lovely young man was waiting his turn up in the tree,

gave me a wonderful portrait!

 

My yard is absolutely teaming with them, I saw a good dozen under my feeder this afternoon when I got home from work and I can hear many more in the trees!!

I'm more than excited to have so many of these beauties around me this year.

 

Kristi

 

 

WBW Backyard Birds

I have alot fewer birds around the feeder these days but I still have quite a few Spotted Towhees,

they don't often stay still enough to get a good picture but this one posted quite nicely for just long enough for me to snap. I am wondering if this is still a juvenile, it doesn't look completely feathered out.

I see Flickers often but not hanging from a seed feeder, they usually go for the suet but at the time the Pileated had taken over that spot.

This male was finished feeding at the suet and seemed to be watching and waiting at the top of the post. Notice this one is banded, I don't have much information but I went to this website and put in the information I had, http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/bblretrv/

I could tell he was getting ready to take off and was hoping I could capture a good action shot...

Nope, this was the only action I caught, one big blur!

He was waiting for this female to come in, she landed in a nearby tree right before the male took off and then took her turn. I hope this lovely couple gives me a baby next year!!

They always seem to take the step by step approach to arriving at the suet.

I'll hear/see on at the top of a distant tree cackling away, then it will move to the top of a closer tree, then I might see the other one land on the tree the first one left and they change trees every couple of minutes getting closer to the suet post. It's a joy to watch!!

Kristi

WBW - Nuthatch Etc.

My first photo of a Nuthatch, I've never seen them at my feeder

 so I'm thrilled to not only see one but get his picture!!!

Here is one with a Finch I believe on the other side,

the Finch is very comfortable but the Nuthatch keeps moving around like it's thinking "this thing is broken", he wants to hang upsidedown and snack lol

Not long after I caught the first one on Film, I saw 2!!!

So cute!

Now this Spotted Towhee was exibiting what to me was weird behavior.

At first I thought there was something wrong with him,

he was eating then he'd stop and sit there with his mouth open and he kept listing to the left,

a little more and a little more.

Then he'd have a little more to eat then he listed even more!!

Then he got up, everything was fine. Maybe he was just sunning himself, I've never seen it before.

One of my Stellar's Jays showing me his beautiful feathers.

I think this is one of the babies almost fully feathered out now,

 at another angle you could still see some fluff sticking out to the side.

I got another cute picture of this little Spotted Sandpiper when I was on the neighboring property trying to get a good picture of the young Red Tailed Hawk.

I heard the Hawk numerous times but by the time I get over there with my camera he's nowhere to be seen.

And I'll finish with this crazy kid, just out of the bird bath.

This little one had so much fun and I had fun watching him!

Kristi

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