WBW - Jays and more

It almost seems like I show you Stellar's Jay every week.

I probably do because they always give me something fun to photogragh.

Here's a young one working on a piece of corn!

Work that corn!!

Done with the corn, time to kick back and relax for a bit!

Look at all that fuzz!!

He hung out there for quite awhile.

Over the weekend I heard a hawk in the neighborhood,

 I've never heard a hawk go on and on like that.

Fortunately for me he did because it gave me a chance to find him.

The first time I found him I didn't have my camera with me,

 I got withint 50 feet of him and took a picture with my cell phone,

 which of course was not very good.

He was on one of my neighboring properties so I actually have to climb over a fence to get pictures,

I did ask permission to do just that.

I heard him a little later that day and this time I took my camera.

I was quite far away this time because he was on somebody elses property, that I didn't have permission to be on. Thank goodness for my 500mm, I know I'll catch him in his original spot again, I've heard him numerous times but haven't had a chance to climb the fence again.

I'm assuming this is a Red Tailed Hawk? Since I've seen them flying over my house quite a bit.

While I was running around trying to catch this Hawk,

 I was lucky enough to my first photo of a Spotted Sandpiper.

 They were giving me what for so I must have been close to their nest.

I also got my first photo of a Killdeer, at first I thought it was another Sandpiper.

Here he is putting on a show for me, I did not get a very good photo.

A very good week for me!!!

Kristi

WBW - Backyard Birds

My young Stellar's Jay, more blue and less fluff every time I take his picture.

More blue less fluff, might not even be the same one.

I see a dozen or more flying around at one time so there's bound to be several juveniles out there.

Love his mohawk, he's soooo cute!

And this one speakin it's mind!

And here's one ransacking my feeder.

Here's 4 lined up at the suet feeder,

 there was another one in the branches on the left but I just missed getting it in the picture.

Young American Robin!

I finally got a picture of a Northern Flicker in my yeard, above is the male.

And the pretty female!!

This Grosbeak freaks me out every time I see him at the suet feeder from a distance,

my heart races and I think it might finally be a Woodpecker.

He's taunting me!!

I chuckle every time I see one of these little ones in the chain link doing the splits.

Lots of young ones around.

Here's a very demanding young Starling who outweighs it's parent

 but is very clear what it wants.

They both barely fit on the top of the post.

Kristi