Ornithology (Bird) Thread

[doglegg]

Don't know what kind bird this is but it likes my suet, he open one basket and stole the suet and then the rascal stole suet basket and all.

That mask isn't just for looks!

[mrwatch]

This old bird feeder on a post is out side the kitchen window. for a couple of years now a Robin has nested in it.

[mrwatch]

after changing the style of the Eastern Blue Bird house the raised three.

[Quick Steel]

Interesting photos mrwatch.

[doglegg]

Great photo's MrW. I bet you enjoy watching them.

[LongBlade]

Don't know what kind bird this is but it likes my suet, he open one basket and stole the suet and then the rascal stole suet basket and all.

BH - That gave me a chuckle ... Raccoons have great dexterity in their front paws and too smart for their own good... maybe he took the suet basket to refill it for you ... we can’t put out suet or bird food with seeds etc because it can draw the black bears... the only bird feeders we can do are for the hummingbirds - though one day a few years back I woke up to the wrought iron shepherd’s hook bent and the feeder was on the ground ...

[carrmillus]

Don't know what kind bird this is but it likes my suet, he open one basket and stole the suet and then the rascal stole suet basket and all.

..a raccoon bird????............ ...............

[Eustace]

Three years ago my computer's hard drive died suddenly, and I lost a huge amount of pictures. These, along with many others, found them on a forgotten memory card.

Black stork and little owl

[mrwatch]

If you look at the first picture of the Blue Birds you can see a white chick looking out the hole. Winter from our side door. Lot's of peanut butter and a heated bird bath.

[doglegg]

Cool pics Eustace.

Cold pics MrW. I like them.

[Steve Warden]

Some fur and feather this morning.

[doglegg]

A female cardinal, a little dark eyed Junco and a White Wing Dove at the feeder. The White Wings have migrated up here from south Texas in the last 15 to 20 years. Bigger than regular morning doves and most are bullies as well. Identifiable by the white line of feathers along their lower wing.

[Quick Steel]

Those are fine clear shots doglegg.

[doglegg]

Thanks QS, my wife must keep clean windows.

[LongBlade]

Great shots doglegg ... Extremely clear and well focused photos!! Windex ?

[doglegg]

Great shots doglegg ... Extremely clear and well focused photos!! Windex ?

Thanks Longblade. I just try to get high enough so that the dogs wet nose and tongue prints don't show.

[Doc B]

A female cardinal, a little dark eyed Junco and a White Wing Dove at the feeder. The White Wings have migrated up here from south Texas in the last 15 to 20 years. Bigger than regular morning doves and most are bullies as well. Identifiable by the white line of feathers along their lower wing.DSCN5471.JPGDSCN5474.JPGDSCN5475.JPGDSCN5477.JPG

Doglegg...Another thumbs...on those fine shots Do you have a telephoto lens?

[doglegg]

A female cardinal, a little dark eyed Junco and a White Wing Dove at the feeder. The White Wings have migrated up here from south Texas in the last 15 to 20 years. Bigger than regular morning doves and most are bullies as well. Identifiable by the white line of feathers along their lower wing.DSCN5471.JPGDSCN5474.JPGDSCN5475.JPGDSCN5477.JPG

Doglegg...Another thumbs...on those fine shots Do you have a telephoto lens?

Doc it is a Nikon Coolpix 510. Basically a point and shoot camera with a built in telephoto. I'm not much on f stops and shutter speed so point and shoot is perfect for me. It's 42 power optical zoom, they have stronger ones now but that was the most when I was buying. I sure like it. Thanks.

[Dinadan]

Cool photos, Steve and Doglegg. Those White Wing Doves made it to my area in coastal Alabama a few years ago. I still remember the first one I ever saw in this state, about twenty years ago. Now they are common. I think they are displacing the Mourning Doves in my neighborhood. Seems like I see more White Wings and fewer Mourning Doves as time passes.

[doglegg]

Thanks Dinadan, in my younger day I never saw a white wing as they were just a south Texas bird but now they are everywhere around here. And their call is a little different, easy to identify when you hear one.

[Dinadan]

I agree about the different call. To me, the White Wing's call is a little more like an owl's hoot. Yesterday we finally had a sunny spring day and the doves were calling a lot around my place.

[doglegg]

Got up this morning headed to the coffee pot and realized that during the night we had been invaded by a Banana Duck! It didn't hang around very long.

[Doc B]

Got up this morning headed to the coffee pot and realized that during the night we had been invaded by a Banana Duck! It didn't hang around very long.DSCN5491.JPG

Ha!!!

[Quick Steel]

[FRJ]

invaded by a Banana Duck!