Ornithology (Bird) Thread

[doglegg]

Great pic Ray.

[Paladin]

Great pic Ray.

Thank you, sir. Mark was an excellent photog.

Ray

[doglegg]

I have heard the phrase in baseball 'ducks on the pond' referring to players being on base. We got a ton of rain last night and I was out walking the dog this morning past the little baseball field in the park across the street from the house. Much to my surprise on the infield there were duck on the pond.

[philco]

I've heard of rain delays in baseball but never a duck delay.

[Mumbleypeg]

Great picture! Those ducks are resourceful. Last week I saw a similar sight. While driving through Oklahoma I saw mallards in some shallow standing water in the drainage ditch alongside the highway. It had rained the night before but it couldn’t have been more than a few inches deep.

Ken

[doglegg]

Thanks Phil (funny) and Ken.

[Quick Steel]

Sorry for the poor photo. Shot thru two panes of glass.

Have had a couple of Brown Thrashers visiting for a couple of days. Can't tell if they will nest.

[doglegg]

QS, I don't see those around here. Hope they stick around for you. Thanks for sharing.

[bighomer]

QS they probably will if you have any bushes or fence rows or something close to the ground. I've got a burning bush and they raise in it every year.

[philco]

I had a pair of rare visitors at my feeder station just now. A male and female Rose Breasted Grosbeak blessed me with their presence. According to the map in Peterson Field Guide for Eastern Birds, they really shouldn't be here. I'm glad they stopped by nonetheless.

[Quick Steel]

Holy smokes Phil! What a visit. Congratulations. My bird book [Kaufman] range map shows that in summer there is a thin arm reaching down into eastern Ky. Not by us but almost along the eastern state line. I'm thinking that since you have a pair, they may not be passing thru but are going to breed near your house. Certainly hope they do. Wow.

[Quick Steel]

Heard a curious sound coming from the front room of the house. Investigation revealed this Brown Thrasher tapping the window reflection of himself. An opportunity for better photos.

[doglegg]

Exciting Phil, I hope they stay around and give you the pleasure of seeing them and that you take more pics for us as well. ::
QS I like your photogenic Thrasher. Thanks for the pics.

[philco]

Great shots Garry. Hard to get much closer that that.

[Steve Warden]

Always enjoy coming to this thread.
Never disappointed, what with all the great pics!
These two showed up again this morning.

[Dinadan]

Very nice Thrasher photos, QS. Brown Thrashers are one of my favorite birds. Back in the last millennium, one of the things that I loved about still hunting was how the Thrashers would start calling just before dark. Then when it got really dark I would hear the Thrasher flying away through the bushes to it's roost. Once the Thrasher flew away it was night - time to go home. I am fortunate to have a few living in the drainage area behind my house and I can still listen to them calling just at dark, albeit with a lot more traffic noise than in the old days out in the woods.

Phil, Rose Breasted Grosbeaks are rare in my area too. Every few years I will see one or two passing through on migration. I

This afternoon I had this Red Tail Hawk soaring over my back patio. What a beauty!

[Quick Steel]

Very fine hawk photos Dinadin.

[doglegg]

Steve knice turkeys. Always enjoy watching them.
Mel great shots of the red tail.

[treefarmer]

Noticed the Wren has at least one little one hatched out in the Bird of Paradise planter:

Hope the barn cats don't find this nest.

For several years we have been aware of hawks living in a Pine swamp north of our house, never could find the nest until the hurricane blew down a lot of oaks on the edge of the swamp. I don't have a camera capable of getting a good picture of the hawk setting on the nest, I put a white circle around the nest so at least y'all will know what tree it's in. Click on the picture and you can see the white circle around the nest

There is a hawk sitting on a pile of sticks in the fork of a tall Pine out in a Pine swamp.

Treefarmer

[Doc B]

Great pictures, on the page!!!!

[FRJ]

It's always nice to look at this thread. Nice pictures everyone.

Here's some pictures I took today.

[doglegg]

Cool pics Philip.
I'm with ya FRJ, pleasant to watch no matter what the bird.

[Steve Warden]

It's always nice to look at this thread. Nice pictures everyone.

Here's some pictures I took today.

Niiiiiiiice!

[Quick Steel]

Well done. Grackles never looked better.

[FRJ]

Thank you all. The Grackles were in the wind. Notice the feathers blown up.