Show Me Some Birds! (great shots, print, pictures, photos)

[gf1025]

Sorry to repost the story and picture, but this version is much better resolution: These are the loud geese who squeeked, yelled and called other geese when I tried to photographed them. (while visiting their owners and keeping at least 20 feet distance!). They even tried to peck my car as I left! You can see how one of them is calling more geese to come join. I think he was planning a coup d'état since I dare take their picture.

[HighlandLady]

I've never seen this sort of gull before. He was all by his lonesome hunting the minnows in Little Willow Creek:

[Redhawk]

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

I've never seen this sort of gull before. He was all by his lonesome hunting the minnows in Little Willow Creek:

Great shots! I believe it is a Bonaparte’s Gull, nice capture.

[HighlandLady]

Originally Posted by Redhawk

Great shots! I believe it is a Bonaparte’s Gull, nice capture.

Thank you very much, Dave...for both the information and compliments.

[Hntr]

Originally Posted by Summerz

Nice that you do that, we always have a few Robin families(and others)in the yard. YEP the parents will tell you all about it lol.

And then there are the Hummingbirds...that's a another story.

I checked up on them this morning. Something got the tree swallow eggs, the shells are all laying on the ground in front of the nest box.

Two nest boxes of bluebirds have hatched, the robins and the downy woodpeckers have hatched too. I don't have much chance of taking a photo of the downys, they bored out a hole in one of my tree stump, in and then straight down. I can hear them and I can see the mother using a small mirror, but no chance of a picture.

I found a Towhees ground nest, no hatchlings yet.

[TriumphOfTheSprint]

An Egret chick watches:



While Mom hunts for lunch:

[kdog]

Originally Posted by TriumphOfTheSprint

An Egret chick watches:

While Mom hunts for lunch:

Wow, pretty small to be out of the nest. Great shots, Triumph.

[Hntr]

Great shots Triumph! I can't make up my mind if that chick is cute or homely, green legs and feet, green eyes and face.

[Hntr]

I'll have to check on my nest boxes to see how my birds are doing.

The redwing blackbird nest has four eggs, I figure they will hatch sometime this coming week.


A shot from June tenth with a P&S and another from yesterday.




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[Redhawk]

Originally Posted by TriumphOfTheSprint

An Egret chick watches:
While Mom hunts for lunch:

Excellent shots TOTS!

Originally Posted by Hntr

I can't make up my mind if that chick is cute or homely, green legs and feet, green eyes and face.

I vote for CUTE!