That's impressive, Dave. And you get to really see the birds. I sometimes see 25+ species on my drive but only get quick looks because they're either flying past me or I'm flying past them.
Jeff
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Very busy at the bird feeder today! (5 Viewers)
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That's impressive, Dave. And you get to really see the birds. I sometimes see 25+ species on my drive but only get quick looks because they're either flying past me or I'm flying past them.
Jeff
Kingbirds
I lost the young Western Kingbirds on the college campus yesterday but then found them again. I was thrilled see there are 4 youngsters, not just the three I had spotted earlier. They raised 4 every year for 6 years until this year. However, all the construction work going on around the campus has greatly reduced their habitat and I thought the parents had cut back to three young this year.
The youngsters let me get some good photos. As you can see from the attached, they are already very handsome.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
I lost the young Western Kingbirds on the college campus yesterday but then found them again. I was thrilled see there are 4 youngsters, not just the three I had spotted earlier. They raised 4 every year for 6 years until this year. However, all the construction work going on around the campus has greatly reduced their habitat and I thought the parents had cut back to three young this year.
The youngsters let me get some good photos. As you can see from the attached, they are already very handsome.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
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AndyK
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Loads of juv house sparrows on the feeder today but still yet to feed themselves! Got a lovely pic of an adult feeding one of the young (below) and also had this other visitor which at first I thought was a Starling then perhaps female blackbird, but im a bit confused... any suggestions??
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gleneskbirder
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What a day for the siskins. Firstly one was stunned when it hit the sun-lounge door and after I'd carefully returned it to the bird table, it was totally ignored by the other 5/6 siskins as it sat there rather stunned and glazed looking.
A GSW soon livened proceedings up when it came and inspected the food I'd left. A few Coal-Tits came and went but they left when the Finches returned.
Pretty aggresive little fellas, Siskins are'nt they?
Si
A GSW soon livened proceedings up when it came and inspected the food I'd left. A few Coal-Tits came and went but they left when the Finches returned.
Pretty aggresive little fellas, Siskins are'nt they?
Si
Disneynut1973
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Andy I would say young Blackbird not Starling!
gleneskbirder, hope the Siskin was ok!
We had 7 Blue Tit youngsters today instead of the usual 4, the all came in with one adult, I thought i'd seen some extra ones during the week but they moved so fast in and out of the trees I wasn't sure. Also had a young Great Tit too.
Cheshire Birder
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karpman
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All the usual buggers gracing my garden, Starlings on a second brood!
There eating like mad at the moment and being real selective, Fat is going like no tomorrow.
Been doing a little messing with Moths at the moment and enjoying it! This fellow turned up to suck the life out of the lavender today!
Karpman
There eating like mad at the moment and being real selective, Fat is going like no tomorrow.
Been doing a little messing with Moths at the moment and enjoying it! This fellow turned up to suck the life out of the lavender today!
Karpman
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bongofury
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Oh dear! Its relentless isn't it!!
Goldies appearing here in abundance, but just the 2 young 'uns for now.
Bananafishbones
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Great image Karps. very impressed mate
karpman
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Cheers mate, He took a real liking to the lavender out front, he is welcome to it too as long as he leaves me fosters alone.... Dam suicidal insects keep getting in me beer!B
Karpster
Bananafishbones
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thanks for the replies, thats juv sparrows, starlings and a juv blackbird now
nice one andy..... its good to have the juves, kind of cements your garden as a good location for these families to bring up the young.
Off to visit my parents in Wales now so hopefully some Little tern images later, I am making my partner come down to the beach with me to see them, as she has no intrest in birds at all, baking hot sun, and me with binoculars and a camera, I hope were still talking on the way back :-O
Oh then she has to sit in front of the telly and watch England with me and my father........
GREAT DAY OUT REALLY
Bananafishbones
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Remember this....
Well I can safely say that I think the magpie must have taken all the eggs from this clutch. I have been waiting just to see if the juveniles arrived a bit later but alas... no Blackbird juves this year. :C
I know they will have a second brood I just hope that now the magpies have their own young to deal with they should leave the Blavckbirds alone this time.
Stiff upper lip, Dave. (You'll need it for watching England anyway. They can make even strong men cry.) You're better off than me. We'll miss the football because we're going for a picnic in a local park - and it's 95F/35C.
Still lots of action in our garden. Managed to get some decent shots of a male Northern Cardinal on our shed roof. You can see why Texans call it simply the "red bird".
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot
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karpman
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Interesting behavior though! No magpies around my parts currently had another batch of sparrows out today, 1 male 2 females and 4 or so babies keeping them busy lol.
No goldfinch or coal tit for a little while though which is very worrying, Did have a probable Little gull over the garden yesterday but not counting it as i am not 100% sure and the photo's are rubbish.
The bird was being chased by 2 jackdaws slightly smaller gull like profile with black or very dark underwing about caked me pants and burnt me bloody burgers lol, Has been red kite in the area also not seen it my self though!
Karpster
Had 3 hours at Brazos Bend State Park yesterday. Perhaps because of the World Cop on TV, the park was almost empty of people - met only four in the first hour of walking. The result was amazing - birds seemed much less bothered by us than usual and let us get close. When I say close, I mean really really close. I've never before got within 25 feet of an Anhinga (large cormorant-type bird). Yesterday one sat and let me get within 3 feet before it croaked at me and threatened to fly off.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
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ilbirdwatch1
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Great capture Jeff! I was happy to see yesterday that we might have a new male cardinal fledgling visiting our feeder. He's very small and is a dark brownish red. (not the same as a female) I'll have to get a pic when he comes back. I was also happy to see our Brown Thrasher returning pecking like crazy for some insects!
Bananafishbones
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hope it returns jeff :t:
