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I moved my seed feeder to the weeping birch in front of my window because the birds were not hitting it where it was.

This is my first visitor. Not sure what he is, but very pretty!



And a view from the side to see his markings better. It is a little blurry though.

Triss, You have a Black-Capped Chickadee.

Thanks Thorny, I knew you would come through for me. I have had about a dozen of them since I moved the feeder. It is a lot of fun to watch them eating.

Triss - very soon you will be able to pick up their song...

chicka-dee-dee-dee

accent on the first dee

They also can become very tame and eat out of your hands - we fed them when we cross country skied up at Lake Tahoe, and the ones here are almost at that point of trusting me.

I have about 5 Chickadees that use my feeders, but mine are a different sub-species called the Carolina Chickadee. They are smaller than the Black Capped Chickadee and the Black-Capped have a deeper, huskier voice, but otherwise the two species are almost identicaL.

Very cool. Will have to listen for them tomorrow. I am just happy they like the new position of the feeder.

Does anyone know why the pics I put on of the blue birds are gone? What's up with photo bucket? I'll try and put a couple more pics of the blue birds on here - Lin

OK, can't seem to be able to do it - can anyone help me - I have my albums in image station but can't figure out how to upload just a pic so it shows up in the thread - Lin

Are you talking about these pictures?
Blue Bird Pictures

Yes, how come they are there now but last night when I tried to show my husband, it said "oops" and they were not there. I am usually pretty good at this stuff. Thank you for your response, Lin

Photobucket must have been down last night for some reason.
That doesn't happen very often.

thank you, I thought they were just gone! I appreciate your help. Just for that, here's another pretty pic - (do people get tired of all these pics, please tell me if I need to stop)! This is an egret in my backyard. Lin

No! The topic is "Bird Pictures", so post away!

That egret picture reminded me of a question I have, and maybe you know the answer to it since you know about birds and live in Florida.

I used to go to Florida a lot, and always stopped at a restaurant on I-75 that had some woods beside the parking lot. The trees were filled with huge bird nests, and the birds in the nest were gigantic white birds. Every tree had several nests in it, full of these birds.

Do you have any idea what they were?

Love all your pictures, Lin!

Photobucket was indeed down for a bit last night.

Someone was mentioning that some of my kitties in my signature line were not showing then too.

OK, you asked for it! Thank you for such a nice response. As for the birds on I-75. I live up in NW FL and have not done much birding that direction however, my first guess would be that the birds were osprey. They are a bird of prey and would probably have had their nest more near water, they are more shaped like an eagle type bird. They very well could have been the egret in my picture. They roost very high up in tree tops and there are usually a lot of them, more than one nest. That must have been a pretty fun sighting. We also have white ibis which are pretty big I am not too familiar with their nesting habits. Here are a few pics, one of the osprey in my backyard, (not good and clear but OK) and a real bad pic of the osprey pulling a fish out of the lake behind my house.





Visit my photoalbum online at http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/index.html

Sorry, I have to remember to reduce these pics, they are kind of rediculous.

Beautiful pics MommaD. The sizes are good too! Don't stop posting them cuz we love to see them all.

Cindy, your birds on I-75 are probably Great Egrets, the same bird on Momma D's photo.

Looky, Mark was up fixing the gutter and he came across a mourning dove in its nest.....It must be from the pair that's always in my yard!

Many people overlook the sheer beauty of black birds because at a glance they are.....well.....just......BLACK! But if you take the time to really look the beauty of black birds can be startling......


COMMON GRACKLE 01


COMMON GRACKLE (Spooky)

I know they are irredescent, Thorny!

But... that does not redeem their OBNOXIOUS BEHAVIOR!!! :p :p :p :p :p

That is an awesome shot Loz. Did Mark take that for you?

Great pics too Thorny, I love the looks of those birds!

Yep Mark took it!!! He had the 30 ft ladder up, and came down to tell me about his find so I sent him back up with the camera!

BTW, I actually don't mind the Grackles too much....I figure they have to eat too....& I think their being irredescent is pretty cool! They actually don't bother too much around here....there are lots of them but they just don't get into my stuff often. Now the Starlings on the other hand.... :rolleyes:

Starlings are irridescent, too. They are pestersome but comical. The Grackles come here to drink and bathe, but eat only their fair share. I don't find them obnoxious at all.

Easter Sunday morning, as I stepped out on my porch, I was greeted by the traditional Easter bird, the Turkey Vulture! It was wonderful to see such an appropiate symbol of the Holiday flying over the roof of my house (guess I need to finally wash my socks).

Happy Easter to All in the House Below Me

Hope everyone had a nice holiday - I had a new yard bird yesterday. This beautiful blue grossbeak decided to take a break right where I could see and enjoy him - I was thankful, I certainly enjoyed him.