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Look at our new wren family? Can you hear them..."food, we need food"

What a neat picture!

That is too cool. Is that nest in one of your planters?

I love baby Wrens.

I love the ger-wren-ium picture.
Is the planter hanging or up high? i'd be afraid of a kitty getting to them down low.

Nothing like a nice geranium planter to call the wrens. Mine was out for two days and there was already a complete nest in it. I love the picture.

Great pictures - thanks for sharing them!

Great pics Starla!

Love the pictures!

Male House Finches, American Goldfinches, and Mourning Doves. Good Job!

Momma D that picture of the Osprey catching the fish out of water is awesome!! That definitely must be heaven!

Thanks Budman - I wish it was more clear but it's still pretty good!! I appreciate your comment.

Had a baby Great Horned Owl leave the nest a little early yesterday. He got stuck in a fence and nicked his face up a little. But mom and dad have him back again and he's doing good.

Here is the owl on Saturday after he was extracted from the fence he was stuck in.


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WOW! Fantastic pictures of what must have been a great experience!

Have you seen him lately?

Thanks for sharing these pictures, Tina!

And posing for a portrait.

I am happy to report that mom and dad are taking excellant care of him. He can be seen most evenings out on a branch doing aerobic exercises to strengthen his wings. He flaps and raises the branch he is clutching several inches. I don't know if he does that all night. We don't keep the same hours.

Happy to hear the update Tina. Glad that lil guy is doing fine.

I've seen this little guy hanging out off/on for a couple of years and finally today I had my camera



Is it a kingfisher???

That IS a Kingfisher! A Belted Kingfisher.Good Job . They NEVER sit still long enough and close enough to a person to get a GOOD picture. They are REALLY cool birds. You should watch them hover over a body of water about 100 feet up and then fold their wings and drop like a meteor onto the fish below. They almost never miss.

He is a cool little bird, thorny. I have watched him play! The powerline/phone wire that he hangs out on overlooks an estuary near the mouth of the Kennebec River. There's plenty of fishies in there, must be why he likes it so much. I don't know if it's always been the same one, but only see it solo. I have a good zoom on my camera so I rolled down the car window, got as close as I dared, took pictures, then inched my car down alongside the road and kept zooming in taking pictures, creeping closer and closer until he flew away.

This is actually the closest I got to it:

my new buddy

I cant wait for the mommas to bring their babies around this year.

here are some picture's of my Mother's day present
from my little one founded in our garage
bettyboop1948




so cute

That is a female or immature Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. I would say an adult female.

wow i would not think an adult thorny
boy it was so tiny, but you may be right.What ever it was it was so cute and we enjoyed it so much before we let it go.It wasn't in no hurry
When we held our hand open for her to go,she just sat for a bit then left.
bettyboop1948