south carolina

From the balcony

American Blue Jay

American Goldfinch (male)

Back and forth to the feeder with a mouth full! Feeding the young? Huntington Beach State Park, SC

Getting tired of dowachers? ;o) At Huntington Beach State Park, SC

At Huntington Beach State Park

Red-headed Woodpecker The red-headed woodpecker is a small or medium-sized woodpecker from temperate North America. Their breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the eastern-central United States.

Indigo Bunting Only the head is indigo. The wings and tail are black with cerulean blue edges. In fall and winter plumage, the male has brown edges to the blue body and head feathers, which overlap to make the bird appear mostly brown. The adult female is brown on the upperparts and lighter...

Hermit Thrushes have a chunky shape similar to an American Robin, but smaller. They stand upright, often with the slender, straight bill slightly raised. Like other thrushes, the head is round and the tail fairly long.

Female Eastern Bluebird Females are grayish above with bluish wings and tail, and a subdued orange-brown breast.

Tufted Titmouse are regulars at backyard bird feeders, especially in winter. They prefer sunflower seeds but will eat suet, peanuts, and other seeds as well. A little gray bird with an echoing voice, the Tufted Titmouse is common in eastern deciduous forests and a frequent visitor to feeders.

Noisy and aggressive toward other birds but a a beautiful bird nonetheless

Among the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet. Male and female Snowy Egrets take turns incubating their eggs. As one mate takes over for the other, it sometimes presents a stick, almost as if passing a...

The Juvenile Brown Thrasher has blue or steel-gray eyes now but will eventually change to yellow.

I had a lot of fun with these guys! At Huntington Beach State Park, SC

Took me a while to figure out this was a juvie female. The beak gives her away and the fact that there were other RWB's in the area. Hope I'm correct! At Huntington Beach State Park, SC

What else would I be? At Huntington Beach State Park, SC

I know, anther gnatcatcher! ;o) At Huntington Beach State Park, SC

Noisy and they can be aggressive, but you can't deny what beautiful birds they are!

Haven't posted these in a while and since then the colors now have really picked up. Breeding Plumage I suspect.

This is for you Daniel, they are back. Taken near the causeway observation deck at Huntington Beach State Park. Not my best shot of these guys, but he was high in a tree.

First sighting of the male. Just one of the female years ago nearby this location at Huntington Beach State Park, SC