tufted titmouse

I thought this was a pretty photo of this Tufted Titmouse that was hanging out in the woods that surround my sisters house in Fairfield Bay Arkansas.

and it's running

This was one very frosty morning in the back yard.

I just think these are one of the cutest little characters!

Got home from work a little early, turned the dogs out and saw this one in the bushes. It took about an hour but there it was at the feeder about 10 feet from me. It let me take several shots and different poses. Worth the wait.

I've had five of these birds coming in to the feeders lately. A very noisy and boisterous group! They make me laugh with their flitting in grabbing a seed then zipping to a another perch to eat their prize. They stay for five to ten minutes then on some unkown signal they're off and gone...

Another close capture, that's not a hummingbird

Poor little guy...sitting and waiting his turn at the feeder, but alas, the Siskins won't allow him near it!

Another round of winter weather here, is bringing the birds in to the yard in flocks searching for food. Am still trying to get good photos of the bluebirds but no luck so far, but these guys go to the feeders and get one seed they fly to the trees to sit and eat it.

Check out the 6-sided snowflake on the wrought iron bird feeder stand.

What a lovely day I had outside with my garden birds yesterday. It was pretty cold outside (15 to 20F) so there were lots and lots of birds in the feeders all day long. The populations of finches and Juncos are on the move again (KC hopefully some of these birds will make their way down to your...

This Titmouse & the sparrow were chasing each other off the stump to be able to get more seeds. Then, of course, I came along :-O Then they were chasing each other out of the briar bush--so they could hide behind no leaves & peek at me--they gotta realize it's too hard to hold the...

If I'd waited 1/32 of a second it would have been in the air--instead, because of my timing, I only got the back half of it. I thought this was kinda cute--not as crisp as I'd like but I posted it anyhow.

This is another view of the tufted titmouse who thought it could take its time while I tried to get a shot of some robins--I guess it thought wrong :-O

Very cold and windy here today and the birds were just looking to find a warm spot.

He was wondering why I wasn't pointing the camera at him 'cause I usually am, but they won't sit still. Our robbins are back & I was trying to get a decent pic of one of them. I was able to take advantage of its confusion & get some decent shots of him.

The weather has been dreadful (rain and heavy overcast) for the last few days so here is a pic from the end of October. I just love these little birds. Right now I've got four of these birds coming into the feeders regularly and you can hear them coming long before you see them in the feeders...

The eyes of this bird have always fascinated me.