Very busy at the bird feeder today! (3 Viewers)

[ClarkWGriswold]

Beautiful pair of Jays in the garden this morning.

Rich

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

And whilst putting some seed out 3 Grey Herons flew over a handsome male Bully was in the garden.

 

[JeffMoh]

New yard bird today: American White Pelican. Didn't actually land in the yard, of course. Probably just as well.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Not my garden but one nearby - Arctic Redpoll and 4 Meally Redpolls.

CB

 

[JeffMoh]

A pair of American Robins has started hanging out in our backyard. Hoping they'll stay and nest!
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Larry Lade]

A Brown Creeper came into our yard this morning and was creeping down our huge Sycamore Tree. It did not come to the bird feeders, but it was 2014 bird # 28 for our yard.

 

[2slo]

A pair of American Robins has started hanging out in our backyard. Hoping they'll stay and nest!
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

Thanks a nice shot of the Robin there Jeff.

Mild weather and plenty of bird activity coaxed me outside today. The Nuthatches were living up to their name, gathering seeds and burying them as fast as they could before the GT's and Pheasants ate them all:

 

[bongofury]

A pair of American Robins

Nuthatches

Great photos, guys:t:Can't recall seeing one of a Nuthatch like that before.


Strange sight over the weekend; a Woodpigeon was perched where the male GSW likes to sit. The GSW had a go at the Woodpigeon, who retaliated. A few minutes later and the Woodpigeon gave up and flew off.

 

[crazyfingers]

For years the wold turkeys have been visiting under our neighbors feeders. Today for the first time ever some discovered our feeder in the bushes. There were 4 in total.

 

[JeffMoh]

Thanks a nice shot of the Robin there Jeff.

Mild weather and plenty of bird activity coaxed me outside today. The Nuthatches were living up to their name, gathering seeds and burying them as fast as they could before the GT's and Pheasants ate them all:

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Thanks, Mark.
Yours of the Nuthatch is absolutely brilliant.
I'm using a Canon SX50 these days. Great except that the viewfinder is abysmal and, like all bridge cameras, there is shutter lag. So it is difficult to photograph any bird in flight that is smaller than a ... Pelican.

 

[bongofury]

c8 Siskins today were very vocal, plus a Lesser Redpoll and a pair of GSWs.

 

[2slo]

Thanks, Mark.
Yours of the Nuthatch is absolutely brilliant.
I'm using a Canon SX50 these days. Great except that the viewfinder is abysmal and, like all bridge cameras, there is shutter lag. So it is difficult to photograph any bird in flight that is smaller than a ... Pelican.

Thanks Jeff. The SX50 is a good camera but if if you want birds in flight then a DSLR is the best option (IMO anyway). Saying that, I've seen some outstanding shots of perched birds taken with compact and bridge cameras. I know what you mean about the shutter lag, it's hard enough getting results without that, I don't have the reactions I had when I was younger!

c8 Siskins today were very vocal, plus a Lesser Redpoll and a pair of GSWs.

A good variety there Bongo, Siskins are a bird I might expect to see regularly, I've only ever seen the occasional one passing through. Never seen a Redpoll in my garden |=(|

The courtship season seems well underway here now. Whereas previously our resident male Pheasant would come and go on his own, he regularly turns up with his harem of up to 6 females now. Those birds can certainly eat! Here's a shot I took of the male jumping over the wall a couple of days ago:

 

[Sharp Shin]

Yesterday, I was busy reading Donna Tartt's novel The Goldfinch, when I looked up to view the garden, and here's what was on my feeder:

 

[crazyfingers]

Yesterday, I was busy reading Donna Tartt's novel The Goldfinch, when I looked up to view the garden, and here's what was on my feeder:

Well, the bottom half is remotely similar to our goldfinches.

 

[Bananafishbones]

Back home now.

Raining hard this morning, but didn't expect to see a Mallard sat on the neighbours roof, first time I have seen a duck perched on a roof |:S|

2 LTTs, Coal Tits, Great Tits and Blue Tits all very busy and a few Rooks.

 

[Bananafishbones]

Thanks a nice shot of the Robin there Jeff.

Mild weather and plenty of bird activity coaxed me outside today. The Nuthatches were living up to their name, gathering seeds and burying them as fast as they could before the GT's and Pheasants ate them all:

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Impressive image (as is the recent Pheasant), great work Mark

 

[Larry Lade]

I observed eighteen (18) bird species yesterday at our yard feeders.
Best bird was a Purple Finch. This species only very rarely comes to our yard!

* Yard bird # 29 for this year.
* This was also a year bird (# 91) on my Missouri List.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Had the first (singing) Chiffchaff of the year at the weekend.

CB

 

[JeffMoh]

Thanks Jeff. The SX50 is a good camera but if if you want birds in flight then a DSLR is the best option (IMO anyway). Saying that, I've seen some outstanding shots of perched birds taken with compact and bridge cameras. I know what you mean about the shutter lag, it's hard enough getting results without that, I don't have the reactions I had when I was younger!
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That's certainly true. I use the SX50 for most stuff, mainly because I don't want to lug around a scope. I normally use Sony 220 with 75-300mm as well, for in-flight shots, but I can't always be bothered to carry two cameras as well as binocs.

 

[JeffMoh]

Not much new in our yards, except a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird has moved in. Other every-day birds now are:
Downy Woodpeckers
Carolina Wrens (photo)
Carolina Chickadees
American Robins
Tufted Titmice
Blue Jays
Northern Mockingbirds
Northern Cardinals
Chipping Sparrows
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Orange-crowned Warblers
House Sparrows
White-winged Doves.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com