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In the middle of this back yard, I almost missed seeing this crane, quietly roosting in the background. Not an everyday sighting for sure!
I had this hawk come in the backyard today and stay for over 2 hours. I believe he is an immature Cooper's Hawk. It is hard to tell the difference between the Cooper's and the Sharp Shinned. So if someone has knowledge of which one it is, than post it.
I have feeders in the yard, and their diet includes smaller birds. It was also a really cold day, so I think he was also getting out of the cold wind and enjoying the warmth of the sun.
I go out of town for a few days and when I come back I find a juvenile raptor trying to rule our backyard lake (it was perched on a neighbor's fence when I first espied it...no more than 10 feet away)! Small, fast and agile, it was very difficult to track with my camera (as you will see in several empty frames...haha!).
Anyway, it tried attacking the ducklings in two separate "rafts" (ducks are more often referred to as a raft, team or paddling while the group is on water) but got scared off by the mothers Muscovy. I don't know if it will be back tomorrow but I will be waiting.
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The Pleiades also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus.
This cute Fox Sparrow has been a regular in my yard this winter. He/she likes to forage underneath the suet feeder. In previous years, I would see the Fox Sparrow sporadically but I see this one every day! YAY!
I haven't talked about our bluebirds much lately. They aren't in the yard as much when they aren't brooding, but visit daily just to make sure no one is moving into their nestbox. I put up a box in 2009 and we've had bluebirds continuously since. Our site has fledged 159 new bluebirds. Looking forward to another spring with baby bluebirds. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
This guy came into the backyard yesterday. I went out to make sure the deer could find it's way back over the fence. Instead he started following me around. Had to finally make enough noise for him to leave. Then hung out in the green belt, munching away for about 20 minutes. Before he left, I told him to watch out for the local Cougar.
My cat, Mr. Purry Furry thinks that he is the monarch of all he surveys in his kingdom - our backyard.
Cockatoos came to my backyard in the rainy Sunday afternoon.
There was no cockatoo’s food, so I gave budgie's seed-bar.
One cockatoo “stole” whole the bar from my hand^^
Stingy cockatoo as below:
at my backyard, NSW Australia
I asked the WhatBird community, "I suppose this is a Mockingbird but it was behaving more like a Roadrunner. It was running along the backyard lawn and pecking at the ground. The lawn is burnt up from drought and excessive heat."
One WhatBird member replied, " Northern Mockingbirds tend to do that. There as many theories as to why they do that, but no definite conclusions. One of the most commonly and the most likely theory is that they are trying to catch food by scaring the bugs with their shadow." Another WhatBird member replied, "What I've always heard was flashing the white wing patches scared bugs."
When we came back from vacation, most of our hostas had been nibbled by deer (despite our spraying of the leaves), leaving a plethora of chewed off stalks. But...the blossoms are rising up in spite of it. This makes for a strange arrangement, but we're happy to see the buds.
Looked out the back window one day and there they were..their mothers were a kinda in the trees..my digital couldn't pick them up..they come around every other day
The friendly green tree frog in my backyard that comes out after a storm in the night time. Marrakai Northern Territory Australia.
Thanks Lynnie...you have the best "props"! I was attempting to capture some of the lush color of large format polaroid film in the style of Marie Cosindas.
A hawfinch..
It's cold, wet and windy. We have snow rain today and the birds are happy about the feed at the feeding place.
Ein Kernbeißer.
Es ist kalt, nass und windig. Wir haben Schneeregen heute und die Vögel freuen sich über Futter am Futterplatz.
The flowers are blooming and they are colorful. I decided to try a collage. Flowers sure make your spirits high. We could use some cheering up these days..Stay safe out there! thank you for stopping by!
Lilly Pilly in our garden, New South Wales, Australia
Australia has over 60 different varieties of Lilly Pilly and all fruits appear edible.
2/100 flowers 2022
The sky looked nice so I had to stop and snap yet another neighbourhood 'landscape'. Took 3, one with each lens (camera) with the different focal lengths:
The main lens on the S10+, slightly wider than 'normal' but at 26mm equivalent markedly different from the ('ultra')wide. Can be boring, but good for almost any subject...
My standard over-processing ;) ))