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Photo series of humming bird or as we call them here blenchi in my mango tree.
I have never seen a nest so small, the eggs looked like jelly beans, at first the color was white then the color changed to brown. When the birds came out the egg they were black and so tiny the mom would still sit on the nest.
Yesterday the last one left the nest.
It was a joy to follow these birds from the making of the nest to last one leaving the nest.
The highlight of the day - never photographed him on this perch with a fish, sadly. Nonethless, my first try at birds from a hide, so a success as far as I am concerned
Colours not the cirrect blue - seems to be down to the light at the time
"I'm much better looking than you."
"No you're not.....I'm way better looking!"
"How can you be better looking when you're grey and not colourful like me? Boring!"
"I'm not just grey. I have a white face!"
"Boring! Look, grey, grey, there's a patch of grey, and oh look, some more grey. You're just grey with grey highlights. Boring!"
"Oh yeah! Well why do they call you a purple swamp hen when you are clearly black, blue and red?
"Well, I don't know. I didn't name myself.....but at least I'm taller!"
"Taller? I'm taller!"
"No you're not.....I'm taller!"
"Not a chance! I'm way taller!"
"I'm much taller than you!"
"No way dude, I'm clearly taller! Just take a look at the shot that photographer just took. My head is nearly at the top of the frame!"
"Yeah, but you aren't taking into account parallax error, angle of view, the focal length of the lens, height of the camera above water level and distance to both subjects!"
"......oh shut up!"
And so, the afternoon passed peacefully.......
So I think I have finally defeated the flea bags (squirrels) as I never saw a one at the feeders yesterday (there are four all together). And it was amazing how many more birds showed up to feed! I have two squirrel proof feeders and the suet cage and then I scatter some seeds on the ground as lots of the birds like to eat there. Cardinals do both but seem to prefer the ground. The Squirrels would come and gobble all the ground seeds up and then to the top of the pole to eat the suet. What did I do? I bought a big bottle of Cayenne pepper! I rubbed it on the suet and mixed it with the ground seeds. My ground is now red with the stuff but the squirrels... ha! They seem to have taken themselves off back into the woods to eat their natural foods. :) I hope I never see one again and if I do, I will be sure to greet it with lots of the hot stuff! I may sound mean to some, but the bird seed has gone beyond expensive and I buy it for birds not squirrels. And seriously, there is plenty of their natural foods around the area. There were four of the male cardinals yesterday. :)
Preparing for their fall migration, these magnificent birds are always fun to photograph.
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I couldn't resist another Christmas-themed photo. Cookie, my Crimson-bellied Conure wears her Christmas colors all year long. She's silly, mischievous, and loves a good cuddle. She even has her own theme song, sung to the tune of "O Tannenbaum":
O Christmas bird, O Christmas bird
How lovely are your feathers
O Christmas bird, O Christmas bird
Please don't biiiiite my nose :)
Explaining that last line, when I first got her, she used to dangle from my hair and reach down to nibble on my nose. Luckily she's found other activities to occupy her time...usually.
Bird faces can seem so expressive! The temptation is great to anthropomorphize. This is a hot grackle, but it's sure hard not to see "angry bird"...
A ‘Picture Jasper’ valley sharing an ancient autumn morning with birds in flight. The birds I found stenciled to the flood wall in Dubuque and the next morning I found the piece of Jasper at the big Flea Market at What Cheer - a chance meeting for making an imaginary prehistoric image.
Strelitzia reginae, the crane flower or bird of paradise; indigenous to South Africa; the open flower resembles the head and beak of a colorful exotic bird
More info: edrosack.com/2019/01/12/in-a-garden/
I found this photo in morguefile and thought it would be fun for my "Facing Forward" Sketchbook Project theme. It is painted on Arches 140# coldpress; I'll make a copy for the book.
Canada Jay's seem to go by many names. One book I have calls it a Gray Jay (sic) while the slang name is "Camp Robber."
licensing on the photo is intended for educational orgs to use. I would prefer people not reprocess with textures because they can. If you want a photo like this I suggest you take yourself outside and shoot your own.