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... You seek him here, you seek him there, you seek him everywhere, that elusive little Rufus Hummingbird!
Finally got him to come off that high Hydro wire and into the local garden to check out the nectar on this lovely red Dahlia flower.
Playing around, just having FUN with some bird shots taken today ~ sorry to have clipped the big guy's wing ;-) ~ I had no intention of uploading this photo BUT Bette Midler's song "The Wind Beneath My Wings" kept playing in my head LOL ~ ENJOY the song ~
Bette Midler (1990) Grammy Awards "The Wind Beneath My Wings"
This Robin was up on the tree branches getting his fill of some red berries. They were almost gone so I guess he made sure to get his share.
A female Red-crested Pochard left with a feather on her bill after a preening session.
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Found this very tiny but chunky bird hopping around our neighbourhood's unkempt lawns for 2 days, first thinking he could not fly, maybe he was injured. Eventually I took this shot in front of our apartment building.
Checking on the species, I also saw a similar shot listed as an Oregon Dark Eyed Junco bird. He really was very cute, much more so than many birds I normally see here in our very urban neighbourhood; he really had these great colours. Of course I was happy he was OK and that this hopping around is looking for seeds, not due to an injury.
Spotted all these birds hanging out together in the distance on the Hydro Wires. As they were far off from my view, I could not tell what kind of birds they were.
One from my archives; these crows seemed to be chatting about something on this very high Cedar Tree branch. I wonder what they were gossiping about?
Just had time to catch a quick shot of this tiny Hummingbird up on the Hydro Wires before he/she flew off again. At the moment I do not have a telephoto lens, so had to do a bit more cropping.
This was one of the pelicans at the WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, which was cleaning it wings in the water. I am happy with how the splashes and action were caught in this shot.
The same Annas Hummingbird as he approached the blossoms on some local blackberry shrubs. He was silhouetted against the early evening sun here, so colouring does not show up. It was an Annas Hummingbird as far as I could tell.
A Northern Flicker youngster being fed by dad on top of a stone wall by the water area. This was my second shot of the feeding, then they both flew away. This is the 2nd and clearer shot.
Correction: I do believe this is a Female Vermillion Flycatcher.
I have checked many times, so I hope that this is the correct bird name. He flew from shrub to shrub along 'The Wash' that runs for a few miles in the Henderson, NV area and never sat still.
NB: No, I can see it is not a Willow Flycatcher as I first thought it was, but possibly another one in this species. I found the Female Vermillion Flycatcher to be the closest to my shot; all my photos were far off so cannot distinguish them any better.
I took this shot of a Cormorant sitting on some rocks as he was no doubt watching the water in order to snag some fish for his supper.
He's just a young Steller's Jay, but there is no stopping him from coming for more peanuts. He was here all afternoon and actually flew right into our living/dining room and up to our large hutch, then back out. He came in to pick up peanuts from the sofa by the door too. Even the crows who came by could not scare him off. He and the other birds are always in the trees opposite our balcony, but this little Jay loves to be anywhere on our balcony including by the balcony door. Seen here on a table with a Rosemary Plant.
These two local Bald Eagles were both very noisy and seemed deep in conversation about something, almost screaming at each other, in fact. Maybe there were young ones alone in the nest? One can see the nest but it is very high up, very large and very deep, so sadly one cannot see if offspring are in the nest. In this photo the eagle pair are in a tree by the water and are away from their nest. I often see them hunting for food here, such as fish which they bring back back to the nest. I check every few days, but cannot see any activity in the nest itself of young eaglets.
NB: Apparently EXPLORE INVITATIONS stopped working as of July 3rd so since then no one can upload to Explore until the problem is fixed. Photos still appear every day but do not get the Invitation (as mine did not either).
Yesterday I was looking at another user's awesome owl photos and t has been months since I've seen/heard any owls. So... I said to myself "it would be so awesome if I could just go outside and photograph an owl" I kid you not, around 3 am I hear a few deep owl hoots right across the street! I was so excited I could barely hold the camera straight :-) Thank you universe.
#Synchronicity
Today on my long walk I finally got a few shots of my favourite bird, the Red Winged Blackbird. He knew it was Spring and appeared around the neighbourhood. probably looking for a mate.
“Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, Monte Vista, CO. ##blackbirdsinginginthedeadofnight #birdsofafeatherflocktogether #birdflock
Things are looking bright when the sun shines after a long cold dark winter!
Taken on south east Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada
I do miss all the ducks and birds I saw at the ocean in West Vancouver, BC. Here where a group of 10 Golden Eye ducks swimming in a row in the waters of the Burrard Inlet.
This was one of the pelicans at the WWT Arundel Wetland Centre. I got several shots of them feeding in the water, but I liked this one the most for the action in the water.
Birds of a Feather is an idiom from the proverb "Birds of a feather flock together," meaning that similar people congregate. In old poetic English, "birds of a feather" means birds which have the same kind of feathers, so the proverb refers to the fact that birds congregate with birds of their own species. This proverb has been in use since the 16th century.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_a_Feather_(disambiguation)
This was certainly the case at the beach.
These birds often visit the tree opposite us, the roof tops nearby and on the grass outdoors. These active woodpeckers are always fun to observe.
These unusual looking gulls were in large groups on various rocks along the shoreline on my sea walk today.
This was one of the pelicans at the WWT Arundel Wetland Centre. I wanted to capture the detail of the head and beak.
... and as they say, the early bird gets the worm. There he was, sitting on the hydro wire, about to enjoy his snack.
This curious Spotted Towhee was looking at me and probably wondering why I was taking his photo. We seem to have a lot of these birds around our neighbourhood this year.
These little sparrows seem to sing all the time. I hear them and see them everywhere; they are such happy little birds. A white crowned Sparrow.
This photo was also used in a BC Birding Magazine some years ago.
“Some birds can drag their feet and still get things done. So it is with the Snowy Egret (Egretta Thule), a graceful wader that not only drags its feet but wiggles them, probes with them and rakes them through the mud. Researchers analyzing the Snowy Egret’s many methods of foraging with its feet have concluded that, among North American herons, this finely plumed Hunter boasts an unequaled bag of tricks. Foot stirring, their studies found, requires an egret to swish one foot through the pond mire while keeping the other for balance. Because it’s feet Gleam bright yellow, the sight of one flashing by often startles frogs and fish into motion. Once spied by the Egret, they are promptly skewered on its long, pointed bill.” - excerpt Reader’s Digest Book of North American Birds edited by the Staff of RD, Project Editor James Cassidy. C1990 [Photo location: Kissimmee, Fl. March 2017]