Macro Monday - Goldfinch

I love having the windowbox feeder and watching the birds so closely. :)



I think they enjoy watching me too, lol.

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign MckLinky. :) MM started on Sept 29, 2008 - THANX to all of you for helping make it such a fun start to the week!

Birds, birds, and more birds

I promised some bird photos. I took a short walk along a local pond a few evenings ago and snapped all these photos.

Some sort of little flycatcher.

Thanx to a birding friend I know this is a Warbling Vireo. I don’t think I had ever seen one before. And I had the pleasure of watching two play in a tree. I spent a couple of days looking through my bird books and I had narrowed it down to a warbler or vireo, so I thought it was really funny when Gwen told me what it was.

Gray Catbird - I had never seen one of these either. This pretty little thing just sat there and let me snap away. I only took three shots and they all turned out good, little poser! From what I’ve read they are good mimics, like mockingbirds.

Can you find the Goldfinch? He just cracked me up!

Baltimore Oriole - I saw my first oriole last summer while paddling around up north. I was so surprised to see several right here. Just goes to show that it‘s worth it to zoom in and see what bird is up there. I figured it was one I see a lot of and was so surprised and excited.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - These little guys seem to be every where right now. You will get to see a few more of them later.

This week is a little crazy as we are preparing for a vacation. So please be patient with me if I don’t make it around as quickly as I normally do.

Chickadees and Goldfinches

I’m sorry that I forget sometimes that not everyone has the same birds around their own neck of the woods. The Chickadees are in my yard every single day and will zip and flit around you unafraid. It is not unusual to have one land on a feeder while I’m trying to refill it. But, it has come to my attention that I really don’t photograph them often. I guess I take them for granted since I see them everyday.

I took this one a few days ago and I kinda like it.

These were taken last fall and are two of my favorite Chickadee photos.  If you would like to hear the Chickadee, click here.

The yellow bird posted a couple of days ago is an American Goldfinch. And he was still around the next day.

They’re very bright right now, but in the fall they look more faded, like the one below.

I hope to eventually get a decent shot of these colorful birds.  You can hear his song here.

backyard birds

I’m really not sure why some evenings our yard is extremely full of birds and other evenings I only see my Chickadees. One evening last week as I sat on the porch, I was excited to see my normal folks (3 Downy Woodpeckers, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, Umpteen Chickadees, 3 White-breasted Nuthatches, a couple of Blue Jays and several Dark-eyed Juncos),and a pair of Brown headed Cowbirds, 2 pair of Cardinals, 3 Goldfinches, a couple of House Finches, a sweet little Sparrow and 5, yes 5 bluebirds. The Bluebirds excited me the most because one little female seemed extremely interested in my birdhouse.

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