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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 1, 2006 4:13:56 GMT
.... in the past few weeks. "Little people" as our daughter would say.  Yellow Warbler ( Dendroica petechia)  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yellow-rumped Warbler (?) (Dendroica coronata)  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina Wren ( Thryothorax ludovicianus)  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  That's all for now. Chick with 3Ds  |
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Post by andy on Oct 1, 2006 6:49:47 GMT
Wow...you're very lucky. Some gorgeous birds there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2006 9:50:47 GMT
Amazing - you are sooo lucky - I have never seen anything like the Common Flicker before, such wonderful plumage.  |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 1, 2006 12:03:26 GMT
Oh wow they are so pretty! And amazing photos too.
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 1, 2006 14:47:53 GMT
I suppose "common" means frequently seen, but theres nothing common about that bird, its very special, I think. Great pics, Chick with 3 D`s!
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 2, 2006 0:12:32 GMT
Hi all! Glad you like the pictures. The Common Flicker (male pictured) is one of our woodpeckers. We have a pair that nests in one of the weeping willows every year. "Dad" enjoys visiting our numerous water features and fishing (successfully) for guppies and bettas (Siamese Fighting Fish)! He's even been seen teaching his fledgling the fine are of catching fish! ~~~~SIGH~~~~ All part of the cycle of life, ehh? The fish are outside during the warm weather to eat the mosquito larvae and are not attractive at all to the raccoons or herons that go fishing for the goldfish and koi!  The Flicker and Carolina Wren are here all year. The Carolina Wren made a nest in our cedar this year. The first time I know of! The warblers and vireo are visiting during their migration. I hand raised a Flicker chick a while back. Quite the character he was! (In a good way! LOL!!!!!!!) C3D |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 3, 2006 2:52:31 GMT
Some more photos that I hope will give you a smile!  Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------  Downey Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) -------------------------------------------------------------  Grey Catbird ( Dumetella carolinensis) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Rufous-sided Towhee (Pipilo crythrophthalmus) -----------------------------> That's all for tonight. ChickaDx3 |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 6:08:04 GMT
How does the Grey Catbird get it's name C3D? Amazing photo's again - what type of camera do you use? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 6:55:33 GMT
Hi C3D, Fab pictures, I am so Jealous. Sara |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 3, 2006 12:22:31 GMT
Hi again.
Glad you like the photos. Some pics were taken with a Leica and others with a Canon. (Don't know which was which ....Sorry)
The Catbird had his name changed oficially to 'Grey Catbird' because there are more vgrey variations of the bird, or at least that is my understanding of the name. There is an all black catbird in Mexico. The catbird will be here frequently at the feeders during the fall and winter months and rarely seen once the insects are back out in spring and summer.
They are mimics so there are times I am looking up in the trees wondering who the heck is making THAT SOUND ... only to find it is the catbird. LOL!
I'll try to load more pics into Photobucket later. I have dial-up and it takes forever and a day for just one upload.
Kindest regards.
C3D
-------------> Forgot to mention, lest you think I am the great photographer for this post ....NOT! I raided the photo file of my OH for these pictures! He actually knows what he's doing when it comes to camera work. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 13:28:10 GMT
So it is could be called the "copycat bird" |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2006 6:06:44 GMT
absolutely beautiful C3D. i especially love the first one for some reason but all are gorgeous.
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 5, 2006 2:09:59 GMT
Some more pictures for you this morning .....  American Robin (Turdus migratorius) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Starling (Kramer) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) --------------------------------------------------------------------------  Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) -------------------------------------------------------------------------  Black-capped Chickadee (Parus carolinensis) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Red-bellied Woodpecker ( Centurus carolinus) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  American Goldfinch ( Carduelis tristis) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have lots of sparrows, finches, crows, blackbirds, robins, starlings....... I'll try to get more pictures in soon. I have dial-up and it takes forever to get one picture into Photobucket. Hope you like this set of birdies too. C3D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 6:51:39 GMT
Just wonderful, I would give up work to watch them all day if we had the birds you do. Off to feed my sparrows. Sara |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 7:11:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 7:20:30 GMT
Hi Rita, That because they all live near me, I have been feeding a flock of about 30 or so. I think they are very funny to watch as they queue for the feeders. one of my neighbours shoo's them off of his pyracantha because he says they are eating all the berries and there will be none left for the black bird! Some people are funny ;D Sara |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 9:16:23 GMT
Love the Blue Jay C3D - did you or your OH take these photo's? |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 5, 2006 11:20:24 GMT
My very talented OH took most of the photographs. Thanks! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 11:33:25 GMT
What gobsmackingly beautiful birds, and fantastic photos too. Amazing!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 20:33:03 GMT
Wow C3D those are all great. I would love a garden that attracted those birds. We do have some lovely Goldfinches here though. Cant wait til next month when I get my new camera.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2006 18:16:20 GMT
wow lucky you fab pics |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 16, 2006 22:16:54 GMT
Our tiniest bird is the Ruby-throated Hummingbird ( Archilochus colubris). They are very attracted to red flowers like salvia and bee balm as well as feeders with sugar water. They are our only hummer that breeds here east of the Mississippi River. They are not particularly shy and have been known to dive at me or the dogs if we invade their territory! They leave us and migrate to Mexico and Panama starting in September. This is a photo of some hungry visitors sent to me from the state of Georgia by a friend via e mail. I wish I had hummers feeding from my hand!  Here is another photo:  It is a tricky thing to feed the hummers. Their needs vary with the seasons. Here is a link about their requirements: www.hummingbirds.net/hainsworth.html------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Post by magrich on Oct 16, 2006 22:48:00 GMT
your pictures, and your birds, are super. how do you manage to get any work done?
I would spend all my time watching them.
I watch my little robins and blue tits, and love to see the starlings having a bath.
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 17, 2006 7:20:32 GMT
Those Humming Bird pics are amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing, they are so beautiful, are they really that tame  . Wouldn't like a peck from one though Pity I coudn't have got a photo of what I have just witnessed through the window. Dog laid on yard watching a tiny sparrow peck away at bits and bobs on the path, they were only about 2 feet away from each other at one point, she was sitting so still and it hadn't a care in the world. |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 17, 2006 16:17:48 GMT
Those hummingbirds are stunning. I'd love to see them in "real live" (LPism)
I would have loved to have seen your dog too BusyBee - what a lovely image you have painted for us.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2006 16:50:50 GMT
What stunning pictures - the birds are beautiful
Thanks for showing them
P x
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 17, 2006 22:03:49 GMT
Magrich - Work? Me? LOL! Glad you like the pics. I basically raided my OH's photo file to find another picture to go with the one e mailed. I do envy the people who make the time to really study the birds and wildlife. BusyBee - Isn't it wonderful to have a good natured dog?!?! Our GSD was like that. He'd lay in the grass and sparrows would be bouncing around him eating seeds or stealing a bit of his hair to line their nests. The squirrels and bunnies would lift their heads when he would come outside and just go back to doing whatever they had been doing. Totally unconcerned that he was outside. The hummingbirds will actually land on your hand as shown. They are VERY approachable. Oh Plocket and Plantaholic, the hummers are one of my favourites. They usually appear at the end of May and stay until September. We take down the hummingbird feeders the first week of September so they do not stay longer than they should. If their migration south is delayed with artificial feedings this far north, they may not find sufficient food as they fly south. I'll see if I can find more hummer pictures. C3D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2006 6:40:32 GMT
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Post by torontotrini on Oct 18, 2006 18:10:11 GMT
Wonderful pics C3D. Just wonderful. I also have some of them as visitors - blue jay, mourning dove, red-bellied woodpecker (now and then), lots of robins, especially in the earlier half of the season. You say some of the pics were taken with a canon? Would that be with a SLR digital canon? Telephoto lens? What model camera is it? I'm feeling more and more inclined to get a good digital. I have one of the "old style" SLR (Nikon) with all kinds of fancy lenses that I hardly ever use any more (and can't post the pics because they're not digital) so I've been kind of reluctant to spend more money on a camera. I used my daughter's digital a few times to get garden pics to post, but now she is in Vienna and will be there until next year, so I have nothing with which to take "postable" pics. If I'm going to buy a digital camera I want it to be a very good one, preferably a SLR digital, but they are a bit pricy still. But I'm thinking of it. I really do love those bird pics. I have quite a few bird pics myself as well as other wildlife from when I travelled a lot around southern, central and east Africa, but they're all on slides.
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Post by torontotrini on Oct 18, 2006 18:18:24 GMT
WOW! <green-with-envy-but-trying hard-not-to-show-it-smiley> Those hummingbird shots are just plain wonderful. The most hummingbirds I've ever seen at any one time around my garden is 3; and that has been a very rare sight. Usually it's one at a time, sometimes 2, and they most definitely don't come anywhere near my hand. Have you found hummingbird feeders to really work C3D? Is it worth buying one?
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