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Occasional birdy thread....
May 7, 2016 | FReepers

Posted on 05/07/2016 11:01:28 AM PDT by Islander7

I had a pretty good morning. Hiked the Lake June Scrub State Park and good shots of the scrub jay and towhee. Came home to find the flycatcher posing in a ficus tree in our front yard; got his pic through the car window.

Took a bike ride and found a great egret, a snowy egret and tricolor heron in the same small stream. The snowy and the tricolor worked the great egret. They were positioned about 50 apart. The great egret spent his time trying to shoo off each of them. As one avoided the great egret, the other feasted on minnows. LOL! The great egret spent all his time and energy attempting to defend his stream from two conspiring free loaders.

Eastern Towhee

Florida Scrub Jay

Great Creasted Flycatcher

Tricolor Heron



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KEYWORDS: birds; photography; wildlife
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To: Hot Tabasco

Idaho.


41 posted on 05/07/2016 3:05:17 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: Ditter

My neighbor has netting hung on her window.


42 posted on 05/07/2016 3:10:10 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: fidelis

Cool pics. What is that bird with the lizard in its mouth?


43 posted on 05/07/2016 3:12:19 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: ColdOne

Good idea but it would be a big job at my house. It isn’t just one regular window. It is 5 Windows floor to ceiling and they are placed on a curve.

I am thinking of getting a BB gun and shooting the SOB.


44 posted on 05/07/2016 3:18:37 PM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: Islander7; All
Your bird photos are wonderful! I enjoy them so much. Here are some photos I took with birds in them. I can't hope to compete with you pros. All I have is a little Sony 'point and shoot', but anyway I love birds and love to take pictures so here goes: (sorry some are so large..don't know how to reduce. Maybe you could 'reduce' your screen to look at them. :)

Corpus Christi skyline with gulls

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45 posted on 05/07/2016 3:18:57 PM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan ...(girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

What was the County first bird?


46 posted on 05/07/2016 3:28:27 PM PDT by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: Islander7

First really outstanding day of migration was today. 10 FOY birds this morning, including a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher first for my yard. Also a lifer Prothonotary Warbler that doesn’t read the field guides, and was feeding 60 feet up in a tree.


47 posted on 05/07/2016 3:30:11 PM PDT by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: Ditter

That works quite well too!


48 posted on 05/07/2016 4:05:12 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: Islander7

I love your photos. Thanks!


49 posted on 05/07/2016 5:23:09 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I saw my first indigo a few days ago! Beautiful bird! I’m hoping he visits more!

I also saw my first Red Headed Woodpecker in the flesh a week or so ago, and now he comes every day. He’s such a stunning bird!


50 posted on 05/07/2016 5:30:38 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Wow, that’s pretty cool! Congratulations!


51 posted on 05/07/2016 5:35:05 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Ditter

I had a Robin do the same thing last year. I printed off a picture of an owl and taped it to the window. Finally stopped.


52 posted on 05/07/2016 5:39:36 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: patriot08

I like your shots!


53 posted on 05/07/2016 5:42:13 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: ColdOne
What is that bird with the lizard in its mouth?

It's a Roadrunner. It was sitting on the fence with this Whiptail Lizard in it's mouth and softly cooing, which means he was trying to attract a mate with a free dinner.

54 posted on 05/07/2016 6:32:17 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: Chipper

It was a black-bellied whistling duck. They have been gradually expanding their range northward in recent years. They are still rare for east Tennessee, though.


55 posted on 05/07/2016 6:42:24 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2020!)
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To: Paleo Pete

Nice shots. I’ve seen common yellowthroats here this year, but haven’t been able to get a good shot of one.


56 posted on 05/07/2016 6:43:53 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2020!)
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To: fidelis

Bravo!


57 posted on 05/07/2016 6:44:49 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2020!)
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To: FamiliarFace

‘I like your shots’

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Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
As I said, I can’t begin to match the excellent bird photos here as I only have a little ‘point and shoot’ and no opportunity to get the excellent up close shots of the beautiful birds posted here, but I do like to take pictures, and I’m glad someone enjoyed them.

Katy


58 posted on 05/07/2016 6:45:13 PM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan ...(girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!)
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To: patriot08

Nice!


59 posted on 05/07/2016 6:47:22 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2020!)
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To: Islander7

Great Blue, Great, green(?) and tri-color herons, egrets, roseates, ibis, cormorants, anhingas, coots, galinudes,assorted ducks, and boattails along with the gators were out at Merritt Island NWR today. Plus the humidity was down (always a plus when that happens in Florida...).


60 posted on 05/07/2016 6:57:21 PM PDT by PrairieDawg (#NeverHillary or Warren or Biden or ...)
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