So, blogspot has "improved" their photo upload. This improvement has it darn near impossible to get the photos uploaded and to get the text where I want it to be. :/ Blargh!
Dave and I have been out doing some birding lately as he nurses his latest injury. (NOTE: it is advised to leave your ribs attached to their normal points. Separation is not fun). Thought I'd share his latest photos. The first is a gosling - baby Canada Goose. These birds are always SO CUTE!
The second bird is a Yellow Warbler. They are so beautiful and SO DIFFICULT to photograph. He's gotten several excellent photos, but none are up to Dave's standards...so we keep trying. We found where a couple are nesting recently. Maybe this knowledge will help us get a perfect shot.
Typical Yellow Warbler - up high in the trees. Still, a lovely picture of a male singing. They love to sing this time of year!
Here is another tree-top dweller: Warbling Vireo. Books generally describe them as "heard, but rarely seen." This one was through some brush, but Dave managed a shot of him nonetheless. Beautiful song!
We don't see many, but were lucky enough to find a couple of Yellow-headed Black Birds. And even better, Dave caught one enjoying a bath. Isn't it awesome?
Same guy enjoying a bath.
Afterward, he flew to a tree to sing a happy clean bird song. Fun.
Not a bird, but a big snapping turtle that Dave located at Walden Ponds. Scary!
A cool Belted Kingfisher hide in a tree. Did you know that these birds nest in the banks of ponds?
A Killdeer blends into his surroundings.
A Red-Winged Blackbird. Wish I had a dollar every time someone asks what that bird is called. I tell them and they think I'm pulling their leg. :)
Another shot of a pretty male Yellow Warbler. He's resting a second between songs.
Adult Canada Goose. Always gentle and fun to watch.
A couple of these guys were hanging out at South Mesa Trailhead recently. Cute.
An extra fun photo of a Yellow Breasted Chat doing a Wren imitation. Check out that perky tail!
Spotted Towhee. Handsome bird.
And quite the singer!
Dave grabbed a couple of photos of Lazuli Bunting. Really gorgeous little birds.
I saw one at our home feeder recently. Wish he'd come back!
Female Downy Woodpecker doing that woodpecker thing.
The House Wren is admittedly a plain looking bird. While he didn't get a lot in in the dramatic looks department, he got it in the beautiful song department. Always a treat to hear their melodic tune.
Western Kingbird gathering fluff for a nest! We located three Western Kingbird nests recently. Soon there will be babies!
Another pretty little House Wren.
And finally, the elegant Eastern Kingbird. Cool that we get Western, Eastern and Cassin's Kingbirds here.
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Cool birdies, great photos! Glad bird-spotting is a fruitful recovery sport!
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