10_31_2012 Bird Photos

To say I am behind on blogs is an understatement. I'm so behind I now longer even know what I should have been posting!Well, not much I can do but just try to get some stuff up. I'll start with some nice bird portraits Dave has taken lately. First up is a Snowy Egret. He was out at Walden Ponds. Nice to see him given there was so little water in the ponds.

This cute little bird is a male House Finch. He's in the heated bird bath out back. Though really common, they are sweet pretty little birds.

Here is another male House Finch. It's not breeding season so his colors are muted. Still, he's quite pretty I think.

Here is another player at the backyard heated bird bath. This is an American Goldfinch in his muted non-breeding season plummage.

Here is another  bird out at Walden Ponds. Yeah, I don't know what it is. And I'm not going to look in the book right now. Suggestions are welcome. Still, it's a nice photo with the cool reflection.









Next up is a pretty Pine Siskin. Older bird guides refer to this as a Pine Finch. They really are just like little Goldfinch in disguise in my opinion.

A Black-capped Chickadee. These are common visitors in the backyard. Now we are getting Mountain Chickadee too (though we have no photos). Fun  birds!

I took this photo! This is of course a Blue Jay. To me, they are the German Shepherds of the song bird world. Really beautiful

A female House Finch. They look like this year around. Plain, sure, but beautiful in their own way.

Here are several Lesser Goldfinch in the heated bath. That thing is a hit every year.

This is a nest of three baby Wood Peewees we saw a few months ago at the South Mesa Trailhead. We watched them over a couple of days goes from tiny birds huddled in a nest to fledged young adults. Cool.

The ubiquitous GBH - Great Blue Heron. Beautiful.

And finally, in San Luis Valley, we saw this MacGillivray's Warbler. It's the first we've seen. Pretty cool! Two more bird blogs to follow.... Free Blog Counter