If we start small, we can only grow.

Oh how precious! And I really like your caption.

Thanks for the new thread, Suz! And what a great photo. I look forward to seeing all of the fantastic bird photos this year!

Thank you Grill,
Thank you Johannian, I saw @dirtdorphins has not had time, so we can help her out.
I am also looking forward to all the images!

Last week I drove up to Jordan lake dam. I was there mainly looking for bald eagles. Unfortunately I only saw 1 bald eagle, and I got got no photos. I did see hundreds of cormorants and almost as many ring-billed gulls. I've needed to get a picture of a ring-bills for a long time, since I have not been to the coast in some time. I had a chance that day, first since I got my new camera so here's my attempt. Interesting to find ring-billed gulls over 100 miles from the coast, but I guess gulls are ubiquitous.

Nice PB grebe shot! Such cute little birds.

I saw a lot of birds over the weekend in Biloxi area, but was too busy watching & chatting to take pics. My SIL/BIL have 6 acres just north of town and it's like a bird sanctuary. Great relaxing way to spend a weekend.

What a little cutie to start 2023 😍😍

Ooohhhhh. A new camera. How exciting! Looks like you put it to good use. Im a little jealous, I have to put mine in the shop this week. I carry it everywhere and the sensor needs to be cleaned because of all the dirt and sand I haul it through. Not to mention water. Ugh. What did you get?

WebTucker said: Nice PB grebe shot! Such cute little birds.

They are adorable. Hard to shoot sometimes, because they are so skittish, and their colors match the brackish water they love. I am hoping to see a Horned Grebe next week. We don't get them here usually, but this year has been very different, and rumor has it there is a family on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. *anticipating joy* Thank you

HI and Happy Wednesday!
I'm not big on ducks, they are starting to grow on me though. This is a Lesser Scaup, female.

My wood ducks were out today. They live in a cypress cove in the back northeastern corner of the lake, and I would estimate the distance to be as much as 75 meters away when I took this shot. Not much detail at that distance. I wish I could get closer. Too bad I can't fly or sail across the water in a boat.

I can't ever get enough of those colorful waterfowl. I wonder how they evolved to look like that. 💚💜

Beautiful shot! I wish I could get that close.

Here's lookin' at you, Web 😘

If there's a more colorful duck, I don't know it!

Squirrels are making me crazy this week. I do fill a feeder "just for them," but of course they have to check out everything else as well. I just saw one empty my peanut butter feeder! It's filled with a mixture of PB suet and extra PB, chopped dried apricots (that had turned black -- still delicious but unappealing to humans), and loads of cayenne pepper. Apparently there's at least one squirrel here who lacks the tastebuds for "Hot!!" DD says I'm breeding super-squirrels.

I don't mind the squirrels taking a share, but I'd like the birds to get a beak in edgewise.

Crazy "tree rats"....mine love hot. Grew jalapenos one year...they hauled butt with all of them😡. That same year a sunflower seed grew under a feeder. I left it to get a nice seed head. The crazy critters were scared of it and wouldn't go near it. Go figure 😏🤣

Caught this little guy hanging out in the Duck Pond in the middle of campus.

There are no students right now so he/she hangs around more than usual.




He/she is perched on a 1" diameter air hose.

NMoasis said: Here's lookin' at you, Web 😘

I have never seen the Wood Ducks. Beautiful!

with the reflection, I'm not sure what I'm looking at... I'll probably catch on in a moment!