Mika, I forgot to say ... I love that saying "What the Jellybean"! I may have to steal that one!

Lin,..those pictures of the Cormorant gorging itself are fantastic ,..plus your shot of the Hawk,..that Grackle looks like its made of metal and as for those piercing eyes,..makes it look fierce.

Mika,..beautiful looking Buzzard

Melanie,..well done getting those shots of the Egret,..beautiful big bird,..not forgetting the Mockingbird

Trying to get used to my new camera,..getting there,..the zoom is X18 but most of the birds are way beyond that distance,..just today and across the far side of my road there is a Magpie's nest,..come Spring every year they rebuild the nest though they tend to wait until around the 22nd of March which is the official start of Spring,..lo and behold they started working on the nest today as this is our 3rd day into our Traditional start to Spring,..nice to see Traditional Springtime Keeping Magpies


Below that tree i spotted a Bullfinch,..still too far to get a close up


Greenfinch,.. in the garden today.


Blue Tits and Great Tits.

Wow, the colors are very intense with that new camera, Philip! Is that feeder really neon green, or is the camera setting enhancing it somewhat?

Beautiful shots, anyway and such colorful birds. Love the blue tits.

Elaine,..i agree the colors are a bit intense,..the setting was on Color Pickup,..i wasn't too happy when i looked at the outcome as it enhances the colors too much.

glengarry23 said:Lin,..those pictures of the Cormorant gorging itself are fantastic ,..plus your shot of the Hawk,..that Grackle looks like its made of metal and as for those piercing eyes,..makes it look fierce.

Mika,..beautiful looking Buzzard

Melanie,..well done getting those shots of the Egret,..beautiful big bird,..not forgetting the Mockingbird

Trying to get used to my new camera,..getting there,..the zoom is X18 but most of the birds are way beyond that distance,..just today and across the far side of my road there is a Magpie's nest,..come Spring every year they rebuild the nest though they tend to wait until around the 22nd of March which is the official start of Spring,..lo and behold they started working on the nest today as this is our 3rd day into our Traditional start to Spring,..nice to see Traditional Springtime Keeping Magpies


Below that tree i spotted a Bullfinch,..still too far to get a close up


Greenfinch,.. in the garden today.


Blue Tits and Great Tits.

Your birds there are so colorful and pretty.

They really are Philip, they really are. Gorgeous birds in Ireland and no snakes. Boy, if I thought I could deal with all the rain.......

Philip, I love the colorful birds that you see in your part of the world! I had no idea that Magpies built such large nests. That Bullfinch sure has pretty colors and I truly love the Blue Tits; that sure is a pretty background with the bright red of the plant behind the feeder!

I'm going out to run some errands in a short while and I plan to take my camera with me this time! We have lots of Osprey nests around town and last week when I was out shopping at a Walmart store, I was walking back to my car and glanced towards a tree where I knew there was a huge Osprey nest. A beautiful Osprey was perched on a branch above the nest; it looked as if it were posing and it would have been such a nice photo. I wish I'd taken my camera with me; I didn't have my mobile phone with me either and it takes decent pictures but I use my phone so little that most of the time I forget to take it when I leave the house.

Saw a new bird on the feeder today... it's definitely a female, either a Downy or Hairy Woodpecker. I can't tell the difference between the two, but both are common in Florida. Such pretty markings on this one...

Very pretty woodpecker!

I'm pretty sure this is a titmouse, blue coloring. I noticed it hopping around through the garden bath and zoomed in with my camera through the window.

I think a hairy woodpecker Ibis. The white on the outer tail feathers does not have black barring like a Downy and the longer bill is indicative of the Hairy.

You both got great shots today!

Goldfinch


Male Bluebird


Chipping Sparrow & Bluebird


Northern Cardinal - this has to be a juvenile as the coloring isn't even established yet - probably a juvenile female

Christine, that's such a pretty titmouse! I love the coloring - all I get are the grey ones. The blue looks so festive

Ann, I'll go along with Hairy Woodpecker. From my bird book, I really couldn't tell the difference

IbisFla said:
Ann, I'll go along with Hairy Woodpecker. From my bird book, I really couldn't tell the difference

That is a tough one Ibis. If you hadn't gotten the photo you did where one could see so much of the bird then it could have been an either/or situation but you had the white outer tail feathers clearly on both sides & that beak & nothing was cut off so we could tell the approximate size & heft of the bird. Otherwise I would have been saying ---

Such cute pics, Ann! Kinda funny to see the little bluebird wading in the water in Feb. it's so cold, but probably not in Florida. That is a really cute cardinal, it does look like a young female.

Ibis, I agree, that is a pretty little Hairy Woodpecker!! It has a longer bill than the Downy and is also a bit larger than the Downy.

Christine, yes that little cutie is a Tufted Titmouse!

Ann, I just love those Bluebirds and how cool to have the Goldfinches visiting! That little Cardinal is so pretty, I don't think I've ever seen one that light in color; it does appear to be a female.

Thanks Christine. We've had a quick warm up - a 2 day heat wave for Feb. which gave us 77 & 80 degrees. Cold front is on it's way though & we'll be back down in the 30's at night through the 11th or so they predict.

Well, I didn't get out to run my errands today as planned so didn't get any pic's of an Osprey but these were takenn from my back deck today.

Northern Cardinal female .................. male ....................................... Palm Warbler


Pileated Woodpecker


Red-shouldered Hawk

Ann,..No Snakes is something they all claim here as St Patrick was reputed to have got rid of them however as they have them across the pond in England one wonders,..there are reports of seeing small Grass Snakes here,..though i have not come across them,..as for the rain,..we did have just over 200 days of rain per year though that recording is well and truly broken of late as i forget when we last had a day without rain

Nice shots of your Finches,..Bluebird,..Chipping Sparrow and Cardinal

Ibis,..Beautiful Woodpecker shot,..lovely markings

Christine,..Very nice little Titmouse

Lin,..What a variety of birds you have posted,..no errands done but you made up for that with your birds,..love them all,.. especially that Pileated Woodpecker and the Red Shouldered Hawk

Group Shots for you,..ducks aplenty,..Pigeons,..and Terns not forgetting the Swan.

Lin, I love that Pileated Woodpecker - he's all dressed up in his nice black suit, then he's got that raging red mohawk! I'm always glad to see the cardinals and warblers. And that hawk is all business, especially in that last shot, where it looks like he's staring straight at you!

Philip, What a great place to take bird pictures - it's definitely a gathering spot! It's impressive to see so many ducks in the same place, I guess because I only see the occasional one in my little pond. The terns and pigeons are happy there too, and that swan is so elegant