marsrover said:So 1 May rolls around and I still have a large backlog of images from March, let lone April. What to do? Of course, grab the cameras and spend almost five hours prowling the Lehigh Parkway. What to show for it: thirteen fisherman and a dozen ducks (more about them in a later post). However, there was a bunch of additional feathered friends. We will start with sets for the three new (to me) UFFOs (Unidentified Feathered Flying Objects):

Robert, I'm pretty sure this is a tufted titmouse.

UFFO ID's

1. tufted titmouse - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/...
2. male Yellow Rumped Warbler - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/...
3. Gray Catbird - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/...

krobra said:the dove nest is not on the ground , it is on top of a tall metal cabinet underneath a 2nd story over hang.
and from what I read the male gets the day shift on the nest and the female gets the night shift. so it should be the male in all my pics

Oh ok, even better!!! Hopefully they come back to that spot every time they nest!!😀

Mindi

the cardinals are letting me pretty close! it seems they want their picture taken at times. especially the male.

I think all of my summer birds are here!
Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak


One of my favorites, but they don't seem to stay around my area for long... Indigo Bunting





A Downey really diggin' into that suet cake!

neverdone said:
the cardinals are letting me pretty close! it seems they want their picture taken at times. especially the male.




Your picture is so clear you can see the sunflower seed inside his mouth!!

Are the rest juvenile males? Sorry my message is in between the pictures. I thought it was at the end.

😀

Mindi

Joanna and Kurt, thanks for the IDs. I was brain dead in re the tufted titmouse, since your folks had IDed one for me some time ago. However the other two are new finds for me in the Parkway.
And, during the last few Parkway patrols, I have spotted another UFFO all along my route, but had not been able to get any acceptable images until the 1 May walk. I did, with some help from a fisher-woman and the Cornell website, identify these UFFOs as Tree Swallows:




Patience and perseverance paid off once again!

Marsrover, beautiful photos!! Is that a nesting box??

😀

Mindi

MindiHammerstone said: Is that a nesting box??

😀

Mindi

Yes, the local Audubon Society has put up a dozen or more in the Lehigh Parkway. They are located along the stream, primarily near the Police Academy and the Trout Nursery.

Marsrover,

That is great that the autubon society did that!! That helps out the birds a lot!!!

😀

Mindi

Seen today when visiting a coastal botanical gardens.

"Little Wattlebird" in a Banksia tree

@marsrover I think your newest UFO is a Swallow or Martin; not sure exactly which varieity.

Edit - oopsy sorry for not reading well the first time! I now see that you have edited your post to say they are identified as swallows.

All your photos give me (and I'm sure lots of others) huge pleasure! Plus a bit of education, learning about birds that don't exist in my world. So thanks to you all.

MindiHammerstone said:Marsrover,

That is great that the Audubon society did that!! That helps out the birds a lot!!!

😀

Mindi

Here is a pic of one of the boxes:
The Tree Swallows appear to be putting a lot of the boxes to good use.

Well marsrover,

You made my morning!! I need my birdie fix and to see the birds using the boxes means babies!!!

😀

Mindi

marsrover said:Joanna and Kurt, thanks for he IDs. I was brain dead in re the tufted titmouse, since your folks had IDed one for me some time ago. However the other two are new finds for me in the Parkway.
And, during the last few Parkway patrols, I have spotted another UFFO all along my route, but had not been able to get any acceptable images until the 1 May walk. I did, with some help from a fisher-woman and the Cornell website, identify these UFFOs as Tree Swallows:




Patience and perseverance paid off once again!

Oh, Robert! I adore swallows of all types! Barn swallows are prevalent here and this is definitely the time of year to watch them do their acrobatic show in the air during peak insect hours! Your pictures are lovely.

Lunch time with the Doves , looked like things are starting to get a little crowded in their happy home as they shuffled around.

Sweet dove pictures, the babies are really cute!! Top of my list favorite bird call, the Mourning Dove sounds so peaceful and soothing.

wildflowers said:Sweet dove pictures, the babies are really cute!! Top of my list favorite bird call, the Mourning Dove sounds so peaceful and soothing.

Ditto this!

Not me! I used to love them until one nested in the area where I hung my laundry to dry. That's when the pigeon-lice infestation began. Not only did I have to get rid of them, but I had to have my entire home and all belongings fumigated too. It was just awful.

Please be careful.