Rita: With the dang squirrels everywhere the poor birds are lucky to get a snack! The feeders in my yard empty out pretty quickly ... and if there's anything left late in the day the Raccoons will finish it off. It can get quite expensive trying to supplement the diet of our feathered friends!
Marilyn: Thank you so much; I enjoy taking photo's of my backyard birds but even more ... I love hearing their songs!
It's windy, cloudy and dreary here today and we are hoping for some much needed rain but so far only drizzles. With the weather I haven't been able to get any decent shots today. There were a few Osprey's flying about a little while ago and I wish I could have gotten some decent shots but they were all a blur with the clouds . I'm hearing distress calls from the Jay's, Cardinals etc. right now so I think there may be a hawk in the area which is not unusual. I found feathers in two different spots in the yard day before yesterday ... some little songbirds were lunch for a predator.
The following pictures I took yesterday.
Downy Woodpecker, male & female:
Red-bellied Woodpecker, male:
Blue Jay looking for peanuts that I put in an empty basket and (I think) a juvenile Myrtle Warbler:
Boat-tailed Grackles, one was shelling and eating peanuts and the other was snatching suet:
