Viewing post #902354 by plantladylin

Claudia, I'd love it if you could send that beautiful male Hummer to Florida! All I ever see around here are the females. I saw one male a year or so ago and one early this spring ... for some reason it's always females who come to the feeders in my yard.

Took lots of pictures today ... mostly through the windows cause the 96ºF temperatures today and the high humidity was just too much for me!

Blue Jay


Grackle


Brown Thrasher


Cardinal


We have tons of Mockingbirds around, lots of young ones lately and the adults are always on alert for Crows and other predators. I've seen the adults chasing off crows for over a week and lots of birds went into hiding yesterday when Swallow-tailed Kites were hunting. I spotted a juvenile Mockingbird in a hanging basket on the deck this morning. The bird was eating berries from the Rhipsalis plant so I got the camera and took a couple of pictures through the glass doors.



Red-bellied Woodpecker, female


Red-bellied Woodpecker, male and ........ Downy Woodpecker, female


Red-winged Blackbird .................... Ruby-throated Hummingbird, female