He has been hanging around the suet feeder today, notice his bill. I finally got a decent photo; however, taken through the glass. I open the door and he is gone in a flash. What a beauty!
~The skittish Western Tanager
Category Archives: Photos-Birds
Photos that I have taken of Birds.
~Today’s Feathered Friend-Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
A small heron, adults dark blue-gray with purple-maroon neck, immatures are unique among all herons in that they are white. Prefers to feed in fresh water and edges of grassy pools. Eats fish, frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles, shrimp and crabs. When water disappears they will eat grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, and other insects of the grasslands. Flight is graceful and strong, wing strokes quicker than that of larger herons.Flies with head drawn in on shoulders.
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~Nesting Great Blue Herons
A Photo Essay
This Great Blue Heron nest is on private property. We were allowed to walk into their field a short distance. I was too far away from the tree for quality photos, but they tell a story! It is nice this tree is secluded.
I hope you enjoy their story.
~Today’s Feathered Friend-Peek-A-B00
Great Horned Owl
Peek
~A~
Boo
This beautiful Mom has four babies to feed. What a gorgeous sight, watching this Great Horned Owl with her young. Not the best quality photos, but they give you an idea of the size of the nest, the Mom and one of her babies. Two of the four babies are much larger. I was told that she is a good Mom and is feeding all four well.
A fun morning spent with a friend taking these photos in the beautiful Colorado Rockies!
~Today’s Feathered Friend-Wood Stork
Photos from Myakka River State Park, Florida – January, 2016
In many cultures, storks represent fertility, springtime and good luck.
Beauty I have none,
grace in flight I have plenty,
perseverance, I am proof.
Interesting Fact:
This species seems to have evolved in tropical regions; its North American presence probably postdates the last ice age. A fossil fragment found might be of the living species; it is at most from the Late Pleistocene age, a few 10,000s of years ago.
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