Bird Photos from Southern Maryland ***DIAL-UP WARNING***

[bertha katzenengel]

Mrs. V. and I took these photos yesterday.


Carolina Wren, sunbathing


Carolina Wren and Chucky the Squirrel


A Curious Female House Finch


Female House Finch

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American Goldfinches









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Hummingbirds

[In_The_Wind]

1. Great camera work, bertha!

I love the ones you caught in motion! :applause: :thumbsup: :applause:

[bertha katzenengel]

2. Mrs. V. and I both did these. I don't know whose is whose!

For her, it's skill. For me, it's patience and luck. And having a good camera doesn't hurt.

Thank you :blush:

[Call Me Wesley]

3. Great pictures!

The yellow finches are very pretty. Unfortunately, we don't have these here, and no hummingbirds, too. :(

[bertha katzenengel]

5. What birds do you have?

And does the Wily and Excellent Cat named Ginger get after them?

[Call Me Wesley]

8. We do have a lot of finches here, but not this bright yellow.

Green finches, tits, balck birds, crows, swallows, ... I don't know all the names.

And yes, I just rescued a finch last week Ginger brought in. :hi:

[XemaSab]

7. You've got different yellow finches

:D

[Call Me Wesley]

9. I don't think we have the yellow finch here.

We have these:

- Brambling
- Common Chaffinch
- Goldfinch
- Greenfinch


Greenfinch

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear bertha!

These are wonderful!

The ones with motion are especially fine.........

Thank you for sharing them with us today!

:yourock:

[bertha katzenengel]

6. You betcha.

:hi:

[riona]

10. Great pics

especially the hummingbirds - mine used to be a big blur.

[bertha katzenengel]

11. "blur" -- it's the camera

It's automated, but I need to learn to use it manually.

:hi:

[auntAgonist]

12. I absolutely love the goldfinches.. the Carolina Wren

is one I've not seen before. These are beautiful pictures, and I thank you both for wanting to share them with us. I LOVE birds.
We have many bluejays and cardinals here. Lots of mourning doves too.

:hug:
:loveya:
aA
kesha

[bertha katzenengel]

13. The Carolina Wren has a distinctive song . . .

tea kettle tea kettle tea kettle tea!

Sometimes more "tea kettles" in there. They're very happy birds. You can't see it in there but they have long white eyebrows -- can't miss 'em.

:loveya:

Edit: oh, yeah, you can see that eyebrow :)

[xchrom]

14. love the pics! my hummingbirds piss me off...

they have no trouble telling me when they are out of food -- and will buzz busily about my head when i'm bring the feeders in or out of the house.

then after that they will fly away if i come anywhere near them -- then i'm the enemy.

sheesh.

[bertha katzenengel]

15. Silly birds.

We get hummer fights. They seem very territorial.

:hi:

[xchrom]

17. lol. fight. all. the. time.

they sound like mini helicopters as they push each other around -- they go straight up in the air when they do it too.

i have one guy -- mojo -- he has lots of pinky/orange plumage around the head -- he thinks he own the feeders.

[sarge43]

19. They are territorial and psycho.

And the females are just as maniacal. The Aztecs considered them an avatar of their god of war.

By the way, those are Ruby Throated Hummers.

[livetohike]

16. Great pics Bertha

Thanks for posting them. :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

18. my pleasure, lth

:hi: