I love birds. I don’t get to see too many exotic ones, so be sure to check out Cee’s own entry for the Fun Foto Challenge, where the order of the week is:
This week our topic is Birds. Have fun.
Red Winged Blackbird standing above the marsh.
The birdhouse is usually empty until Snoopy returns in February. This guy showed up yesterday. It’s a tight fit, but it looks like he’s trying to make it work.
The blue jays seem to like the birdbath.
That’s a big bird.
I was pretty happy with the angle I had on this bird. Faith was going for a different view. Wet sandals, wet pants, I guess it’s the price you pay for better photos.
It was designed to attract Blue Birds, but a Sparrow took it over. He likes to sit on the roof, so we call him Snoopy.
There is no perch on this bird house. She holds the top and bottom of the black piece.
OK, I got the moon, but the bird is a little fuzzy,
I think the one on the left is a Starling. Not sure about the one on the right.
Not the prettiest bird, but I was happy to see them.
As we approach, the birds decided to find a different tree.
Close up of the birds.
Heron basking in the reflected sunlight.
This guy landed as soon as I pulled into the parking lot. He’s looking for breakfast.
One eagle in the nest on the way up
They look ready for racing.
I love these little guys – Least Terns
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Hi Dan, a great topic and I enjoyed your bird pictures.
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Thanks Robbie. I well hooked on Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
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Love the pics Dan!
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Thanks Holly. I’m glad.
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I really enjoy Dan. Thank you for brightening our days. 🌼
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We used to own a large birdhouse with twelve rooms. They were designed to attract purple martins, a bird similar to swallows. We got some, but they competed with the sparrows who loved to build nests inside the house too.
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Yeah, competition for a good home is fierce. The sparrows don’t like the deep floor, but they just fill it with grass and twigs to get the floor where they like it. I’m a big fan of D-I-Y projects, so that works for me.
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I lovebirds but those two heron pics were awesome
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I don’t see them very often, but I love the days when I do.
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Birds are such fun (except the geese, which are no fun at all), and these are great takes on them. That capture of two on a wire with the moon between them is most impressive. Nice timing! The photo of the photographer looks like something out of Life magazine — was she saying “look at the birdie,” by chance?
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I don’t remember what she was waiting for, but I’m sure her photo of that bird was better than mine. Still, I got a very good photo of her (and I didn’t get my pants soaked). I never really liked traveling to Florida, but I did like seeing the birds.
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Well Dan those are fantastic shots of the birds..
I have never known a sparrow use a bird house, I love that snoopy has decided to change the rule.
The starling on a wire looks like he is accompanied by a junvinile song thrush perhaps?
As for the Turkey Vulture well he scares me we saw lots of them when we visited Florida pre pandemic.
Lovely photo of faith sharing your full …did she capture you as well? 👌💜
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Thanks Willow. I doubt Faith included me in that shot. She was working hard to get the perfect photo of that Tern. Maybe she was waiting for a wave.
We were surprised when Snoopy moved in. The place I bought the birdhouse said it was built for bluebirds and that other birds wouldn’t like the absence of a perch and the deep floor. She just filled the box with grass and twigs, and she manages to hang on to the opening just fine. She seems to like sitting on the roof. I don’t think it’s same one (they only live about 3 years) but we’ve had productive nests almost every year for the past six or seven years. The babies are LOUD!
That turkey vulture flew from the ground up to that perch, right in front of me. That was scary.
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I would of run from the big guy definitely!
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Vultures are horrid looking creatures in my opinion but I love birds in general
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I agree on both counts 💜
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They are ugly.
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Handsome feathered friends you have there, Dan.
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Thanks Judy. I think we should add another house in the yard.
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Nice group. Love the bird in the birdhouse hole shot.
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They’ve been coming (or coming back) to that house every year. I clean it out in the fall. They fill it up in the spring.
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I’ve never gone that route… perhaps I should.
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Wonderful, Dan. I love birds. During my early morning walks, I chat with the ravens and always pause to say hello to the road runners. Then there are the quail families…so sweet. Yep, I love birds, and watching them is a joy. Have a great day! 😊
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Those sound like delightful walks, Gwen. They are so fun to watch.
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Great job, Dan. I like birds, but rarely have the camera when I do see one.
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I have missed some great shots, GP, but I still like seeing them.
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I hesitated too long as a hawk was circling above the lot while I was waiting to be picked up. I had seen him earlier in the week sitting on the corner of a carport here. Watching them soar is a treat.
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It seems whenever I see a hawk, I don’t have a camera and it’s too far away for my phone.
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Most of my bird photos are the backside as they are flying away. HA. I love it when they photo bomb some other object I am trying to shoot. I will keep trying. Great collection.
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I have a lot of “there used to be a bird there” photos of trees and our birdbath. They seem to know when I’m going to press the shutter.
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Hitchcock would love your post today Dan! The two shots of the moon and birds is incredible, as are the shots of the herons/reflections.
Faith is a trooper….that’s why she gets such great photos. Those captures of birds in flight are beautiful. And, of course, who could resist Snoopy or the “squatter” in his house?
Terrific collection and response to the prompt.
Ya know, I was just thinking you were for the birds. Guess I was right! 🤗
Have a great start to a great week.
Ginger
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I always think to that movie when a big bunch of birds decides to swarm down and land in the yard (or take off when I step out). Even the little ones could do some damage if they wanted to.
Snoopy is our favorite. It’s fun to watch her chase blue jays and crows out of her territory. She flies off to gather bugs for her babies. Blue jays will sometimes sit on the house (waiting to steal peanuts from the squirrels) but she chases them off, and she runs them out of the yard.
Faith works hard to get great photos. I’m lucky, I can just take a picture of her and everyone loves it.
I hope your week is a good one, Ginger.
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Love the bird ND tge moon. Mysterious. (K)
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I’m glad you like that. I was hoping for the other way round with the focus, but…
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These are wonderful photos, Dan. I especially like the ‘racing’ photo–gosh, those guys look ready! The ‘tight fit’ photo made me laugh. He got in, but can he get out?! 😆 Such great timing to snap that one.
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The Editor gives me a nasty look if I suggest that Snoopy is a bit too big for the doorway. Those Terns are one of the few things I miss about traveling to Florida. Those are cool little birds.
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I like birds too, except when they’re hovering above my car. I do know what that means, don’t you?
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It means you’re on your way to the car wash ;-)
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Exactly! ;D
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Beautiful birds, Dan. Snoopy looks like king of his castle. The moon shot… 👍🏻I miss the terns. They have so much character. I’m in the Faith school of photography I’m afraid. Most,y whatever it takes.. lol
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You are a photographer, Cheryl. A woman that bought one of Faith’s senior show photos said, “Dan, you take pictures. Faith take photographs.” I get it, but I’m the one with pictures of her.
Your photos are amazing! If anyone wants to see beautiful birds, go here – https://dweezepenny.blogspot.com/2022/10/my-obsession-ceesfunfotochallenge.html
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Aww thanks so much Dan. I’d be in line with Faith, pant legs in the surf! I think you have a keen eye for special images. 😉🙂
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The hardest thing for me to remember is that I can get closer to my subject.
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It helps when you have a zoom lens. I even have a macro lens for my phone! So I can get the eyes on those bugs. 😉 Otherwise I start shooting as I move closer and closer. That way you have something even if they bolt! 🥴
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I enjoyed the bird photos. Super tie in to the prompt, Dan
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I’m glad you liked them, John.
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😊
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I’ve only ever seen a red-winged bird once and its eyes were solid yellow — strange looking creature. As for that Turkey Vulture, a flock of them were circling over our house the other day. We’re in the flight path of their migration pattern. Bizarre and slightly scary to see them circling the house! Shades of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Birds”! LOL
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I would not be comfortable with them circling overhead.
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Red winged blackbirds were one of my faves growing up. They would sit on the reeds sticking up from the swamp where I would swing over when I was a child. Those and Baltimore orioles that had a nest in the tree that held the swing.
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They’re both beautiful birds.
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A lovely collection of birds in this gallery, Dan. I especially liked the one of Faith in the sea getting a shot of that Tern.
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She got a better shot of the bird, but I got her 🙂
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😂
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Strangely enough, my favorite photo here of the moon and fuzzy bird. :) Maybe that says something about me. Thanks for sharing, Dan!
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I like that photo, too. I was trying for the bird in focus but this works.
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Oh Dan, I really enjoyed viewing all your bird photos. The moon shot is wonderful. I rather like the birds in and around the birdhouses the best. :D :D
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Thanks Cee. We always smile when Snoopy (or one of her children) returns.
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Everyday should be for the birds! We have dozens of bird houses but the birds prefer the eaves. Love the racing birds. Have a great week!
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When I added onto our house, I didn’t get the soffit covered before winter. I stapled some plastic up. Om goodness, in the spring, we must have had 20 nests. They just threw leaves and grass in. IT was laying on the plastic and bumped up against the 2x4s.. They loved it. It was like a condominium complex.
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These are great, Dan. It was good to see Snoopy featured too. Hugs on the wing.
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I’m glad you like them, Teagan. Snoopy (perhaps one of her descendants) is our resident bird. I couldn’t do this without a few shots of her.
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Great selection Dan. It’s funny but the older I become, the more I appreciate birds. I would love to have my own garden in the future and have a few bird houses, to create a little oasis for them. Hopefully a garden with no cats 🙊.
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We do get the occasional cat (they’ve left evidence). When we had our dog, she made it clear they weren’t welcome. Now that’s my job. I’d like to add a couple bird houses, but we don’t have a lot of good places to hang them.
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A dog is the perfect deterrent, except here where the cats like to taunt our dog!
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What a great selection of birds, Dan. Love them.
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Thanks Dale. I love seeing birds.
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Me too!
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Good golly that’s a lot of bird photos. I can’t capture them with my camera, they move too fast, but you are very good at it.
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Thanks Ally, but believe me, I have a lot of pictures of our bird bath and fence that could be captioned, “There used to be a bird there.”
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Great collection of shots, Dan. The sky in that “closeup” pic is impressive, and so is the little pop of red on that blackbird. But I like them all. Well done!
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These are some very beautiful photos, Dan!
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Thanks Damyanti.
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pretty birds. And I like the moon picture.
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Thanks!
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Hi Dan – great to see them … I love the red-wing blackbird … cheers Hilary
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I am always happy to see one of those. Cheers.
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I love the moon with the fuzzy bird, and the red sky one! You get the BEST photos!
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The sunlit heron on the water looks stunning. I like the blurry birds with the moon too, interesting captures.
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I’m glad you like these. I was surprised how many people like the blurry bird 🙂
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These our so good. We have a bluebird box just outside our patio door. They raise 4-5 clutches a year. One year Mr. Bluebird had a second mate looking around and Mrs. Bluebird ran her off. We loved watching the girl fight.
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Haha – that’s funny. I imagine she had a few words for him as well.
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