[BrassMan]

Love that oriole picture! That's a prize-winner. I have only a little shirt-pocket camera, so I don't get a lot of great bird pictures. I do better with cats. Here's the best bird picture I ever took. Hard to believe I actually snuck up behind this critter, but I did. He was resting out of the wind on our balcony. That's a 2 x 4 he's perched on, which'll give you an idea of how big he was.

 

[Dori]

wow, great shot Brass Man.

 

[Dori]

The oriole photo is  stunning.  I have watched birds for years and have yet to see an oriole.

 

[Carol Hanrahan]

Cool owl

 

[Cowgirl]

Good picture Brassman but owls creep me out for some reason!

 

[Anju]

I had never seen an oriole until we moved to Mexico.  Apparently we are on their migration path, but we have all types of orioles in the spring and fall, with different colors.  We also have lots of hummers and I feed them with natural flowers, but they are so fast there is no way I can get a picture.  Mostly they are small and dull, not like the ruby throats in Dallas.

I love the picture of the killdeer, how cool is that, and the picture of the owl, in the daytime!  WOW

 

[vsch]

Brassman, I hope you don't mind, but your beautiful owl picture was in need of a little post editing. It looks like you took the picture through glass, I just removed the glare. I have always wanted to see an owl in the wild...lucky you!!

 

[egh34]

Was gone for a week on the East Coast, came home to this baby sparrow in my climbing roses.

 

[BrassMan]

No, I don't mind. Here's a shot of what I was dealing with. I sneaked up behind this fella, stood to one side, held out the camera and clicked. Would you believe, with me inside the glass, and the wind howling outside, he/she heard that click and swiveled around to look? I had kept my arm in position and clicked the shot you saw above.

Here's another, later shot of the same owl, or a relative. I put out some hot dog pieces to attract it.

I have no idea why it was out in the daytime--ailing, perhaps?

 

[Sailor]

Oh wow, BrassMan,

These are the most gorgeous Owl photos I have ever seen. So amazingly beautiful. What a handsome specimen!

Thank you so much for sharing,

Sailor

 

[Rhiathame]

I took this in Ketchican last week.

 

[Sailor]

Thank you for posting this...

The Bald Eagles are BEAUTIFUL! So mighty and majestic. WOW!

Sailor

 

[RangerXenos]

Why we have to take our birdfeeders down in the Spring. Damn bears got another feeder this week -- I hate to take them down because I love to watch the birds! I also am aggravated because if I'm going to lose a feeder, I want to at least see the bear, LOL! This shot was taken a couple of years back. Sometimes we catch them in the act, other times we just find a smashed feeder.

 

[RangerXenos]

After 15 years we finally managed to get a pair of Eastern Bluebirds to nest in the yard last year. Sadly, another bird tossed the eggs out (we think it was a Carolina wren).

 

[BrassMan]

We had quite a number of painted buntings migrate through here last month. They've headed north now. I never could get a decent picture of one, but a local photographer got this one. They're tiny!

 

[Carol Hanrahan]

I LOVE these pictures!  That painted bunting is gorgeous!  In which part of the country are they found?

 

[Rhiathame]

Thank you for posting this...

The Bald Eagles are BEAUTIFUL! So mighty and majestic. WOW!

Sailor

Seeing them was amazing. We had about 30 of them surrounding the boat we were on.

 

[BrassMan]

I LOVE these pictures! That painted bunting is gorgeous! In which part of the country are they found?

I can't find my wife's bird book right now, but as I recall they migrate between Central and South America and the northern U.S. and Canada. As many species do, they tend to funnel through South Texas when they're on the move. Hummingbirds are big attractions here during migration season. Watchers along the gulf coast can see eight or more species on a given day. (They fatten up before flying all the way across the Gulf of Mexico.)

We might've seen a dozen or two painted buntings around our feeders over about a month. Neighbors three miles away, also with bird feeders, didn't see one. I guess we're lucky or just in the right place.

 

[Sailor]

Seeing them was amazing. We had about 30 of them surrounding the boat we were on.

I only now noticed, there is a baby bald eagle on the bottom right of the photo! Too cool!!!

Couldn't even imagine the grandeur of seeing all 30 of them at once. That must have been so memorable.

Sailor

 

[Aravis60]

Found a nest with eggs in it this afternoon in my planter. I'm looking forward to watching the babies. They must be smart birds, because they found one of the only cat-free zones around my house.