Bird Watching Club

The following was taken from on-line.

Friend also photographed wild turkeys.

Love the wild turkeys.

I love seeing a family of deer. You got a nice shot. I know how skittish they are.

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These beauties were in the restaurant we had lunch in yesterday in San Juan- ssssooo cute

Our flickers are back. Tap tap tap tap.

Ginger, Happy bird watching. We have 2 hummingbird feeders (front & back) and a feeder for small birds hanging from a tree outside our front window. I really enjoy watching. Word of warning: no suet. We hung a suet feeder once and had every starling in WA trying to get it. Never again. Our deck has a roof and we've had robin's nests for 2 years on the support just under the roof.

Oh, I haven't been over here in a while! I was so far behind but loved seeing all the pics.

I had some bird excitement this weekend. The gold finches came back. They were at the feeder yesterday,, and this AM there was a whole flock in my tree out front. They were just chattering away,, and then they all took off at once. Quite the sight.

Then I took dog for a walk,,, and in a nearby drainage ditch,, which has some water from the recent rain,, there were 4 juvenile wood storks! I was so thrilled that I hurried the dog along to get my neighbor to come and see. Sorry, no photos. I have old phone which doesn't take very good pics. It's the first time I've seen so many at once. One time there were a pair in the backyard (I have a small pond behind me) and another time there was one solitary guy. I had wondered if he had lost his mate.

It has been a really crazy winter, with the temperatures up and down like they have been.

I got this goldfinch downstate at my mom's. today. They are not bright yellow around the Chicago area yet.

I took this robin in February. I saw a whole flock of them in January which is quite unusual.

I saw my first Baltimore Oriole ever today at my mom's feeders. I ran to get my camera and it was gone. Maybe tomorrow.

MJS Those are beauties.

Mumito, you always show us such interesting birds.

I hear ya, Teka. LOL

Yes, great pics!!!

Thank you ladies. I got a new camera and am itching to take lots of pics now that things are warming up or at least teasing us that they are warming up.

I have never seen one (oriole) period so I can't say they are back. My neighbor around the corner had just been telling me she had some orioles at her feeders. I had to even look it up because I wasn't sure what it was. I could see the coloring well enough to be able to be pretty sure it was an oriole. We don't usually have fruit out but I did have a new type of expensive seed that had some cranberries in it so maybe that got them interested in checking out the yard I am at my mom's now and she is three hours downstate more in central Il and I am in the Chicago area. . We are both seen lots of Downy woodpeckers and some nuthatches and red finches, yellow finches and I get a lot of black capped chickadees all year. The juncos are still around too and of course our cardinals are here all year long. Love having them. So much fun to watch and to photograph.

Nancy

I wish I could get a pic of my cardinals. They zoom off if I get too close, and shooting photos thru the screen makes for a poor quality photo.

For you cardinal lovers I will post some of those pics of male and female and a Junco. I am going to try a hummer feeder for the first time so it is good to have an idea when they might start appearing. Enjoy!

Nancy, such nice pics!!!!!

Maybe tomorrow, but today was windy and frigid.