Bird Watching Club

We had a huge fight of the hummers this morning behind our house.. This is the new king of the backyard.

Where is our 'Like' button Beautiful bird. You take such awesome bird pictures SoCalLisa. Our colors here are a bit different.

what is the Orange one?.

I have never seen a grosbeak before - what a beautiful bird! And what a beautiful quote. Thank you!

Love the nuthatches. We have rose breasted grossbeaks that migrate through but I have never seen one like that. Very pretty.

We only have ruby throated hummingbirds here like yours GM

Lisa, do you know what kind your little king of hill hummer is? So pretty.

I got a new lens I am anxious to try out but haven't had time this week. I bought it especially for birds so we'll see how it does.

This hummer was actually in a battle for the feeder. It spread it wings I am guessing to intimidate the challenger. I was lucky enough to catch her right when she did that.

Loving the photos on here! Gma I am always noticing that your camera does beautiful background bokeh

We do not have grosbreaks or humming birds in Ireland so getting an education here!

this is our people-friendliest crow, the jackdaw. You always know a jackdaw by the pale green eyes.

Sherrmue, Welcome. All bird lovers welcome here. DS and SIL live in Hood River and they have the nectar outside unless it's freezing. I think they bring it inside to thaw during the day in freezing weather, then keep it inside overnight. I don't know anyone who has used a shelter. Perhaps Audubon would have a recommendation for your area. We had a corkscrew filbert tree near our bird feeder and the little birds hid in that. It died last year, but we've left it up because the branches have some cover. We're thinking of trying an evergreen clematis to grow up in the branches.

This hawk flew in yesterday and perched above my bird feeder. Needless to say there were NO birds in sight. This hawk was the largest I have ever seen up close.

MJS, where was your photo taken? What a treat. I have never seen a flamingo in person.

I didn't realize hummingbirds would stay around in winter in the Northwest. Our hummers are long gone at this point. I am always sad to see them disappear. Good luck Sherrmue.

Enjoying everyone's photos.

Nancy

MJS, I am glad you got to check off a bucket list adventure. I have been to Sarasota while in college but I was at a music camp at the time so really didn't get to do much else. Your experience I am sure was awesome.

Nancy

Wow. Beautiful markings. Do you know what they're called?

We have one fat hummingbird that we've nicknamed Chub. I have no idea why he's different. Most of them are very slender and delicate. He looks like he's puffed up his feathers, but I suspect it's not just feathers. He may be a different breed from our usual Anna's.

A few photos from Mindo and Galapagos:

What wonderful photos ksusan!