Bird Watching in the Yard - Ahhh, Retirement.

[Chechem]

Sunday afternoon:


Summer Tanager male with a caterpillar.


Yellow-billed Cuckoo (which we called Rain Crows when I was a kid).

And the rain is approaching.  Lots of bird activity now.  I took a pic of half of a Yellowhammer (Flicker), and saw a hummingbird at the feeder.  Plenty of tanagers, thrushes, robins, etc.

[2Stater]

Beautiful bird.

[Chechem]

Monday in the rain:


Not a unicorn.

[2Stater]

It always strikes me odd, how curious does are.

[Chechem]

It always strikes me odd, how curious does are.

You’d think deer predators were everywhere the way they act. Look at those big ears and eyes, alert. And a good nose. They only have to fear LF and her broom.

[Chechem]

Tuesday:
Lots of birds fluttering around the black-gum berries and some at the birdbath.






Eastern Bluebird




Summer Tanager female

[Chechem]

Tuesday late afternoon:



Carolina Wren


The female grosbeak (still awaiting the arrival of males).


Scarlet Tanager female (far atop a tree).


The famous Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.


Summer Tanager female and LOTS of fruit.

[2Stater]

She looks rather impatient. 

[Chechem]

She looks rather impatient. 

Yes.  I think the guys are eating fermented berries and smoking cigars.
 

[Chechem]

Wednesday:

Still no male grosbeaks.  But I saw male Summer Tanagers (beautiful) and lots of warblers.  Most warblers weren't cooperative (hopping quickly about).  Also still have at least one hummer.  I managed to get a few good and new birds.

Look at the flank of this little bird.  That's a hint.



Bay-breasted Warbler juvenile.  Unusual to see here.


Yellow-throated Vireo (not a great pic, but a good bird to see).


Scarlet Tanager female (right) bathing with a male House Finch. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo (look at that long tail)



This Cardinal practically climbed inside my camera.  It was 5' away.

[Chechem]

Wednesday late:

It's been a CUCKOO kind of day.

[bama57]

Great pictures, strange but I've never seen a rain crow in the wild, I have heard them plenty of times

[2Stater]

Great pics, Chech. Those are beautiful birds.

[Chechem]

Great pictures, strange but I've never seen a rain crow in the wild, I have heard them plenty of times

I guess a flock of them stopped here during migration, because they seemed to be everywhere yesterday.  I think I saw about 5-6 different ones.  Hard to be sure.  I know there were 2 in the same small tree at once, and they were here all day.  But they tend to perch in thick areas of the trees, so it's difficult to get a good pic.

[Chechem]

Thursday morning:

The female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are still awaiting the males.  Several more females arrived today:


The bird bath was busy all day with Robins:


Pileated Woodpecker.  It's the biggest woodpecker in the South.  Loud calls, but often difficult to photograph:


Still have one hummer here:


Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer (aka. Northern Flicker):


Eastern Wood Peewee.  Small flycatcher that is common in the woods:


Blue-headed Vireo.  Used to be Solitary Vireo:


Black-throated Green Warbler:

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