Birds And Blooms

Discussion in 'Photos & Video' started by Shirley Martin, Feb 8, 2018.

  1. Bill Boggs

    Bill Boggs Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 13, 2015
    Messages:
    5,747
    Likes Received:
    7,721
    #106
  2. Bill Boggs

    Bill Boggs Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 13, 2015
    Messages:
    5,747
    Likes Received:
    7,721
  3. Bill Boggs

    Bill Boggs Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 13, 2015
    Messages:
    5,747
    Likes Received:
    7,721
  4. Bill Boggs

    Bill Boggs Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 13, 2015
    Messages:
    5,747
    Likes Received:
    7,721
    FB661C2A-FAB7-47A6-8A5E-CA78D3C42276.jpeg
    Flowers under glass.
     
    #109
    Shirley Martin likes this.
  5. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,083
    Likes Received:
    23,635
    Guess why they are called phoebes?

     
    #110
    Bill Boggs likes this.
  6. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,083
    Likes Received:
    23,635
    I might need to change the title of this thread to "Birds and Blooms and Bounty and Bunnies."

    Bunnies.....

    DSCN1430.JPG

    DSCN1436.JPG

    DSCN1437.JPG
     
    #111
  7. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,083
    Likes Received:
    23,635
    Bounty from my tomato plants........


    DSCN1481.JPG
     
    #112
  8. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,083
    Likes Received:
    23,635
    This is my happy little wren singing me his happy little song. I can't get a good picture of him under the carport because the light is behind him. So I covered the camera lens.

    DSCN2830.JPG

     
    #113
  9. Tony Page

    Tony Page Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2021
    Messages:
    3,544
    Likes Received:
    8,477
    Shirley
    Nice variety of birds they're beautiful.
     
    #114
    Shirley Martin likes this.
  10. Tony Page

    Tony Page Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2021
    Messages:
    3,544
    Likes Received:
    8,477
    Just some info 4 You bird watches out there. Don't know if this was ever mentioned, the Cornell lab of ornithology has a bird identifying program. It identifies the bird by it's song. All you do his record the singing bird and it will tell you what bird it is its habitat, food it likes, whole lot of stuff. The name of the program is "BirdNET".
     
    #115
  11. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,620
    @Shirley Martin

    The Cactus Wren makes it's nest in a borrowed-out hollow withing usually a giant Saguaro Cactus, occasionally among the parts of other cactus.

    [​IMG]

    We have seen them peeking out from within.

    Frank
     
    #116
  12. Tony Page

    Tony Page Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2021
    Messages:
    3,544
    Likes Received:
    8,477
    DSCF5818.JPG TAKEN WITH CELL PH
    DSCF5840.JPG
    LAST YEARS PHOTOS CARDINAL & HAWK I BELIEVE IT'S A COOPERS HAWK
     
    #117
  13. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,083
    Likes Received:
    23,635

    I'm glad you posted that @Tony Page . There is a bird at the river that I often hear sing but he is elusive. I have never been able to spot him. I have wondered many times what kind of bird he is. Now I can record his song and find out!
     
    #118
    Tony Page likes this.
  14. Tony Page

    Tony Page Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2021
    Messages:
    3,544
    Likes Received:
    8,477
    I actually identified a song Sparrow which I took for a regular Sparrow. Whenever I come across a new bird I get excited you think I found a treasure.
     
    #119
    Shirley Martin likes this.
  15. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,083
    Likes Received:
    23,635
    DSCN4064.JPG

    This phoebe is nesting under my carport.

     
    #120
    Tony Page, Von Jones and Nancy Hart like this.

Share This Page