Birds, Birds, Birds....

I've been taking bird photos the past week just haven't had time to edit them...plus I had to look up a few too as I didn't have a clue as to what they were...

Wednesday, April 14 2009

I'm pretty sure this is a female Oriole, now as to what type of Oriole I am not sure....I am thinking maybe a Scotts Oriole female...I was walking in the pasture and saw her in the tippy top of a tree...she was not making a sound but just sitting there....I didn't see the male and she sat there for a bit while I walked around taking photos of her...good bird! Now to bad she didn't fly down and sit a bit closer to the ground, lol....

Buff Bellied Humming bird at one of my feeders...I loved how I captured the wing in mid-beat.

Sunday, April 19, 2009 Coleto Creek

This is a Green Heron. I spotted him down to the creek Sunday. I just took the camera and no tripod or equipment so I could sneak down to the creek and get some photos before the birds flew off...I also saw a Great Horned Owl, he flew off before I could get a photo and I saw a hawk...but he flew off too...

As I was watching the Heron the Green Kingfisher pair came and chewed me out...I was able to get a few photos of the female. She wasn't in my direct line of view and I didn't want to move too much and scare her off...I am thinking they have a nest in that area of the creek. I am hoping it was high enough up on the bank that it did not get flooded out...They burrow in the creek banks and build their nest in the burrows...I wish it wasn't so dark down by the creek so my photos would come out better...I know it would help using the tripod but that also scares the birds off...

Sunday, April 19 2009 at the House.

Sunday evening at the house I sat outside and laughed at the hummingbirds...They are in full migration and the males are fighting....I watched one pair go straight up in the sky battling and then all of a sudden they came right straight down on top of my head...I just about hit the ground...silly birds....They sound like miniature fighter jets the way they whip through the air

This Buff-Bellied Hummer is the one that came in a month or two ago...I can tell as his beak looks as if it was broke...it's healing and looks much better...Do you remember him Mom?

The ruby-throat hummer below has been named Lazy...he likes to sit on the Aloe stems and feed on the Aloe blooms...No flying for this guy, he'd rather sit and eat!

I was trying to catch the throat colors of the ruby throat hummers...not an easy thing to do as these little guys are quick!!

We have the buff-bellied Hummers, Ruby-throat and Black chinned...it's hard to tell the Ruby-throats and Black chinned apart...I'm hoping to get a photo of the Black-chinned Hummers as soon as the hummers settle down a bit...

Thanks for stopping by...stay tuned as I have more wildflower, bugs, and critter photos coming soon....