"birding" fun

[N96HBK]

Originally Posted by birder

Very fun pictures! Is that little bird with colorful flanks a White-eye? Cute kitties too..

I was thinking the same, but I found that it was a female Daurian redstart. They're really pretty birds, I've took a few bad shots of strikingly coloured males on two occasions as well.Daurian redstart - Album on Imgur
Correction: I just read that it might be a female Red-flanked bluetail. That might explain the darker shaded feathers!

The park is home to a large number of cats, I think it is a good solution for all the stray cats in our area, they are very often exposed to the dangers of moving vehicles and diseases in the streets, and the park organizers have a team that rescues these cats and let them thrive inside the safe emvironment, offering them food on a daily basis all around the park!!

[Kevin WS]

Nice to hear about the cats.

And some great photos in your album!

[whulsey]

Some good photos there: both birds and cats.

[Don Boose]

As always, superb bird images, Dong-Woo!

Don

[birder]

Here you go Don, a couple Pine Siskins, one from better light day and one in the snow from today, and a couple pics of the adorable Pygmy Nuthatches today, and a young Eagle from last week. The Siskins basically are a goldfinch they eat thistle seed and have a bit of yellow in the wing, little but allow you to walk up to them like a tame goldfinch.

[Don Boose]

Thanks, Glen!

I need to get a new thistle feeder. The last one wore out several years ago and didn't replace it.

Might get some siskins.

I really like the Pygmy Nuthatch!

Don

[Michael Mash]

Regarding the Pygmy Nuthatches: I have seen those little birds around here. But I never knew what they were called. You gotta love em.

Regarding the eagle: I am guessing that was a difficult photo to get. But again your camera stands out. You even captured the gleam in the eye and the shine on the beak. The image retains those details even when enlarged.

Mike

[N96HBK]

Originally Posted by birder

Here you go Don, a couple Pine Siskins, one from better light day and one in the snow from today, and a couple pics of the adorable Pygmy Nuthatches today, and a young Eagle from last week. The Siskins basically are a goldfinch they eat thistle seed and have a bit of yellow in the wing, little but allow you to walk up to them like a tame goldfinch.

Wow, amazing photos!! I especially like that 4th one, on the bird feeder. The tits that fly to my bottle feeder spend very little time on the feeder and quickly fly to a branch to destroy the seed, leaving me zero time to press the shutter!!

[Texman]

Today being the first day in over a week that it wasn't cloudy or raining, I had a full tank of
gas so we hit the road. One of the places on my target list, was Magness lake. It seems
there is a large group of Trumpeter Swans that migrate there from Nov to Feb.
The gray ones a juvenile, maybe a year old. The fourth picture were two of them doing
synchronized bathing. They were spinning in opposite directions!



And some unidentified ducks.

[birder]

Wow those are great bird pictures Ray Neat closeup of the Trumpeter head too as it separates those Swans as Trumpeters from the much more widespread Tundra Swan. The ducks are nice pair if male Ringneck Ducks, poorly named really, I'd rather call them Ringbills as the duck hunters do. Ther are divers related to scaup and Redheads.. That looks like a great spot!