What’s Up? – We love that, don’t we?

We love that, don’t we?

Last Friday morning, the weather temperature was in the mid 40º F’s. It felt very much like real autumn. It was my fist time to wear a long sleeve shirt.

A couple of days ago I was eating lunch at the kitchen dinette when I saw through the glass door a gorgeous large Cooper’s Hawk sitting on the deck’s railing, outside. I showed it to Lucy and Tyler, eating lunch with me… then suddenly another hawk shows up for a few seconds ( I suspect it was the mate) soon after they both flew off.

All these happened so fast, I was elated, they were so beautiful! Too bad I wasn’t ready for shooting pictures, we continued our lunch in a happy mood.

All my birds look fine, they eat well, I see more Mourning Doves and Cowbirds at the feeders and of course, the regular local avians. I see more spider webs lately. I guess Halloween is around the corner. Lucy’s bought a huge bag of assorted candy enough to make one hundred kids climb the walls with so much sugar! But, we love all that, don’t we?

Photo Gallery

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Carolina Wren

Downy Woodpecker

Carolina Chickadee

Brown-headed Cowbird (M)

Tags: birding, birds, Brown-Headed Cowbird, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Downy Woodpecker, European Starling, nature, Northern Mockingbird, photography, photos of birds, What's Up?

17 thoughts on “What’s Up? – We love that, don’t we?”

shoreacres on October 22, 2018 at 8:05 am said:

Sometimes, it’s just enough to see and enjoy them!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 22, 2018 at 1:22 pm said:
  
  That’s a good therapy for relaxing. Thank you Linda. 🙂
  
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susanpoozan on October 22, 2018 at 10:16 am said:

Loved the gallery, glad you are prepared for Halloween!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 22, 2018 at 1:26 pm said:
  
  Thank you Susan… Tyler is! 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on October 22, 2018 at 6:03 pm said:

I hope that you get enough visitors to eat all the candy. A lovely bird gallery today, HJ.

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 22, 2018 at 6:34 pm said:
  
  Believe me it will not be enough. Last year we had many visitors. Thank you Tom! 🙂
  
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Clare Pooley on October 22, 2018 at 6:03 pm said:

Wonderful gallery!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 22, 2018 at 6:35 pm said:
  
  Thank you Clare, I appreciate it! 🙂
  
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  - Clare Pooley on October 22, 2018 at 6:39 pm said:
    
    My pleasure, as always. 🙂
Indira on October 22, 2018 at 6:54 pm said:

Sorry you missed the chance to photography the hawks… better luck next time 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 22, 2018 at 7:07 pm said:
  
  Thank you Indira. I wish they show up when I have my camera ready… 🙂
  
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Lisa Rest on October 23, 2018 at 8:58 am said:

Love your birds! I know how you feel missing a photo of the hawks but still it’s great to see them so well! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 23, 2018 at 4:25 pm said:
  
  Oh yes! I was happy to see them so close, they were beautiful! Thank you Lisa! 🙂
  
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Birder's Journey on October 24, 2018 at 8:28 am said:

It’s always a treat to see how many wonderful birds you have right outside your window, HJ. I’m a huge fan of the Carolina Wren, but have never had the pleasure of taking a photo this wonderful of one. And just to see a Cooper’s hawk out your window?? Whoa!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 24, 2018 at 6:06 pm said:
  
  Yes, I consider myself lucky to have these birds in my backyard. The Cooper’s Hawks are mot a rare thing in my backyard, they’ve been visitors for a while, but I do not want them around my birds! Thank you Carol! 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on October 27, 2018 at 10:10 am said:

Great shots, HJ, I especially love the Carolina Wren! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 27, 2018 at 1:52 pm said:
  
  Thank you Donna! 🙂
  
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