H.J. Ruiz – Avian101 – Page 662 – "My Backyard Visitors" – All about birds

Panoramic View of Birds

Great Blue Heron — Click on image to see enlargement —

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R & R Time…I’ll be back!

My post today will be to let you know about my one week vacation with my family. We are driving tomorrow Saturday to several places in the west coast of Florida.

We have plans to enjoy the beaches and also the bird preserves I frequently visit. We had a productive year and I think we deserve some R&R! I will resume posting next Sunday, November30th. I suggest that you visit my older posts and photos and get to know some of my work or try to catch up with posts you might have missed. Thank you!

I leave you one photo that I’ve recently shot, I hope you like it!

“I GOT YOU BABE” LA- LA- LA…—Cooper’s Hawk —

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Icy Does It!

Yesterday morning was a very frigid one for our side of Georgia. This part of Georgia usually has a mild winter as well as a glorious autumn but this year we’ve been hit with the Arctic Vortex temperatures a few times bringing the below freezing temperatures.

When I first looked out the window i could see the crystalline frost covering everything and saw a little bird sitting on an empty clay saucer that I use as feeder, my first thought was that the bird was frozen or stuck to the saucer I shot some pictures of this. Of course I was wrong, he was just sitting in wait for me to give them breakfast! The sun rays were breaking through the tall pines and the light was creating a good mood for some pictures. I was ready to take some cold air, it was worth it!

Here are some shots from yesterday early morning. Enjoy!

Field Sparrows

Brrrr!

Carolina Wren

Field Sparrow

Brown-headed Cowbird (F)

Brown-headed Cowbird (F&M)

Northern Mockingbird

Carolina Wren

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Chilly Junco

I was surprised to see some birds going for food at the feeders yesterday, it was very cold and the wind chill made it even colder at 19ºF! I a variety of birds but I photographed only a few. The day looked bright but it was indeed deceiving because it was very cold!

However, birds were hungry and ate like any other day. Another surprise was to see American Goldfinches and Brown-headed Cowbirds! I would’ve thought they were gone to migration by now.

It was nice to have a Dark-eyed Junco in my backyard again. By the way, there’s a Cooper’s Hawk coming back more often lately. Must be more difficult for raptors to catch prey since most rodents and snakes go hibernating. So far this bird has been very skittish and hard to photograph. I don’t like it when they return too often.