H.J. Ruiz – Avian101 – Page 875 – "My Backyard Visitors" – All about birds

Let’s Make a Deal!

I’ve been doing hard yard work lately, my backyard is looking good, better that my scratched legs! Flowers are appearing all over and the pollen situation is really bad because it hasn’t rained lately, we need rain to wash some of the pollen off the air and everything else. I have my resident tenants and “regulars” birds well taken care and they pose daily for me to shoot my camera, that’s our deal!

I guess you didn’t know that!

How can I say no to such good looking bunch? All appear to be well fed and healthy, I’m spending more $ for variety of seed so everyone gets their favorite seeds. Why not?

Northern Cardinal (M)

Northern Cardinal (F)

Northern Mockingbird

Carolina Chickadee

Red-winged Blackbird (M)

Brown-headed Cowbird (M)

Red-winged Blackbird (F) Top
Brown-headed Cowbird (F) Bottom

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Text and photographs are © H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101

Tags: birds, nature, photography, photos of birds

European Starling

European Starlings are very shy birds and get spooked very easy. However when they are in large flocks they can do wonderful things as a whole community moves in unison called Murmuration. Only once I’ve seen it and I it was mind boggling!

Text and photographs are © H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101

Tags: birds, European Starling, nature, photography, photos of birds

Brown Pelican

Brown Pelicans are large birds of the sea, great flyers and excellent fishing birds. They can catch fish by scooping them from the water or by diving into the water with spectacular flying maneuver.

They are found all over the world, they have adapted to a variety of habitats and are proliferous and abundant.

I have shot a series of photos of these birds in flight. They are now on the move looking best fishing spots and ready to fatten up, mate and have babies!