H.J. Ruiz – Avian101 – Page 983 – "My Backyard Visitors" – All about birds

My pal “Indi”

The Indigo Bunting has become a regular patron in our feeders. He loves to hang out with the bigger birds. His color is so brilliant it stands out from the mostly green background. This bird is small in size and very similar to the Blue Grosbeak.

One day I’d like to see both birds side to side and to have a chance to photograph them together.

Weather is warm and extremely humid and it rains almost daily. The humidity mixed with heat is horrible and to be outdoors it’s hardly a pleasant activity.

Even with AC at home I feel the humidity and my pets are sleeping all day.

Indigo Bunting

Tags: birding, birds, Indigo Bunting, photos of birds

Birds? Real Estate?…USA?

Today’s Topic – Humor.

Why not? The photos that I’m displaying today show a lot of similarity to one of many problems with Real Estate. There’s over abundance of new homes and old, that remain empty because they are out of reach from people for several important reasons. To name a few: Lack of jobs, income too low, Banks red tape on loans etc.

Just like these Northern Cardinals they are sitting on empty house that can’t occupy but for a simple different reason: They are to big for them! 🙂

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Seriously I hope that the Economic Crisis affecting our Country get to an end soon, we need JOBS now. Enough is enough about socialist European ideology! We had the perfect system following our Constitution and Capitalist System with freedom to progress and live the American dream. We need to get our USA back from the corrupt cadre of politicians and be the Great USA once again, our Country was born to be # 1 and always will be!

N. Cardinal (M)

N. Cardinal (F)

Tags: birding, birds, Northern Cardinal, photography, photos of birds

Bird Adoption!

Today is a National Holiday and I wish you all a great Monday! I also want to bring you a picture that I think has a lot to say and confirms my observations about the behavior in the bird society.

I saw and photographed two frames of what it shows an Eastern Towhee (M) feeding from the mouth a female Brown-headed cowbird.

My conclusion was that I suspect that the female Brown-headed cowbird is the adopted daughter. Most blackbirds a Parasitic, leave their eggs in other birds nests to be hatched by the host. Some bird species like the Eastern Towhee obviously, accept the foreign eggs and after being hatched the care for the chicks like their own. On the other hand are species that reject and destroy the eggs.

Eastern Towhee(M) feeding Brown-headed Cowbirds (F)

Tags: birding, birds, Brown-Headed Cowbird, Eastern Towhee, photography, photos of birds

Momma Cardinal

Yesterday I had some time to shoot some pictures before the storm hit us again. I’ve noticed the females Northern Cardinals very active gathering seeds and the males must be at the nest perhaps baby sitting. But I think most nests must have eggs or little chicks because I’ve seen the crows snooping around and I don’t like it! >(

I’m posting some of the pictures I shot yesterday concerning N. Cardinal (female)