Monday, January 22, 2007

Birds

I was looking out the window and the rain is teeming down, it is dark and grey and I am questioning if I should even be out of bed. But as I sip on my latte and visit my blog friends I have noticed a trend as of late. Birds. Lots of you out there like to observe birds and have bird feeders near by. I too love to observe birds and guess I would consider myself an amateur birder.

I was visiting my friend Pea's blog today and she had a wonderful photo of a "Downy Woodpecker" at least I think that is what she said. You can go over to her blog and check it out. Anyhow, it got me thinking that I have some photos of birds that I have taken, that I thought I would like to share. These birds shown I have spotted in my surrounding area.









The resident " California Quail" family. As times I have seen as many as 16 of them in my backyard. The California Quail are native to Oregon and introduced to Washington and B.C. They occur year-round in the southern coastal area of Vancouver Island and Washington state.






"Dark-eyed Junco" Oregon. One of the smallest junco. This one I believe is an adult male. When in flight there is white plumage in the tail.





And we all recognize this bird. The great "Bald Eagle"




This is a tree full of eagles at a bird estuary there were at 30 of them here that day.


Red Tailed Hawk....amazing bird.

Well, I think I will leave it at that for now. Hope you enjoyed them. If any of you are birders I would love to see some of your photos.

Happy Monday to you all!!!

14 comments:

Martie said...

Love the pics of the birds......I have the most beautiful pair of cardinals that I see out the kitchen window by my sink. They keep me company when I'm peeling potatos or washing the dishes and make the task seem more pleasant!!!


HUGS to you!!

Anonymous said...

Mondays sometimes stink, but the bird pics made it better.

TomCat said...

Great pics, RN :-)

Susie said...

I enjoyed your bird pictures, esp. the bald eagle. Kerri, at http://colorsofthegarden.blogspot.com/
also did a wonderful post today on birds. (She lives in upper NY)
I think you'd enjoy her site!
:)

Claire said...

Oh they are great pics! my dad is a bird nut! he would love to see them type of birds on regular basis.

Claire

Carole Burant said...

Truly wonderful pictures of birds...they are always so much fun to watch aren't they?! We have so many feeders in our backyard (and on my windowsill lol) it sometimes looks like a bird sanctuary! We don't get eagles here like you do...our most popular birds are doves, robins, wild finch, sparrows, crows, woodpecker, blue jay, to name a few. Hugs xox

TJ said...

I enjoyed all of your birdy pics!!
:-D

janet copenhaver said...

As you know I love birds and photographing them. Good work. I saw a golden eagle today but nothing to show for it, just a memory.
They have to be sitting still for me to capture them.

whimsical brainpan said...

Nice pics!

I live in an urban area and there is a flock of wild turkeys that roam my neighborhood. Seriously! I have got to get a picture sometime.

Jo said...

Mary Anne, isn't this rain awful?

We've had a lot of birds here lately too. Lots of Chickadees and those little squeaky gate birds. And Steller's jays looking in my window, cheeky little things.

Maybe spring is coming. Let's hope...!

Josie

Barb said...

Great photos.. beautiful birds!!!

Suzan Abrams, email: suzanabrams@live.co.uk said...

I love birds, RN. They add to the magic of remembered fairy tales for me. hugs

Anonymous said...

I loved all of the bird photographs. Thanks for making my day a bit cheerier. Libby

Unknown said...

Great birds. I used to live in Seattle and saw quail there occasionally but I haven't seen any in years. I have occasional bird shots but don't get post-worthy ones often enough.