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Neighborhood Birds - there's quite the varied ecosystem out back... |
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 Costa's
Hummingbird male. This guy was tough to shoot, he bobbed his
head every 1/2 second. I took 10 shots & this was the only one
that came out. |
 W2
One of many "Flight of He Mockingbird" shots I took from the
deck.Just an acrobatic guy looking for a gal, all day, most of the night. |
 W3
Black Phoebe male |
 Anna's
Hummingbird, female. This gal is very mellow, lets me get close
and drinks for a loooong time. |
 W1
Black Phoebe chicks in the nest under the eaves. Goot thing I
took this, as they fledged the next day. Mom and Pop are still
hanging around though. |
 W6
See W2 |
 W7
Crow swooping down on the theYoung Sharp-Shinned hawk, who's
just trying to fit in but constantly getting strafed by
community-conscious residents |
 Rufous
Hummingbird, male. This guy is a jerk and very territorial. He's
claimed our feeder as his and is always chasing other birds
away, and bumping chests with other male Rufous. |
 Just
a scruffy sparrow. |
 W10
See W2 |
 W11
Young Sharp-Shinned hawk trying to fit in but constantly getting
strafed by mockingbirds. |
 W4
Black Phoebe female |
 Same
sparrow, still scruffy but with a grub or worm of some sort
in-beak. |
 W14
See W2Mockingbird Boogie. |
 W15
Unaware young Sharp-Shinned Hawk being reconointered by
patrolling Mockingbird. |
 Black
Phoebe via the long lens. He's on a deck umbrella with a house
behind him. |
 Young
male Sharp-Shinned Hawk downing a rat or mouse. He was two yards
and a street away. |
 Finally
got a decent one of an Anna's Hummingbird without having to set
up a feeder and wait. Kind of "in the wild" of the backyard.
What the heck. |
 Young
Black Phoebe, "What you looking at, cyclops?" |
 W40
Anna's Hummingbird sippin' and flyin' |
 W31
"Blue Hummingbird" |
 W24
Black Phoebe daddy hanging on the neighbor's chimney in the
morning light. |
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