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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. |
 Mom feeding the baby. First time I'd ever seen this and luckily I was standing there with the right lens! |
 Black
Phoebe fledgling and dad flying off.The neighbors pool tarp made a great backdrop. |
 Anna's
Hummingbird, female. This gal is very mellow, lets me get close
and drinks for a loooong time. |
 Male
Bullocks Oriole.
Even in this poor picture he's striking. |
 Female
Bullocks Oriole |
 House
Finch flipping me the bird. (broken toe) |
 American
Goldfinch |
 Anna's Hummingbird sippin' and flyin' |
 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. |
 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. |
 Scruffy
Costa's male with bib out via the long lens |
 Black Phoebe chicks in the nest under the eaves. Good thing I
took this, as they fledged the next day. Mom and Pop are still
hanging around though. |
 Young Black Phoebe, "What you looking at, cyclops?" |
 Black
Phoebe via the long lens. He's on a deck umbrella with a house
behind him. |
 lack Phoebe daddy hanging on the neighbor's chimney in the morning light. |
 Crow swooping down on the the
young Sharp-Shinned hawk, who's
just trying to fit in but constantly getting strafed by
community-conscious residents |
 Young Sharp-Shinned hawk trying to fit in but constantly getting
strafed by mockingbirds. |
 Unaware young Sharp-Shinned Hawk being reconointered by
patrolling Mockingbird. |
 Young
male Sharp-Shinned Hawk downing a rat or mouse. He was two yards
and a street away. |
 Same
sparrow, still scruffy but with a grub or worm of some sort
in-beak. |
 Mom
Phoebe and the 4 kids |
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 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. |
 Mockingbird Boogie. |
 Mockingbird Boogie. |
 Mockingbird Boogie. |
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