Bad Hair Day

This mourning dove seems to have had its head feathers ruffled a bit. That didn't seem to bother it because it was feeding all throughout the day. 

Blue Jay Gang

This winter I had a ton of blue jays in my backyard. 

This picture looks like it could be the cover picture for their album or something.

Buddies

Looks like we got some good ol' pals here passing time at the feeder. 

Possible dialog:

Left Bird: I don't like the way that thing is looking at me.

Right Bird: It's ok buddy, I hate it too. It just happens to be where the food is. 

House Finch Has Arrived!

It has taken a few weeks, but on Sunday evening the first house finch of the season has arrived

He then visited again yesterday afternoon.

I'm hoping more will come. I am putting out special finch food (Nyjer seeds and such) to attract them, but this guy seems to like your classic sunflower seed better. 

What are Grackles thinking?

From taking all of these bird pictures, I found that Common Grackles have been the most expressive and quirky of the birds in my backyard. 

This grackle likes to dip his food in water before eating it. It's like the hot dog eating contest. 

First, where has this grackle been?? He's covered in spider/cob webs. 

Second, he really likes those pieces of corn. 

This one is looks likes about to hug the camera. I think the picture took just as he was putting his wings away. Sort of reminds me of the dance down by one of the birds of paradise:

© Tim Laman

What do you think?

White-Throated Sparrow

As you can tell, these were taken this winter. This bird, the white-throated sparrow is a common sight during the cold months. They have a white throat patch, white and brown markings on head with some yellow thrown in there. 

While, you may have not seen it, it does have a distinct call:

Shake it up

Female Northern Cardinal ruffling her feathers in the wind

Northern Mockingbird

This is a Northern Mockingbird. I took this shot back in the winter. If you've ever heard a bird singing very loudly and repeating things such as car alarms, truck backing up and other birds ... it is a mockingbird.

You can identify them in flight by their very apparent white wing bars

From Wikipedia commons. A northern mockingbird attacking a red-shouldered hawk.

Tuesday Teaser Answered

Red-winged blackbird!

That was a tough one, but you can see the beginning of his "red" mark just slightly begin in the teaser photo.

Time Lapse of Yesterday

You may wonder what I do with the photos I don't post. The GoPro takes around 3000 a day, and I go through all of them looking for something cool or new. Then I delete the rest.

BUT...yesterday I decided to make a time lapse of all the photos taken. I was waiting for a day with a lot of bird action and cloud action. 

Here it is, enjoy (make sure to check HD quality if you want)

It is from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm. So it's 10 hours compressed to to 1 min and 22 seconds. Also, every second you are looking at 45 pictures, with a total 3690 photos.

I really like the clouds.