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| Mourning dove |
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| Mourning doves grabbing fallen thistle seed |
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| Cactus wren |
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| The White Crowned Sparrow doesn't usually come this far south but that almost has to be what this is. |
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| Gambell's Quail |
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| Gambell's Quail |
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| Deviating from my yard a bit to show a Common Grackle in a nearby parking lot. |
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| The roadrunners haven't been to visit me all year. This shot is from my archives. |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Anna's Hummingbird |
18 comments:
Hi Marie, Great selection of birds... Last week, a hawk visited my bird feeders... YIPES... BUT--I don't think it got any of my backyard birds. However, later about 4-5 Mourning Doves visited the feeders... I 'tried' to warn them --but not sure they listened.... Hope the hawk didn't have one of them for lunch...
Hugs,
Betsy
love the cactus wren and the quail! :) i've got a roadrunner up today, too, and just saw one scoot thru the yard to behind the barn yesterday.
You have quite some visitors in your yard. I admire you for being patient enough to take all of these and collect them. I never luck out with wildlife photography.
Fantastic variety! Love the little Cactus Wren! Roadrunners make me laugh!
A delightful variety of pretty birds. I remember seeing a Gambrel Quail when I was out that way, and its chicks. So adorable!
What a nice selection of desert birds! I hope your roadrunners come back; I miss those crazy guys.
Lovely birds! The doves are very pretty.
Love all the bird images but the Gambells is fantastic as I have never sen one before.
What a variety of birds that visit you. That hummingbird is very pretty.
A great series of photos of birds. They are all beautiful but I especially like the Hummingbirds which we don't have in this country at all.
WONDERFUL! Hope you are well. I love your collection of yard birds including that spectacular Cactus Wren. The one bird in that photo is a female Great-tailed Grackle. A Common Grackle would be rare. You could charge an entrance fee for birders to come and see that bird if it stopped at your place:) It has been crazy over here Marie. All my best:) And YES....you should definitely check out Coachline Lake. Take the Twin Peaks exit and head west to Coachline road. Hang a right on Coachline and drive a few minutes to the building with the blue roof. There is a dirt driveway lot behind the building. Hang a right and drive up to the large berm. Park and enjoy!:) Lots of fun birds there. Chris
I enjoyed the feathered visitors you have in your yard. I think your photos of the hummingbird are especially good.
I've got so many house sparrows coming to the feeder that I'm trying to wean them.... I put out a lot less seed these days... they are hogs..... and, I think they are scaring off other cute birdies..not that they aren't sort of cute... but, my nuthatches and the chickadees hate having to fight for a seed every so often... they can hardly get near the thing....
Sweet, beautiful feathered friends - love that quail, never see those around here!
Hugs - Mary
What a nice collection of birds that visit you! :)
Thanks for stopping by to comment on my Mogollon Rim post. We enjoy visiting there - it's so beautiful!
Lindy
What a great variety of birds you get in your yard Marie.With the exception for the sparrow,I don't see any of these birds.:(
Have a good Weekend.
your yard birds are really rare ones for me. I would love to see the quail and the roadrunner. Goreous birds :)
The quail is a very neat-looking bird. We don't have any in our area. Also, nice shots of the hummingbirds; I am missing them, but it's a good thing they're not in this part of the world this time of year!
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