Thematic The Yard Birds Thread

**alfa75ts** · 08-15-2017, 08:30 PM - **3 Likes**

Two more "new to me" birds in the same area.

The Golden Whistler and the Fan-tailed Cuckoo.

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normhead · 08-21-2017, 02:17 PM - **2 Likes**

My first time in the blind all month.
K-3 and Tamron SP AF 2.8 LD [IF] and HD DA 1.4 TC

What are the grackles doing you might wonder?

Mr. Crow is watching from a distance.

An immature Starling hanging with the Grackles? It's my best guess.

Something weird going on with the sun...ƒ45 and Live View comes in handy occasionally.

normhead · 08-23-2017, 03:05 PM - **1 Like**

A few from today, another busy day. There's never enough time to just sit, relax and shoot.

K-3 and Tamron 300 with 1.4 TC

**alfa75ts** · 08-25-2017, 05:21 PM - **4 Likes**

Well, it's that time of year again.

The boys have got their courting finery on.

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**Riggomatic** · 08-27-2017, 06:52 AM - **1 Like**

Quite the battle at the hummingbird feeder this morning. With the SMC-K 135mm

ccc_ · 08-29-2017, 07:33 AM - **2 Likes**

a couple cool evenings and the migrants and their hunters are passing through

ccc_ · 08-30-2017, 11:39 AM

surprisingly another batch of kids...orioles, house sparrows, house finches, blue jays, starlings, grackles and robins...showed up today

this cowbird is parented by a crew of house sparrows

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**dadipentak** · 08-31-2017, 06:32 PM - **2 Likes**

One of my favorite visitors

But it has definitely been the year of the Flicker--their antics have been a lot of fun. Here's an (uncharacteristically) heroic pose.

This guy looks like he just spilled something on his rented tux.

An inter-species encounter

And...

photolady95 · 09-03-2017, 12:53 PM

I got a few from the backyard this morning. The first one I haven't seen around here since spring at which time I didn't know what it was and couldn't get a clear shot enough to tell what it was.

The non breeding House Sparrow:

And one for the bird bath:

Then a juvenile Northern Cardinal eats peanut butter:

There is no sun today so none have the catch light.

mohb · 09-03-2017, 01:12 PM

I think this one fell in the birdbath

**dadipentak** · 09-03-2017, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by mohb

I think this one fell in the birdbath

ccc_ · 09-15-2017, 03:15 PM

down a dirt road and in someone else's back yard

**dadipentak** · 09-15-2017, 03:27 PM - **1 Like**

Raptors have been real scarce this summer but this guy showed up in the tree this morning so I guess it's Fall.

He spotted me.

normhead · 09-17-2017, 02:31 PM - **1 Like**

K-3 and Tamron SP AF 300 with the F 1.7x

**dadipentak** · 09-17-2017, 05:09 PM - **1 Like**

Fastidious Flycatchers Fidget

08-29-2017, 07:33 AM - 2 Likes	#891
ccc_ Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,400	a couple cool evenings and the migrants and their hunters are passing through Attached Images

08-31-2017, 06:32 PM - 2 Likes	#893
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	One of my favorite visitors But it has definitely been the year of the Flicker--their antics have been a lot of fun. Here's an (uncharacteristically) heroic pose. This guy looks like he just spilled something on his rented tux. An inter-species encounter And... Last edited by dadipentak; 09-01-2017 at 07:04 PM.

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08-21-2017, 02:17 PM - 2 Likes	#887
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	My first time in the blind all month. K-3 and Tamron SP AF 2.8 LD [IF] and HD DA 1.4 TC What are the grackles doing you might wonder? Mr. Crow is watching from a distance. An immature Starling hanging with the Grackles? It's my best guess. Something weird going on with the sun...ƒ45 and Live View comes in handy occasionally.

08-23-2017, 03:05 PM - 1 Like	#888
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	A few from today, another busy day. There's never enough time to just sit, relax and shoot. K-3 and Tamron 300 with 1.4 TC

08-27-2017, 06:52 AM - 1 Like	#890
Riggomatic Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Auburn, Indiana Photos: Albums Posts: 3,885	Quite the battle at the hummingbird feeder this morning. With the SMC-K 135mm

09-03-2017, 12:53 PM	#894
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	I got a few from the backyard this morning. The first one I haven't seen around here since spring at which time I didn't know what it was and couldn't get a clear shot enough to tell what it was. The non breeding House Sparrow: And one for the bird bath: Then a juvenile Northern Cardinal eats peanut butter: There is no sun today so none have the catch light.

09-03-2017, 01:12 PM	#895
mohb Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,912	I think this one fell in the birdbath

09-03-2017, 01:22 PM	#896
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by mohb I think this one fell in the birdbath

09-15-2017, 03:27 PM - 1 Like	#898
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Raptors have been real scarce this summer but this guy showed up in the tree this morning so I guess it's Fall. He spotted me.

09-17-2017, 02:31 PM - 1 Like	#899
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	K-3 and Tamron SP AF 300 with the F 1.7x

09-17-2017, 05:09 PM - 1 Like	#900
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Fastidious Flycatchers Fidget