Wild Bird Wednesday

Mr. House Finch.

Mrs. House Finch.

Great Egret.

Eastern Bluebird.

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Great Egret

Take off...

Take off...

Landing.

Hiding.

Neck-less.

Finally! A pose.

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It's a Mockingbird Kind of Day

Photos taken in Southeastern Oklahoma

This Mockingbird braved a windy day to sing me a song.

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All photos taken in Central Illinois

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Great Egret

I've been trying to get an in-flight shot of this egret for weeks. I see it flying over at least once or twice a week, but have only gotten blurred shots, so I'm happy with these. They are not great closeups, but you can actually tell it is a bird. :)

Later, I drove by a pond where I thought Mr. Egret would be and sure enough, he was there.

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It's Northern Cardinal day.

All photos taken in Southeastern Oklahoma.

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All pictures taken in Southeastern Oklahoma

Barn Swallow
Adult

Baby Swallow waiting patiently for mom to bring food.

Still waiting.

Still waiting, but not quite so patiently.

Eastern Bluebirds
Female

Juvenile

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Pics taken in Coal County Oklahoma.

Mr. Blue Grosbeak posed out in the hay field. 

Mrs. Blue Grosbeak finally stopped by. She enjoyed bathing in one of the puddles left by the rain last week.

Eventually she went out to visit the Mister.

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Mom and Dad and a friend taking the babies for a swim.

Mr. Heron enjoying a sunny day.

Until he saw me. Then he slowly made his way to a tree where he thinks he is camouflaged. Silly guy.

I'm going to be out of town, but wanted to post anyway. My granddaughter is graduating high school. 

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Yesterday was Dickcissel day on the back roads. No matter which road I took, I saw several hanging out on bushes.

Dickcissel (male)

Dickcissel (female

Blue Grosbeak

I saw the bird below in a tree, He was high up in the shade, so I've lightened the photo to see him better. According to my Merlin Bird ID app, this seems to be a juvenile Summer Tanager. Does anyone have an opinion as to whether or not this is correct?

Confirmation: This is a Summer Tanager in transitional plumage. Thanks David!

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Yesterday, I drove down one of my favorite back roads and saw a Pied-billed Grebe again. The sun was out and he was closer to the road, so got a much better shot this time. 

He posed for a while, but then took a dive and came up all wet and in the weeds. 

I've had my hummingbird feeders out for about a month, with no takers. Then this Ruby-throated Hummingbird showed up. He sits on the fence near the feeder for longer than I have ever seen a hummingbird sit still. I'm pretty sure he is guarding his treasure. I watched him a long time, but didn't see any others. And then yesterday I saw two. Sadly, this guy chased the other one off before I could get a pic.

He flew up and landed on one of the wagon wheels attached to the deck while I was reading. He was about 6 feet away. I was afraid to reach for my camera, so I watched him as he watched me. He finally flew away and then came back to hover about 3 feet from me. I guess he was checking out the food lady. I think he was thanking me for supplying homemade nectar instead of that store bought red stuff. 

He doesn't like Gus, our dog, to get close though. He was happy to show his displeasure by displaying his red feathers.

Another Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Every time I see one, I can't resist stopping to try for a better picture. They are beautiful birds. 

The Great Egrets are plentiful these days. I see them almost every time I go out for a back road ramble. 

At this pond there were two.

Yesterday it was near 80 degrees. Today 40s and rain. Guess I will be staying inside most of today. 

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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American Coot

It's been too cold to do anything other than hibernate, which is what we've been doing. Dug into the archives for today's post.

This American Coot was enjoying my brother's pond in Illinois. Really like this first photo. I think he is calling me a bad name. 

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