Category Archives: Birds I got a chance to practice taking some additional photos of the migrating Ruby Throated Hummingbirds today. As best I can tell, we have one mature male, then some younger males and females. All of them are becoming more territorial around the Hummingbird feeders. I’m still not terribly pleased with the pictures. Yea I’m just...  The Ruby Throated Hummingbirds are starting to appear. I’m guessing we have about 6 or so right now. Strangely enough, I don’t know if we’ve gone a month this summer when we didn’t have them, but then it was only 1-2. One thing I learned from taking pictures of them tonight, is that I am...  Yesterday I shared pictures of Butterflies among the Wildflowers. For a change of pace, I thought I would share some pictures I took of the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds among the Wildflowers. Before I share the pictures, let me share how difficult this was. Trying to get the camera to focus on the Hummingbirds among hundreds...  Leecy kicked me out of the house and told me to go on vacation somewhere, so I’m out in the Texas Hill Country with Sascha (German Shepherd). I’m actually in Fredericksburg Texas at some small cottage. Before everyone starts writing, Leecy really didn’t kick me out, but it was her idea that I go somewhere...  It’s been a while since I have posted any Ruby Throated Hummingbird pictures. Also, I’m not really used to seeing Hummingbirds in the Summer, but for some reason we have 3 hanging around. This first photo is a mistake, or at least I thought it was until Leecy said she thought it looked like a...  Sad day for the 4 remaining Purple Martin Babies. When I was letting the dogs out I noticed one of the baby Purple Martins on the pool decking just sitting there. When I scooped him up, it was pretty clear something was wrong. I called Leecy to come out and help me. She tried to...  The baby Purple Martins are really growing! They are starting to peek outside of their nest, and it looks like one of them actually moved down to another nest area. There are a total of 4 babies, although only 3 of them can be seen in this shot. The one in the middle looks a...  Tonight was an interesting night when it involves birds and butterflies, and insects. When I got home I noticed the backyard was rather quiet compared to normal. I realized the normal flock of Martins were not flying above. I then noticed several pesky Sparrows sitting on the Martin house. Those birds drive me nuts as...  I’ve seen this really white colored Eurasian Dove before, but she now appears to have a boyfriend. First these two were making “googly” eyes at each other, then they started preening next to each other. After that, you can pretty much tell what happened.  These pictures aren’t the greatest because I took them at dusk. As I mentioned in a previous post, we seem to have lots of baby birds. We heard this baby Mockingbird calling its mother while it was sitting in our Pussy Willow tree. Right after I took this picture, I noticed another baby Mockingbird in... |
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