Hiding Places?

I just about missed this this Belted Kingfisher. I think this is the same one I photographed a couple weeks ago with his lunch. I have seen and heard him several times since, but today I found him in this tree. He is kind of hard to pick out of the branches, but he’s cool looking.

~ Rick

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A Bug Feast?

This is a Red-bellied Woodpecker. I see this variety of woodpecker frequently, but this one was feasting on some local bugs. I can only assume he was enjoying the feast.

The weather has not been nice, but on this day, the clouds cleared and the sun warmed things up. The birds were so active. He ignored me for a while, then flew off with some good, high quality protein in that red belly.

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A Sparrow, Snow and Sunshine

This is the best photos I took this last week. I love the depth in this photo. There is a lot of detail.

It was a cold day, and the snow had stopped. The sun arrived to warm things and the birds were very active for the fist time in days. I love this.

~ Rick

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Alone And Chill

Teresa caught this sparrow chilling on this log. He seems lonely.

The cold has returned. It’s cold out there .. stay warm.

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A Deck of Cardinals

The cardinals are still displaying their beauty. We continue to run across them in numbers. There was three males in this little patch of shrubs (see the last photo). Just gorgeous.

What is the noun used for a group of cardinals? According to iBirds,) , an app I use to identify and learn more about birds (that is an App Store link), its one of many nouns: a “college”, “conclave”, “deck”, “radiance”, or a “vatican” of cardinals. Interesting.

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