Mourning Dove with a seed it found on the ground.
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@jlocke4101
Amateur photographer and electronics hobbyist. With several bird feeders in the backyard, I love hanging out and photographing any and all that stop by. My wife and I live in Austin, TX. My Flickr page: https://flickr.com/photos/143035827@N05/albums
Mourning Dove with a seed it found on the ground.
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Ladder-backed Woodpecker on the bush.
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Fox Squirrel having a peanut while sitting in the yard.
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He's so ignorant of the Constitution, he doesn't realize that he doesn't HAVE to sign anything for legislation to become law. So he's saying he'll automatically let everything Congress sends to him pass into law? Some threat. As the great statesman Bugs Bunny once said, "What a maroon".
I use a Nikon Z8 with a Nikkor 180-600mm lens. I was probably 5 yards away from this one. He didn't seem too alarmed.
I keep the squirrels (mostly) off the feeders by feeding them copious amounts of peanuts. I have a problem with the raccoons eating and dumping stuff at night.
Saw one of our Green Anole lizards sunning on a downspout today.
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White-winged Dove on the ground.
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Ladder-backed Woodpecker inspecting the fresh suet in the feeder.
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Good idea! I'll just drag everything behind the back fence and let the raccoons and opossums do their thing.
Why are you reposting my photos without attribution? You did not take this photo.
Fox Squirrel having a peanut.
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Carolina Chickadee sitting in the tree.
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This Black-crested Titmouse paused while nibbling at his sunflower kernel.
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Today, a Turkey Vulture made a low pass over the house. Yesterday it was Black Vultures. Should I be worried?
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Ladder-backed Woodpecker cleaning up the suet feeder. Time to put in a new 'cake'.
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Mourning Dove foraging in the grass.
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A couple of Black Vultures were circling over the area for a while today.
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I was out back when a Black Vulture swooped low over the house.
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Close, but still missing the black 'bib' under the chin. Both of the birds you mentioned are native to the UK, but not Texas, where I live!
This is a Marsh Tit (from Wikipedia)...
Fox Squirrel on the bird bath after getting a drink.
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Lesser Goldfinch couple busy on the finch feeder.
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Carolina Wren hopping around on the ground.
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Lesser Goldfinch with a sunflower kernel in his beak.
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Carolina Chickadee looking around while eating a seed.
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About the only birds that currently hang out on our feeders are the Lesser Goldfinch (we have a lot of those), and the House Finch. In the spring and summer, lots of birds hang out, but right now, the Cardinals, Titmouse, and Chickadee tend to grab and go.
The name "titmouse" originates from 14th-century Old English, combining tit (referring to anything small) and mase (a word for a small bird). The "mase" part later morphed into "mouse" due to 16th-century linguistic influence, despite having no relation to the rodent. (according to Google)
This Fox Squirrel has figured out how to carry more than one peanut.
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Black-crested Titmouse pauses while eating a seed.
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