Sunday, March 14, 2010

The Birds are Back!

Spring is approaching, heralded by the return of hungry birds. We have tons of yellow finches that enjoy the thistle seeds...



They are joined by cousins, the purple finches...



There are also a number of the lumbering mourning doves, with their interesting coloration of browns, gray, black, white, and with a vibrant blue surrounding the black eye...



Two meadowlarks visit every morning, checking the dormant Bermuda grass for breakfast...



This Junco sometimes joins the group...



...as do numerous red-wing blackbirds, sparrows, cardinals, robins, grackles, chickadees. as well as others.

5 comments:

~L said...

I love birds. And I like your bokeh!
peace
~L

Chuck said...

Thanks. And thanks to Pat R., we both know what "bokeh" means! (BTW -- I'm getting a new camera next week -- a Nikon D300S.)

~L said...

what do you do with your old cameras?

Chuck said...

They are passed on to my sons or fiance and get a bunch more use.

~L said...

you have a fiance? when's the wedding?

btw: congrats Chuck!