Backyard Birds-June 2015 in the Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

Jun 7, 2015 7:07 PM CST

Name: Karen
Minnesota (Zone 4a)

They are my favorite bird because they never shut up. There is a house in the middle of one of my gardens, and the whole while I work she gives me heck. My DH says they are Irish like me

Happiness is doing for those who cannot do for themselves.

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plantladylin

Jun 8, 2015 9:47 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird has been visiting the feeders daily but I'm having a heck of a time getting decent pictures this year. These were taken through the window yesterday ...

It's been extremely dry here and we need rain badly; we've had clouds at times but no rain. I took this picture day before yesterday when a little Hummer perched at the top of the Cypress tree:

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #873448 (2)

plantladylin

Jun 8, 2015 4:42 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Grackle

Mockingbird

Northern Cardinal .................................... Hummingbird

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #873827 (3)

flaflwrgrl

Jun 8, 2015 6:29 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Were those shot through those clean windows Lin?

Sorry, I just had to razz you. I'm in a strange mood this evening making everything into a joke.

They are fantastic photos Lin.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #873938 (4)

LindaTX8

Jun 8, 2015 10:23 PM CST

Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)

Inca Dove

I was surprised one evening to see the Scott's Oriole male on the hummer feeder when it was starting to get dark, so I grabbed my camera and took this through the window.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

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flaflwrgrl

Jun 9, 2015 4:59 AM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

I still can't get over that Oriole Linda.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #874228 (6)

plantladylin

Jun 9, 2015 8:06 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Linda, Beautiful picture of that Inca Dove, love how the feathers overlap giving it a shingled appearance! And, oh my how colorful that Oriole is!

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #874341 (7)

Claudia

Jun 9, 2015 1:51 PM CST

Thread OP

Greencastle IN (Zone 5b)

I love catching the orioles on the hummer feeders! Nice job!

I got the Baltimore Oriole one day recently

Not great as it was shady under the tree and past 7:30 in the evening when I took these hummer shots last week.

Female Northern Flicker from today!

“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.”
- Alan Keightley

| @Claudia | Post #874628 (8)

Newyorkrita

Jun 9, 2015 1:53 PM CST

Name: Rita
North Shore, Long Island, NY
Zone 6B

I do occasionally see the hummingbirds come by mostly feeding on the honeysuckle blooms. Of course I never have my camera out then.

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plantladylin

Jun 9, 2015 2:25 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Nice shots Claudia ... oh how I'd love to see Oriole's around here! Wow, when I enlarged that last shot of the Flicker, I thought it was perched on a Gator!!

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #874669 (10)

plantladylin

Jun 9, 2015 3:33 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #874707 (11)

flaflwrgrl

Jun 9, 2015 6:58 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Really nice Thrasher shots Lin.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #874829 (12)

Cookies4kids

Jun 9, 2015 7:09 PM CST

Name: Karen
Minnesota (Zone 4a)

Loved our pair of thrashers who built a nest under a daylily, but something took the 3 eggs and ruined the nest. Don't see them at all now.

Happiness is doing for those who cannot do for themselves.

| @Cookies4kids | Post #874843 (13)

jmorth

Jun 9, 2015 7:28 PM CST

central Illinois

un-nested Robin egg

Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

| @jmorth | Post #874863 (14)

flaflwrgrl

Jun 9, 2015 8:13 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Aw, it's cracked. Pretty, pretty blue.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #874925 (15)

plantladylin

Jun 10, 2015 7:00 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Oooh, that Robin Egg is so pretty but it's

that it ended up on the ground. A couple of months ago I saw a crow flying with what looked to be a white egg in it's mouth and at at least five mockingbirds in chase! Also, earlier this year my neighbor had mockingbirds nesting in a small shrub in her yard and she showed me a small freshly broken mockingbird egg on the sidewalk in front of her house. I figured a predator bird probably dropped it as it was being pursued and dive bombed by the adult mockingbirds.

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #875138 (16)

Claudia

Jun 10, 2015 7:18 AM CST

Thread OP

Greencastle IN (Zone 5b)

plantladylin said:Nice shots Claudia ... oh how I'd love to see Oriole's around here! Wow, when I enlarged that last shot of the Flicker, I thought it was perched on a Gator!!

LOL!!! No gators here! Just big ole silver maple tree roots.