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Title: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: gjtoth on October 09, 2008, 09:31:33 AM
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Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: ScottyBoy on October 09, 2008, 11:39:57 AM
I like the top one. He seems to be saying "Yo! I'm out of food here!".  :D
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: gjtoth on October 09, 2008, 01:11:30 PM
Quote from: ScottyBoy on October 09, 2008, 11:39:57 AM
I like the top one. He seems to be saying "Yo! I'm out of food here!".  :D


Precisely.
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: melody on October 09, 2008, 03:27:08 PM
Good photos-so what is the name of the second bird? I love to bird watch so I like seeing different pictures of birds/
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: gjtoth on October 09, 2008, 05:06:22 PM
Quote from: melody on October 09, 2008, 03:27:08 PM
Good photos-so what is the name of the second bird? I love to bird watch so I like seeing different pictures of birds/

The second one is a male house finch, Melody.

I just put up this new feeding station so the old crowd is still a little leery of it.  I figure in another week, they'll be back in full force.  I get a pretty good assortment:  mockingbirds, gold finch, house finch, starlings, woodpeckers, cowbirds, LOTS of variety.  :D
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: melody on October 09, 2008, 06:41:12 PM
ok, thanks. :thumbsup:
We have finches and blue jays around here but I don't know what a cowbird is. If you capture one on photo you will have to share here.
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: gjtoth on October 09, 2008, 06:46:48 PM
Quote from: melody on October 09, 2008, 06:41:12 PM
ok, thanks. :thumbsup:
We have finches and blue jays around here but I don't know what a cowbird is. If you capture one on photo you will have to share here.

Here's a whole herd of 'em!

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Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: melody on October 09, 2008, 08:13:26 PM
Hey thanks for sharing. We do not have any of these kinds of birds around here. They are quite different.
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: gjtoth on October 09, 2008, 08:33:40 PM
Quote from: melody on October 09, 2008, 08:13:26 PM
Hey thanks for sharing. We do not have any of these kinds of birds around here. They are quite different.
:thumbsup:

To be honest, until I took up photography about a year and a half ago, I probably wouldn't know WHAT they were and called them a grackle.  What part of the country are you in?  Author, Stan Tekiela, has written a field guide for every state.  They're not your typical guide that has idealized drawings of what a bird SHOULD look like.  He takes photos of them and (here's the cool part) the book is divided by the main color of the bird.  It's a snap to do a quick look-up.  I picked my copy at a Wild Birds, Unlimited store but, you can get them on Amazon... cheaper there too.
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: melody on October 09, 2008, 08:46:18 PM
I live in Canada but that sounds like a good book :thumbsup:
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: JudyB on October 10, 2008, 08:53:47 AM
They are beautiful pictures.  WOW  thank you for sharing!
Title: Re: A few more from the feeding station
Post by: gjtoth on October 10, 2008, 11:02:28 AM
Quote from: JudyB on October 10, 2008, 08:53:47 AM
They are beautiful pictures.  WOW  thank you for sharing!

Thanks so much for looking and your kind words.