Friday Night Photos More Birds Edition

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 5:00pm

Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.

The bird watching group I belong to meets once a month. These photos are from both this month's and last month's meeting. Last month we met at Mast Park in Santee. The park is a narrow strip of natural riparian environment that runs alongside the San Diego river. This month we met at Harry Griffen Park in La Mesa. A typical man made and maintained city park with one corner left unlandscaped and with it's native vegetation. Even though the parks are about five miles apart and are very different environments, most of the birds we saw were the same at both parks. Our group leader heard there was a rare sighting of a Baltimore Oriole at Harry Griffen Park recently. If one was there, we didn't see it.

Cedar Waxwing

Male Lesser Goldfinch

Red-tailed Hawk

Cassin's Kingbird

Male Hooded Oriole

Female Anna's Hummingbird

Scaley-breasted Munia nest

I don't remember what type of bird nest

Black Phoebe in nest

Unknown Hybrid bird

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 6:18pm

Your bird shots are amazing

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Thank you for sharing your art down S'Dago way.
Always a pleasure.

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 7:12pm

Thank you, QMS

@QMS
Hope things are going well for you up northeast way.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by humphrey on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 8:59pm

A talented bird.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 9:32pm

Hi, humphrey

@humphrey
A very talented bird indeed. I wonder if it plays checkers.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 9:07pm

GREAT shot, social!

Really excellent photos.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 9:35pm

Thank you, snoopy

@snoopydawg
Hope you and Sam are doing well. Give her a pat on the head for me.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 9:58pm

Hi pixelators

Hi all, Hey SP!

Hope all are doing well!

Outstanding bird photos as always SP! Great shots! Beautiful Hooded Oriole. I think the penduline nest is either oriole or bushtit. I have seen Bushtit nests that were two feet long, bigger than an oriole's nest.

The Kingbird is a Western though, not a Cassin's. Note it has a bright white outer web to outer rectrix. That is, outer edge of outer tail feather is snow white. This is diagnostic for Western Kingbird. Also note the throat does not contrast strongly with the chest and breast on your bird, light ashy white to palest gray. On a Cassin's Kingbird the breast and chest are dark medium gray and the throat area is bright white, strongly contrasting with the rest of chest and breast. You can actually see the white throat contrasting with dark gray breast of a Cassin's further away than you can discern any differences in their tails.

Wonderful photos SP!

I'll see if I can maybe maybe maybe find a bird photo...

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:25pm

Hi, dystopian

@dystopian
Thanks for the correction on the Kingbird identification and for jogging my memory on thee nest builder I couldn't remember. It was a Bushtit nest according to our group leader.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:04pm

Great pics SP, thanks. This morning, thru the showwer window

I saw a hawk that hangs around actually sitting in one of our bird feeders preening. I alerted my wife who got some pics, so I took a few of our "bloom" to add to the collection and post as a sample of our spring. I forgot the redbud which is simply astounding right now, but such is life.

coopers hawk

ditto

one of our succulents

a sample of our poppies

shooting thru pear tree to apple tree

a different succulent

some of our calla lillies

blurry ceanothus

mexican sage

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:05pm

Oops, gotta bail n/t

@enhydra lutris

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:18pm

mmm feeding tray...

@enhydra lutris Hi EL,

Yeah, that is a bird feeding tray to the Cooper's Hawk too. It's just another click up the food chain. That looks like a fat female.

Yer flowers look great! Ceonothus can smell heavenly! Often moths like it at night. There is even a Ceanothus Silk Moth! I have seen hummers go nuts on that Mexican Sage. Costa's love it. Great colorful green patch there!

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 04/20/2024 - 11:06am

The fat, clumsy native bumblebees love that ceanothus.

@dystopian

Meanwhile, the front yard redbud, captured this am, positively buzzes and hums, when it wrms up outside

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:33pm

Hi, EL

@enhydra lutris
Beautiful looking Coopers hawk. Looks like spring is blossoming all over your yard. I have a Calla Lily in my front walkway but I'm lucky if it produces one blossom a year. The African Iris right next to it on the other hand blossoms like crazy.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 04/20/2024 - 11:07am

got the redbud this am

@enhydra lutris

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:11pm

Hi pixelators

Hi all,

Had to dig deep, but came up with something... Except the Nashville Warbler, the rest were taken in 15 minutes last Sunday whence a bird bathing frenzy struck our bath. Actually photo'd 12 species in 15 minutes without taking a step. Bath is in shade and was overcast so too dark, but nabbed some head crops anyway.

Northern Cardinal, male

Black-crested Titmouse

Carolina Chickadee

Nashville Warbler

Summer Tanager, male

Yellow-breasted Chat

Happy trails all!

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:40pm

I knew you'd find

@dystopian
a bird photo or two. You got a nice variety of birds visiting your birdbath.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 04/20/2024 - 11:08am

Great pics, Dysto, thanks.

@dystopian

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 04/21/2024 - 5:00am

Hi d

@dystopian

What a frenzy of colour! Thank you for the animated line up.

Submitted by orlbucfan on Sat, 04/20/2024 - 8:20am

Wowsers, simply wowsers!!!! Great shots, you

all! Good laff, humphrey. Is that bird a crow or magpie? I'm no bird expert. Sp, your technique is improving from the first shots I saw when I started visiting this diary. I can see it visually. Where's janis b? I always look for her work. el, I LOVE all lilies. They're a very popular flower here in the Numbnuts Sandbar Peninsula State. Dys never disappoints, too. Welp, getting set to head out to do some GOTV volunteering shortly. Clear skies today but we're into summer-90s/heat index time. UGH!! And here comes our "favorite": storm season. End rant. Rec'd!!

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 04/20/2024 - 11:11am

When we first moved here they were like weeds,

@orlbucfan

great numbers growing all along all of the fence lines. Over the years we have cleaned a lof of them out to make room for other stuff, but there are still clusters all around the place.

be well and have a good one.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 04/20/2024 - 11:14am

Crow n/t

@orlbucfan

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 04/20/2024 - 1:42pm

Hi, orlbucfan

@orlbucfan
Good luck with your GOTV work today. I hope you will be encouraging everyone to vote third party.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by orlbucfan on Sun, 04/21/2024 - 7:19am

@Socialprogressive We remain non-partisan.

@Socialprogressive We remain non-partisan. The goal is getting people registered to vote cos it's imperative and counts. Good news: the vast majority of folks visiting our Earth Day Fest are registered. That includes plenty of young folk, and they are voting. I really enjoy doing this stuff, but I gotta tell ya: it was HOT!

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Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.

Submitted by janis b on Sun, 04/21/2024 - 4:46am

Hi obf

@orlbucfan

I had weekend guests, so I'm late posting. This one's for you ...

Submitted by orlbucfan on Sun, 04/21/2024 - 7:12am

@janis b Gorgeous, jb!! Thank

@janis b Gorgeous, jb!! Thank you!

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Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.

Submitted by janis b on Tue, 04/23/2024 - 12:50am

Cheers obf n/t

@orlbucfan

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sun, 04/21/2024 - 12:54pm

Cotton Candy

@janis b
Love the close-up, Janis. Nice mix of texture and color on the petals.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Submitted by janis b on Tue, 04/23/2024 - 12:50am

Thank you Social n/t

@Socialprogressive

Submitted by dystopian on Mon, 04/22/2024 - 6:24pm

Hey J!

@janis b sorry to be so slow here...

Beautiful photo though. I love those fine pink lines. Gorgeous.

take care, be well!

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by janis b on Tue, 04/23/2024 - 12:49am

Hi d

@dystopian

I too was taken with the fine pink lines. I also like the silky and sateny texture of the flower, which is a wonderful feature of most flowers when you look closely. For that, the camera helps. I also really enjoyed seeing your birds heads close up.

Be well and enjoy