I heard a familiar tap-tap-tap this morning and saw this Yellow-Shafted Flicker busy in a nearby tree that will be taken down later this Spring. The tree was struck by lightning a few years ago and now the trunk that was hit is rotting and attracting ants, and the ants are attracting Flickers.
Shot with my trusty yet not lowly FZ20 at full 12x zoom (stabilised). The photo has been cropped from a larger image but the definition & quality is still good enough to show you how beautiful these birds are. You can see the two holes the Flicker has made. Busy girl.
Last edited by The Doug; Feb 26th, 2009 at 08:33 PM.
Great shot - I have an FZ as well and it serves me very well...not so lowly....but bloody heavy around the neck. Great lenses.
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My yard is FULL of white-crowned sparrows, song sparrows, juncos, chickadees & finches - can't keep the feeders filled! Two of the feeders are near the front door - the funniest thing is when I go out to empty the compost - the birds fly away & alight in the bushes around the compost bin - so I walk over there, & they all have to jump up & fly back to from where they came - of course, then when I return to the front door, they go flying back to the bushes - silly birdbrains, they still haven't figured it out!
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We've got a new birdbox set up this season, with a small CCTV camera in its 'roofspace' to watch the hoped-for goings on that might materialise.
Well, whaddya know! We've got a nesting pair of bluetits who've been busy fitting out the premises. They are now the proud parents of ... two eggs, as of today.
I've been recording some of the footage and using iMovie for the very first time.
There's a short not-very-high-quality compilation of clips here if anyone is interested:
Apologies for the poor quality. I'm a novice here.
Also, my thanks to Macsackbut, who inspired me to get into this with his reports of birds nesting in his porch(?) last year.
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Hey SQ, great effort and an interesting summer is ahead for you as you follow your feathered friends progress. Keep us posted as things progress please. Well done!
Could not put my hand on my camera quick enough to catch a gorgeous male grosbeak outside the window. All plump and in full spring regalia. He was headed for the neighbours feeder.
Really eye catching in the morning sun.
I did not realize doves would go to a hanging feeder.
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This is shaping up to be a good bird year here in southeastern BC - lots of birds at the feeders, mostly juncoes, siskins & sparrow, but we also have some Varied Thrushes, after a conspicuous absence for the last few years. I also saw a Spotted Towhee last week, but he was too quick for me to get a picture.
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