5/19/22

Backyard Birdies on Nature Friday!


 
Rosy here, in my Bird of Paradise bandana, to give you a peek at some of the birdies we have been seeing in our backyard!  
 

 
First up we have a female Gambel's Quail. They are pretty skittish and, for some reason, they fly up and sit on the fence whenever I come outside....
 
 

 
Next up, we have a couple types of  hummingbird friends that like to visit our feeders. The Black Chinned hummingbirds, like this guy, visit every day. They argue and fight over who gets first dibs at the feeder.
 
 

 
We think this may be a Broad Tailed hummingbird, but Mama is having a hard time identifying it because they don't sit still too long! 
 
They both fly over my head most of the time, so I haven't had a chance to "observe" them.



 
You will probably recognize our next guests. They visit in the middle of the day to get a drink from our waterfall and sometimes stay to take a bath. 


 
 Here we have a juvenile Cooper's Hawk.  He never lands when I am outside, but Mama says he sure is cute, she loves his little heart pantaloons!
 
 

 
 He hunts the doves in the backyard, thankfully, Mama hasn't seen him catch any!
 
 
 
 Here is a mature Cooper's Hawk getting a drink of water. Aren't his eyes a wonderful shade of reddish orange?
 
 

 
Mama thinks these guys are beautiful too,  and seem very intense even when they are splashing water everywhere!
 
 She also wants me to tell you that these hawks are smaller than all of us dogs and well, they never come close the backyard when I'm around. So don't worry about us getting carried away by him!  
 
Needless to say,  I will most likely never get to "observe" him.


 
You will most like see many more birdies making an appearance on Nature Fridays in the future.   Mama has decided that she wants to "officially" watch birdies.

Although Mama has been watching birds for years, apparently when you get a book, and start recording what birds you see, you become an "Official" Birdy watcher...
 
Humans, am I right??? 

We hope all our friends get to watch some birdies or other nature this weekend!!

 

 

Show us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a picture from a vacation, walk or other journey! Any kind of nature picture will do! If you don't see the link below, click HERE  to go to our Hoppity Page.
 
 
 
 

11 comments:

  1. that are amazing photos... and your mama snapped this moment with the water with her cam, that is just amazing... congrats!!!!

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  2. Rosy, you have such interesting birdies, and so different from the ones we see in Scotland. And your Mama does a great job capturing them on camera for readers around the world to enjoy.

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  3. Hari OM
    OMD, Rosy, I am so excited for your mama - and you - that so many birdies visit your yard... as a lifelong orni-type I have missed geting any serious watching done, but would you believe it, there was a day recently when it happend and that is on my post today!!! So finally something proper to share on Nature Friday... hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx

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  4. You have beautiful birdies in your backyard, Rosy, and I have to say that you are totally stylin' in your gorgeous hat and bandana!

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  5. We are not bird folks. Some are pretty and we like to see them when they visit our yard but we have no clue what most of them are. They are kind of like flowers, Mom likes to see them too but has no clue what kind they are.

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  6. wow, you have NATURE in your back yard, no need to leave home for nature Friday posts. he does have cute pantaloons and our hawk ate every single one of our doves and a few jays. he sits in the tree and lets all the bones and feathers fall to the ground and into the pool. Owls and Eagles could pick you up.

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  7. WOW wow WOW did I say WOW yet? I've never seen a quail in the feathers and what a beautiful hawk. He is quite good a posing too. I expect he his sharp eyes told him early on that he is only allowed hydration in your yard. You have a huge variety of hummers in your area. We only have one Ruby Throated here in NC
    Hugs your your Aunty Cecilia

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  8. You have some great birdies in your yard. "Official" birders also spend more money than they should on a good pair of binoculars so they can see those tiny birds better, too.

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  9. I love our nature and I love our birds. We feed the hummingbirds too. We currently have four large feeders up for them and it's tough to keep up. Pretty soon we'll add two more.

    Have a woof woof day and weekend. Scritches all around and my best to your peeps. ♥

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  10. Those are some extra fancy 'pantaloons' on the Cooper's Hawk. They sure are a beautiful bird. We have them in Denver too and love to watch them.

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