Post your yard and pond visitors

[addy1]

Love all those blues! We have tons of cardinals here year round. The blue birds are only around in the summer.

 

[RobAmy]

Here is a Chickadee from today

Black capped Chickadee by A & R Photography, on Flickr

 

[GBBUDD]

This Red Tail was at the back yard yesterday and is he ever welcome as we had a neighbor move in with ducks and chickens. Unfortunately there's one other animal or two that always follows and his welcomed guest was having one for lunch.

 

[RobAmy]

This Red Tail was at the back yard yesterday and is he ever welcome as we had a neighbor move in with ducks and chickens. Unfortunately there's one other animal or two that always follows and his welcomed guest was having one for lunch.View attachment 117107

Nice guest

 

[RobAmy]

Yesterday trying to land on the same branch

Excuse me but this is my branch by A & R Photography, on Flickr

 

[Gemma]

All the colorful birds are beautiful, yet my very favorite is still the Chickadee! I love their sound and tame personality!

 

[Stephen T.]

We have mountain chickadees here, but they're spotty. Some years we have lots of them and the last couple they've been very rare. They're a real favorite of mine as well, cheery, bold and given to grab it and go feeding tactics, which can make getting photos challenging! Often, when filling one of the feeders, several will be on my hand or next to it. I miss them, as I've only seen 4 or 5 so far this year.

I kind of "cheat" to get photos, I have several stumps and dead small trees on stands that I can place in front of the kitchen window as "posing" benches. They have hidden feeders to attract the birds.

 

[j.w]

Cheat away @Stephen T. we enjoy them and they love the food!

 

[RobAmy]

@Stephen T. Here is a Mountain Chickadee from the Rocky Mountains, this was in the wild. They are beautiful little birds

Mountain Chickadee by A & R Photography, on Flickr

 

[Stephen T.]

Nuthatches are another of our real favorite visitors. They seem to be the ultimate "snatch and grab" critters. At the feeders, the appear, grab, and are gone so fast it's really tough to get good photos of them!

White breasted nuthatch

Red breasted at our little stream

This year, from late spring until early autumn, we had so much smoke from wildfires, that we did very little photography and seldom went outside, so I don't have many shots from this year.

 

[GBBUDD]

 

[RobAmy]

Red bellied Woodpecker by A & R Photography, on Flickr

 

[Gemma]

Nice pic of my very favorite woodpecker!

 

[Stephen T.]

I can see why it's your favorite! The black and white pattern on the back/wings is very striking.

 

[Stephen T.]

I really enjoy our little downy woodpeckers. They are very bold, letting us get quite close without them even interrupting their hunting/pecking.