This little one swooped down while I was standing still and decided to play in this puddle of water.
And these are about the prettiest ducks I've ever seen. They are ducks, right? :-)
This was the first bird I captured a photo of at Descanso Gardens, maybe last week. I saw quite a few of them on this day. And looking at the feathers and coloring I think the one following this picture is a female or baby of the same bird...but maybe not but they were pecking around through the grass together. I've been trying to look these up and I think the one with the curved beak is a California Thrasher. I saw a pic that looked like the other which read California Towhee but don't take it as fact.
And this is where a bird was. LOL! It took off before I could snap it.
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Great captures! The first one is, I'm pretty sure, a House Wren, and I think the California Towhee is a great guess for the second and sixth photos.
The duck are Wood Ducks, and I think you are right about the Curved Billed Thrasher too. The fourth photo looks like some sort of Pewee or Phoebe.
I'm so not up on California birds! :c)
Other than the ducks, I didn't recognize any of them...different birds out west...not that I know all the eastern birds! :(
Hi, 2sweet!
Let's see: Bewick's wren, dark-eyed (Oregon) junco, wood duck, Say's phoebe (probably), Cal. thrasher (yaay you!) and Cal. towhee. Last photo is probably a spotted towhee.
I think your bird photos are pretty darn good!
You already have answers to your ID questions, so I'll just give a little cheer for the wren (tada!) and remark that I have several photos just like that last one. :)
Nothing wrong with these, I think they are all cracking.
Sorry missed the last shot, I have a whole collection of empty branches and trigs and blurred flight shots, shame these are worthless or I'd be a millionaire.
Maria - An award? For me!? Awesome! I'll be right there! :-)
Jayne - Thank you. I knew you could help! :-D
June - That's okay. Thanks anyway. :-)
Julie - Thank you too! If I'm not careful I'll be a real bird watcher soon. ;-)
Wren & Mike - I'm glad I'm not the only one with those empty photos. I started to do a series of them. LOL!
Beautiful birds and you did great taking the pictures. Thanks for stopping by my place.
Lapa - Thank you and you're welcome! :-)
...and not bad pics at all.
I know - for I'm notoriously bad at songbirds. Yep - you go become a birdwatcher! ;)
Cheers, Klaus
Klaus - Thank you! As for birdwatching, don't know if I can do that until I can get another camera and one of those awesome zoom lenses. :-)
T: What a great set of bird captures, very nicely done. I like that one with the curved beak.
I think your bird photos are great. I'm glad they were identified as I would like to become a bird watcher too and this is how we learn. I have loads of those empty space shots. Those little guys are fast!!!
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