23 July 2012 -- male Painted Bunting (Daddy)

Looks like I forgot that Nicholas had already posted a picture of a male painted bunting last month.  But here's my post anyway...

After months of trying, I finally got a picture of the male painted bunting at our backyard feeder.  The first time we saw this bird (a few years ago), we weren't really into birding, and we thought that maybe this was someone's in-house bird that happened to get out from its cage or something.  Since then, it is one of our favorite guests at our feeder because of its great colors.  The female, while not having as many colors, is just as nice to look at.

Get Off The Bird feeder!

7/10/12-Nicholas


             At my house I saw a Squirrel upside down on the bird feeder!

 

Painted Buntings

6/20/12-Nicholas

                 We finally got a picture of a Painted Bunting at our bird feeder!  Here are some pictures of them.  

   

A Hummingbird Nest!

6/8/12-Nicholas

    With a new hummingbird feeder, we have spotted a hummingbird nest with two eggs in the nest in a side field

of ours!  We have also seen numerous hummingbirds at the new feeder that we got.

Rattlesnake at our house!!

5/29/12/-Nicholas

  We saw a diamond-back rattlesnake 2 feet from our driveway dead with blood on its stomach on 5/27/12.  There were flies and gnats eating the snake!

A New Bird!

 5/22/12-Nicholas

I just saw this bird at the bird feeder that I haven't seen before.  If you think you know what type of bird this could be, please share it with us.  

Roadrunner! And Finch!

5/18/2012 - Wabbaloo

We have frequently seen roadrunners traipse through the yard with no respect for human presence, flaunting their latest catch of lizards.  Today was no exception.  Right there on the little walkway between the hummingbird/butterfly garden and the sitting area/container garden.  I couldn't get the camera in time to get a good pic, so I went out the front door and anticipated he'd be on the side or back of the house.  Saw him fly up into a cedar tree, make his way to the other side, and hop down into the neighbor's back yard.  I was able to get a pic of it against a fence, but it's just a pic of him from behind.  I was surprised that he didn't just walk through the high grass into the next yard.  Maybe he knew I was following him.  First pic is looking at him (in the neighbor's yard) from my yard:

Next is a crop from the above.  Unfortch, we only have a "beautiful" rear view of him, so you mostly make out the tail and that's it.  The camera will be placed near the window from now on.

As for the finch, no picture, unfortch.  Saw him fly out from a shrub in the front up to a Crepe Myrtle as I was walking by with the Pookaloo.  We do have a feeder out in front, but don't see a lot of traffic.  We've just planted two new Monterey Oaks in the back, though, and may put some feeders there.

As always, comments/suggestions welcome.