Good birding day yesterday

[CathyA]

Yesterday morning was a beautiful Fall day. I caught several pics of the many birds on the property. I heard and saw lots more than I was able to get pictures of, but at least I got a couple of decent pics.
Seems like when I see the best possible shots, I don't have my camera with me. One morning, there were bunches of golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets, up close and personal. I didn't have my camera, so I went back to the house to get it. Of course, the kinglets weren't there when I returned. Also, there have been tons of juvenile yellow-rumped warblers (also called 'myrtle' warblers) in one area the other day with their neon yellow bases to their tails.........but again, no camera with me. Oh well.......still a beautiful memory!
Here are a couple of the fairly decent pics I got on my birding outing yesterday morn.

The first is of a white-crowned sparrow. The second is of a female cardinal. The third is of a yellow-rumped warbler. The fourth is of a female ruby-crowned kinglet.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f129/Catherine50/white-crownedsparrowcropped.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f129/Catherine50/cardinalcropped.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f129/Catherine50/yellow-rumpedwarblercropped.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f129/Catherine50/IMG_8649femaleruby-crownedkingletzoomed.jpg

[Mrs-M]

Oh, the White-crowned Sparrow, is so pretty.

Birding, so it seems, is all but for the season (our area). We now have snow, and it's getting really cold- and staying cold.

At any rate, wish I could have joined you yesterday, Cathy.

[pinkytoe]

90 degrees here today. I think the birds are hanging out somewhere in the middle as I haven't seen too many down here yet. The ruby-crowned kinglets are one of my favorites. One year, I had an especially curious one that would come sit on a branch and wait for me to put something on the deck rail for it to eat. It did this for several days before moving on.

[Gardenarian]

Great shots Cathy!

[Gregg]

We had a pretty diverse group until we had a 3 day windstorm last week. It seems most of them took advantage of 50+ mph tail winds to head south in a hurry. Great pics CathyA!

[SimplyL]

Cathy, these are flawless shots. Thanks so much for sharing. I'm also into birding, however, only use my cell phone camera. Sure love the male and female cardinals.

[Tussiemussies]

Nice pictures Cathy A, love to see birds too. It's nice that you can identify them and their calls...:)

[Florence]

Oh how beautiful! Makes me want to gather up the birding book and binoculars and spend some time bird watching!!

[CathyA]

Thanks everyone. I sure love all those little guys! And they all have different personalities and ways. I never get tired of watching them.