Here are some spring birds from last year for this #featheredfriday by @melinda010100
It's the middle of winter and I am missing my spring birds lately. In just a couple months or so the tree swallows should start appearing here right when the trees are budding.
Spring birding is great because there are less leaves obscuring the birds.
The bright colors of the tree swallows really stand out against the neutral background of early spring.
Another early arrival is the song sparrow.
Their complex song is a sign that spring is definitely about to go into full bloom.
Bluebirds also start claiming their nest boxes in the prairie.
This one appears to have the right square footage for this little blue bird. This next spring I'll try and get shots of the babies looking out of the nest box.
Once the lakes finish thawing out the great blue herons return. I managed to catch this one mid-flight heading towards the lake to look for fish.
The sandhill cranes are also passing through looking for breeding grounds to raise their babies. Here is a pair flying over some potential nesting territory, honk/chortling along the way loudly.
This one is a bit of a mystery to me. I suspect it might be an Eastern phoebe or an Eastern wood peewee. I know it is some sort of flycatcher by the shape of its beak and the tiny hairs around the beak that help it catch insects mid-air. Sadly it didn't cooperate with me in getting a good profile shot of it for better identification.
That's all for now, happy #featheredfriday :-)
Beautiful photos, and the birds on them are very cute and adorable!
Spring is nice because there are no leaves to hide all the smaller birds like this.
Yes, I agree, small birds are difficult to photograph, you will not find them in the foliage :-)
Lovely pictures! Great shots!
Thanks, just a couple more months and it will be spring again for photos like this.
👍😊
Beautiful captures @sketch.and.jam I can imagine you are looking forward to seeing the spring birds again. Start bird watching.
I like the cranes. Never saw them in the wild before.
It looks like a great nature area to wander around and observe. 😊
The cranes are hilarious to watch. I know of a few places they raise their chicks around here. Hopefully I can see them with a brood again this spring.
They are so large… hilarious like you say, it must be beautiful to watch them. 😊
Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 you can.
Great capture 🥰
And they are super loud, you can get close to them and suddenly randomly they will be squawking really loudly where you have to plug your ears it so loud.
Really, wow didn’t know that.
They sound like probably a dinosaur of somekind
They truly sound extraordinary, nothing I heard before.
Just like you said, ancient almost dinosaurs like.
Thank you for sharing with me 😊
Very clear nice shots! The dark teal feathered bird (first photos) is really beautiful. I have never seen that before.
Those tree swallows have really iridescent colors, in real life their blue color is kind of shimmering in the light.
very stunning screenshot,, everything you show is perfect.. friends
Spring is the best time to go out for photos of birds and to hunt mushrooms.
yes that's very true my friend,@sketch.and.jam season is a special season for hunting types of mushrooms..
Beautiful bird images. You get good image focus.
That's one of the best features of the olympus camera I have.
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Love the swallow and it's colors.
I have some barn swallows with lots of crazy colors somewhere in my files. I just have to remember what folder they are in.