Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Bird Photo Fun – Looking for Red in Squares
I love the birds that visit my yard, but only a few of them are red.
The male House Finch sports a rosy red head to attract his plainer looking lady friend.
Here they are on the roof, with background erased for effect.
The male Northern Flicker is a regular, nesting in the snag, and has a handsome red mustache.
His larger cousin the Pileated Woodpecker has quite the flaming top! He rarely visits so it’s always a thrill when he does.
The towhee has a rust-colored sides (hence the name Rufous-sided Towhee,) and his eyes are near to red.
The male Anna’s Hummingbird is perhaps the most striking bird to grace my yard, though not red, he’s attracted by the red bird feeder.
Sharing my squared red birdie pictures with Sunday Stills, #Fine Feathered Friends, and Becky’s #SimplyRed.
~ Susanne
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Wonderful photos.
thank you so much!
Fabulous reds in these gorgeous birds, Susanne! I love the closeup of the flickers! All so beautiful!
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Thank you so much! And I have no idea why you’re showing up as Anonymous! :~)
Susanne these photos are stunning! Such a wonderful variety of birds visiting your backyard! I’m very much a fan of flickers – they are fascinating birds…
What a lovely comment! I love flickers too and am so happy they chose to nest in a snag. Thank you so much. ☺️
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Very beautiful photos of our dinosaurs!! ❤️😊
Dinosaurs? Maybe you’re commenting on the wrong post. 😄
I don’t think so, birds and other critters are the descendants of the dinosaurs from so long ago. 😊
Lots of good birds there Susanne, and a nice sprinkling of red.
Thanks, Graham.
Beautiful birds, especially the hummingbird – it may not qualify as red but that splash of purple is gorgeous and impossible to ignore!
Thanks, Sarah. It’s pretty hard to beat the magnificent color of the Anna’s Hummingbird! 🙂
Such a great choice for the red squares challenge. Lovely bird photos, and some red in every shot.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks so much, Pete. ☺️
wow, what fabulous birds you get
Thank you! I love them all. 😊
Do you have the rose breasted grosbeak? One has been at our feeder recently. We don’t have the pileated this close to our house but the red bellied, downy and hairy woodpeckers have each had babies.
I don’t think I’ve seen any grosbeak in my garden.. I mostly get lots of small birds, chickadees, juncoes, finches, hummingbirds..
Awesome visitors
Thank you! I love them all.