To all the birders!!!!

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:59 pm

We were so surprised this afternoon to see in our backyard at the same time a male and female Painted Bunting (we've only seen 2 or 3 before and we have lived in this house 20 years) AND a male Indigo Bunting. We've never seen an Indigo bunting before, he was brilliant blue! We also had a Blue Jay which we rarely see. There were also Cardinals which we see almost daily. Quite a colorful show!

Pat

angy · Post by **angy** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:05 pm

pc went crazy. for a min...

angy · Post by **angy** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:08 pm

did you get any photos....would love to see them in the photo album...

heres a pic of my black headed caique named rio....hes 13 yrs my little baby!!

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:23 pm

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:25 pm

Some how I got the Indigo Bunting twice. After we saw the Indigo and the Painted a Summer Tanager appeared. We have never seen it before. I thought I posted the Summer Tanager too. I'll try again.

Pat

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:29 pm

angy · Post by **angy** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:31 pm

wow!!! those r amazing.....thank you for sharing pat!!

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:35 pm

wow beautiful pictures----our Maggie is a birder--hope she looks at the pictures--

Barbara

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:02 pm

What gorgeous birds! Thank you for sharing.

Gloria

Post by **tex** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:05 pm

Pat,

Awesome photos! I haven't seen any around here yet this year, and I've never seen a summer tanager. Usually, when the painteds and the indigos arrive here, they pretty much stay hidden in deep foliage, so I don't normally get any decent photo opportunities.

Thanks for sharing.

Tex

P. S. Would you be interested in your own "room" in the Photo Gallery? I'll be happy to set one up, if you want. That way, beautiful photos such as these will always be easy to find, in the future.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:09 pm

DH gets the credit. He really is a good photographer. These were taken through the sliding glass door (I'm sure it isn't clean) and he used 15 power optical zoom and some digital zoom.

Pat

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:12 pm

Angy,

Rio is a beautiful bird. DH asked if the whole bird is as pretty as the head? How long do they generally live?

Pat

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:13 pm

Tex,

Sure. I couldn't believe I actually figured out how to post those pictures. Your instructions in the technical forum helped immensely!

Pat

Post by **tex** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:22 pm

What would you like to name the forum? Pat's Photo's From The Texas Hill Country comes to mind, but I'll be happy to call it anything you want - it's your forum.

Tex

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:50 pm

Tex,

Sounds good! I think those birds today may be a once in a lifetime occurance. Maybe not. We'll see!

Thanks,
Pat