Thanks to the several readers who have sent me photos. Be assured that they’re all in the queue and will eventually appear. Today I’ll do a potpourri from readers sending just one or a few photos. This one is from reader Bob Felton, who sent a note:
I’m sure this is small-time compared to most of the photos you get, but it’s an attention-getter just outside Raleigh, NC … an albino deer about 20-feet from my back deck at ~ 7:00 PM, 2017-Jul-18 …
Reader Jackie sent a series of photos of an American Robin (Turdus migratorius) bathing:
A photo from reader Tim Anderson:
This is a Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis), a common and gregarious bird in suburban Australia. It has a melodious warbling song and will keep you company if you feed it (it prefers minced meat).
And another bird, this one from Stephen Barnard:
Here’s a photo I just took of a Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) checking me out — one of a pair that rest in a Russian Olive, between mad, erratic bug-catching frenzies over the creek.
Of the eleven gadwall ducks (Anas strepera) in the brood that hatched by Stephen’s creek, eight remain, but they are big now (ducklings grow fast!). But these eight are large enough to resist many predators. Here’s a photo from Monday with the caption “Eight. . .but look how big they are!”
Stephen thinks that the three that have vanished were eaten by a nearby family of minks.
The caption from yesterday’s photo was “Still eight. They’re dabbling around without their mom.”
Another terrific cedar waxwing shot Stephen!
Robbins love the bird bath. I guess eight out of eleven is pretty good, damn minks.
I presume the robbins would be baskin’ after their bath 🙂
On the albino deer, lucky you!
I’m a bit jealous of the Robin in the bird bath pics. I recently spent several hours and nearly $100 installing a pretty bird bath with a fountain feature, which included having to install electric for it, hence the long install time. And even though we have birds all over the place I haven’t seen a single bird in it yet! Dirty birds I guess.
Stephen, that Cedar Waxwing pic is great. Definitely checking you out.
His other eye is on one of my d*gs running around under the tree, going nuts as he usually does when I’m using the camera.
Very nice. Not sure if the deer is a true albino, but it might be.
A white hart, you should open a pub.
The Cedar Waxwing is a handsome bird. The color, yellow/tan, is subtle. The black markings and crest give it a lot of dignity.
Someone mentioned that the color of the tip of the tail feathers is diet dependent. Some orange berries increase the reddish aspect.
fun picure