Reader Colin Franks (website here, Facebook here, Instagram here) sent us another lovely batch of gorgeous bird photos. His IDs are indented. And keep sending in your photos, please.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronate):
Pileated Woodpecker (Hylatomus pileatus):
Rufus Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus):
Brown Creeper (Certhia Americana):
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus):
Common Loon (Gavia immer):
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa):
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta):
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica):
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus):
The Common Loon photo is especially nice. A perfect moment.
Great shots.
I’ll just throw the camera away. The photo of the Pintail is just wonderful.
Me, too, Randall, … … the camera — a w a y !
These are, Mr Franks, smashing !
Blue
In fact, Mr Franks, upon my strolls in
to work along Sycamore Row, I am repeatedly
dive – bombed by someone who looks
exactly like the screaming aviator
within your last photo !
Blackbirds of the red wing seem
to just love to come after m’head !
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The subtle contrast in texture of the wings makes it appear to oscillate between a photograph and an oil painting. So beautiful.
The Yellow-rumped Warbler actually has a yellow rump. A friend calls it the butter-butt.
I had never noticed before that the Golden-crowned Kinglet wears yellow gloves on it’s black legs.
A great line up. Thanks Colin.
Butterbutt. I like that name.
Just…wow.
Exactly what I was going to write!
Great photos! Love the symmetry of the Pintail’s wings. Like a fine painting. Sky evokes a frosty morning during migration.
+1
These are wonderful! Thanks for sharing! I start today with a smile.
Always love Mr. Franks’ photos. Thanks so much for sharing!
I am fairly staggered. My favorite is the loon, since I have an extra squishy soft spot for their family life. But the pintail is amazing in the details on its feathers, captured in flight no less.
Yep, those are very good, lots of detail to look at and variety of species. Thanks.
So beautiful. I love the Bushtit in her nest.
Gorgeous! Thanks, Colin.
Beautiful images. Enviable.
More dinosaurs. Lovely.