Birds in our Gardens, Yards, Towns and Cities - Post Yours!

[Jeff WX1USN]

Show us the birds around you garden or yard. You don't have to travel to find interesting birds to photograph. I shoot out my den window to my bird feeders and in the winter through the double hung window.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

 

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[Levina]

The last pic is just so cute! But then, I love female cardinals.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Oh my goodness. This is so great. What a terrific image.

Do you shoot these from your backyard?

The last pic is just so cute! But then, I love female cardinals.

All the shots I will post in this thread were shot either through my window, virtually all of them, or sitting in a chair in the yard.

I will be posting more female cardinals in the cardinal thread.

 

[pcs]

Show us the birds around you garden or yard. You don't have to travel to find interesting birds to photograph. I shoot out my den window to my bird feeders and in the winter through the double hung window.

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You're absolutely correct, many beautiful birds in your own backyard!

 

[Jack Dawe]

A smart male Black Redstart that spent a couple of winters with us a few years ago.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

 

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[Chuck]

If only I had a garden!

 

[Levina]

If only I had a garden!

You don't need a garden to shoot birds. Just a camera and a lens. Parks will do nicely. And even in the streets of a city there are plenty of birds to photograph.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

If only I had a garden!

You don't need a garden to shoot birds. Just a camera and a lens. Parks will do nicely. And even in the streets of a city there are plenty of birds to photograph.

I agree with Levina, Garden Birds are those that are not in the wild, rather in your yard, a local park or in the city or town. You may or may not see "the hand of man" which would get the image kicked out of most nature competitions. basically not everyone can or wants to go out into the wild. There are places where people feed the birds.
Garden birds to me are the ones you see around you all the time, Sparrows, pigeons, robins, woodpeckers etc. I wouldn't consider a hawk a garden bird even if it was in the garden feasting on a sparrow.

Birds that have their own category should probably first go in that category but could fit in here. Levina I wonder if the title of the thread should be changed from Garden Birds to something like "Garden, Yard, Town and City Birds - Post Yours" or something like that

Barcelona 1976 Ektachrome and man feeding Seagulls (which around here are super common due to the Atlantic Ocean not being far away, see them at the local mall more than pigeons.

 

[Levina]

Levina I wonder if the title of the thread should be changed from Garden Birds to something like "Garden, Yard, Town and City Birds - Post Yours" or something like that

Absolutely! And a great idea.

I will do it immediately.

I love how you all are thinking with!!

EDIT: I've put the word "Birds" first in the title. Google and co seem to prefer it that way...

 

[Levina]

I agree with Levina, Garden Birds are those that are not in the wild, rather in your yard, a local park or in the city or town. You may or may not see "the hand of man" which would get the image kicked out of most nature competitions. basically not everyone can or wants to go out into the wild. There are places where people feed the birds.
Garden birds to me are the ones you see around you all the time, Sparrows, pigeons, robins, woodpeckers etc. I wouldn't consider a hawk a garden bird even if it was in the garden feasting on a sparrow.

Birds that have their own category should probably first go in that category but could fit in here. Levina I wonder if the title of the thread should be changed from Garden Birds to something like "Garden, Yard, Town and City Birds - Post Yours" or something like that

Barcelona 1976 Ektachrome and man feeding Seagulls (which around here are super common due to the Atlantic Ocean not being far away, see them at the local mall more than pigeons.

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This is so sweet. The little girl enthralled by the birds and her father (I assume), visibly enjoying the moment. It's a wonderful image.