For Troutbirders complete book review on A Love Affair With Birds
by Sue Leaf click on the above book cover to take you to Troutbirder II.
I came late to birding in my life after having given up
upland game hunting due to a defunct knee.
After an introduction to this new hobby by a good friend, I also thought
it was also an excellent opportunity to take my big GSD for long hikes in the
countryside. And so it all began.
Here a just a few of the almost two hundred birds I’ve seen In
Minnesota and counted along the way…..
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Early spring Northern Oriole on my white pine.
Blue Jay
Red Breasted Nuthatch & friends
Hummingbird on front porch. 
Screech Owl in my woodduck box. 
Baby Barn Swallows also on the front portch.
Rare Tufted Titmouse
Female Summer Tanager
Rose Breasted Grosbeak convention. 
Ovenbird (warbler) rehabilitating in my beer cooler. I'll tell that story another time. :)
A few of our many "yard birds" taken with my little point and shoot camera.
loved them all. :)
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are just wonderful. You get so many species I never see here.
ReplyDeleteWe "share" a lot of the same birds, but I never had an owl---in a duck box. How sweet!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, great fun, great colors. I'm really enjoying the colors of the birds this year. I've never seen a tanager. I haven't seen an indigo bunting for a couple of decades. But once I got a pic of an indigo bunting and the rose breasted Grosbeak at the feeder at the same time. Also, I've never seen the titmouse (but now I have, thanks to your picture!)
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of feed do you use? I've been using oil sunflower seeds. My friend used the mixed seeds and she gets different birds than I do, but when I've used that seed, nobody wants it.
And the Evening Grosbeaks, we used to have plenty, hardly ever show up.
I've seen more varieties of birds on blog posts than I've ever seen in my "real life". Someday I hope to see some in person. Thank you for sharing yours with me.
ReplyDeleteWow! I look forward to hearing the warbler story in a future post. Great shots, TB. :-)
ReplyDeleteLove that Owl in the Wood duck box..and I want to hear the story about the bird in a cooler too:)
ReplyDeleteWhen you go for something you go big. Super pictures. You have to work hard to get 200 species.
ReplyDeleteGreat bird pics, TB!
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in North Carolina the Tufted Titmouse was a frequent visitor to the feeder. They like to travel with Cardinals. They also fly like they are just a little drunk.
Cheers,
Jo, Stella and Zkhat
They're all good. I liked the Barn Swallows best. It looks like two friends sitting beside each other.
ReplyDeleteHi tb...I love all the birds you have in your area! That Owl sure is cute and I can't wait to hear the story about that recuperating bird.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great variety. We don't have many of those here. I love the idea of a nest box for owls. I will have to check into that.
ReplyDeleteMe too on wanting to hear about the warbler story.
Beautiful! We have a few of them, but see most of the others only during migration.
ReplyDeleteI love the owl! Minnesota has so many beautiful birds. Of your birds posted here, I have seen oriole, chipping sparrow, grosbeak, titmouse, nuthatch, hummingbird in my New Mexico backyard - pinyon jay, not the blue jay with the crest. It's tough this year with the drought so bad. The hummingbirds arrived in April and there were no wildflowers, so I put out the nectar feeders. I love watching the birds. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of variety in your yard. I just set out my first bird feeder a couple weeks ago. It's been fun to see the different birds come to the feeder. I think I'll try planting a few different flowers and maybe get a bird bath, also and see where that leads.
ReplyDeleteHow lucky to have an owl to photo. I rarely see our owl but hear them often in the woods. I heard one this morning which was a happy sound in the day light hours...
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of birds in your area that we don't see here. Nice pics!
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about watching birds that just does the soul good. And of course, a cold beer once in awhile never hurt anyone. ;)
ReplyDeleteWishing you a happy weekend my friend!
xo Catherine
You have a wonderful assortment of birds.
ReplyDeleteNice photos! I had an Oven Bird here once - it had flown into our deck door, But recovered.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Do you cater to your local birds, and they willingly wait for you to take their pictures?
ReplyDeleteGreat series! Love the owl in the box!
ReplyDeleteFantastic array of backyard birds!
ReplyDeleteDaily goodness, right there to see any of these out your window.
What a great assortment of bird photos. You certainly put in a lot more effort on birding than I do. I take the easy ways of birding, - -look for the large birds. I have a flock of about 20 Sandhill cranes on my fields. Canada Geese drop in regularly. There are lots of raptors of one type or another. Last year I did have a pair of blue birds show. I had not seen one of these in decades. They suffered badly due to DDT. To our shame, while this herbicide is ban in North American it is widely used in South American. It is manufactured in North America. The song birds are endangered. The forest may well fall silent.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great assortment of bird photos. You certainly put in a lot more effort on birding than I do. I take the easy ways of birding, - -look for the large birds. I have a flock of about 20 Sandhill cranes on my fields. Canada Geese drop in regularly. There are lots of raptors of one type or another. Last year I did have a pair of blue birds show. I had not seen one of these in decades. They suffered badly due to DDT. To our shame, while this herbicide is ban in North American it is widely used in South American. It is manufactured in North America. The song birds are endangered. The forest may well fall silent.
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