Cute Factor

Hard to beat the goslings, but I think this Blue Jay doing an imitation of “Take my wife, please!” is pretty cute too. For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: cute factor.

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With An Extra Glow

Red-bellied Woodpecker (featured) and Osprey for A Photo a Week Challenge: backlit.

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Fish Eaters

Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Common Mergansers for Bird Weekly: birds who eat fish primarily.

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E-birds

Birds that start with the letter ‘E’ for Bird Weekly Challenge. Featured is an Eastern Kingbird – a summer resident here. The Bald Eagles are regulars, and the odd Great Egret wanders through from time to time.

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‘D’ Bird

Downy Woodpecker, Morning Doves, Mallard Ducks. Bird Weekly challenge: birds that start with letter d.

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A Closer Look

(For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: It’s a Small World. Note: I do not have micro or macro capacity, so I have to settle for zooming in where possible.)

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We All Start With ‘C’

A cardinal, Common merganser, covy of Common redpoll, a chickadee. For Bird Weekly’s challenge: birds that start with ‘c’.

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Wing Envy

Bird Weekly challenge is to post photos of birds with long wingspans. Our larger birds have flown south for the winter, but the birds of prey remain, and of course, the Canada geese.

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B… B… B… Birds

Barn swallows, Blue Jay, and Bald Eagle for Bird Weekly challenge: Birds that start with the letter B

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