In the wild: Animals edition

[seawolf]

Osprey on my bike ride this morning:

[Go For Chill]

Red-winged blackbird dive bombing an osprey outside of Banff.

[Tobi]

My regular evening guest in the garden snacking some cat food

[Oaktavia]

@Go-For-Chill that is one worth framing

[Oaktavia]

Bandit chewing on sunflower seeds from our bird feeders.

[ROman]

@Oaktavia Really a great shot.

[Oaktavia]

@ROman I guess he felt safe enough in the tree. Wasn't that high up this time so I snagged the photo. This was after my not so stern scolding I gave him.

[twin]

@Oaktavia They can become rascals some times.

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

[twin]

This guy in the park.

[SFMCfranky]

This evening’s sugar social:

[SFMCfranky]

This morning at the sugar bar:

[motojobobo]

Chilly mornings gets these guys hungry very early.

Cinnamon finches (all females) going after finely crushed corn

While these sayaca tanagers, exclusively frugivores, go nuts over bananas.

[SFMCfranky]

This afternoon on the butterfly bush:

[Oaktavia]

@motojobobo wow those tanagers are beautiful i have not heard of those before.

[Matt]

Black Crowned Night Heron…

[motojobobo]

This little guy seldom drops by for a sip of water, one of the smaller woodpecker species around here.

[motojobobo]

@Oaktavia they are fairly common around here. Their plumage colors range quite a bit around the bluish tones (age, sex) and when you get a cluster of them it makes for a beautiful palette. I’ll try for a clearer pic next time and post here.

[Tago Mago]

[Oaktavia]

@motojobobo that's so neat!