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Yathin
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01 July 2008 @ 08:59 pm
The birds of Rivendell  
I had fun shooting birds at Rivendell. I got three lifers (first sightings) - Western Tanager, Band-tailed Pigeon and Black-headed Grosbeak!






A female Anna's Hummingbird is looking for some sugar syrup






An American Robin






A Dark-eyed Junco. [info]rivendweller, sorry for calling this a Towhee. :)






Black-headed Grosbeak (female)






Black-headed Grosbeak (male)






Black-headed Brown-headed Cowbird (female)






Black-headed Brown-headed Cowbird (male)






Crayfish or crawdad! I had no clue what this was and first described this as "Something like a lobster and a crab..."






Mourning Dove






Black-headed Grosbeak female






Acorn Woodpecker






Northern Flicker






Western Tanager male






Band-tailed Pigeon!







 
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Margaret[info]rivendweller on July 2nd, 2008 05:03 am (UTC)
Beautiful, amazing once again, Yathin!!

Arun Pillai[info]arunpillai on July 2nd, 2008 05:17 am (UTC)
Splendid collection
Origa[info]origa on July 2nd, 2008 05:24 am (UTC)
Superb pictures, the birds are captured at the real moments of their lives, each one has its own character ... Bravo!
Andy: blackbird[info]wruf on July 2nd, 2008 06:38 am (UTC)
The Northern Flicker photo is beautiful. Painterly really.
Neke[info]neke on July 2nd, 2008 08:34 am (UTC)
Lovely! :)
ashbirder[info]ashbirder on July 2nd, 2008 08:48 am (UTC)

some really nice birds..I look forward to the day when I will see a hummingbird!
Yathin[info]yathin on July 2nd, 2008 03:09 pm (UTC)
you'll first think it is an over-sized bee or something... :)
Sandy: Sandy Paint[info]sandy_tr on July 2nd, 2008 09:47 am (UTC)
Ha wonderful photos...

It's a pleasure watching them
kejn[info]kejn on July 2nd, 2008 04:00 pm (UTC)
lovely colorful birds!

crayfish are a cherished delicacy here in sweden. traditionally you only eat them in the fall, starting in august (there used to be a ban on catching them at other times of the year). they're caught in traps (children like to catch them by hand in the shallow water at night with flashlights), then you drop them alive in boiling water spiced with dill, and gather friends and family for cheerful outdoor crayfish parties during which copious amounts of alcohol and crayfish are consumed (and not much else). :-)
deponti[info]deponti on July 2nd, 2008 04:01 pm (UTC)
Lovely,lovely pictures....and alas, I will probably not remember a single one, except maybe the mourning dove...
Prashanth K S[info]prashanthks on July 3rd, 2008 03:26 am (UTC)
Beauty... Bird pics after a long time and beautiful n colorful as every :)