Birds in an Ice Storm (photos - dialup warning)

[bertha katzenengel]

shot in our backyard today

cardinal


juncos


another junco -- looks mad, doesn't he?


titmouse


mourning doves

[CatWoman]

1. stunning!!!!

so very, very beautiful!!!

:hi:

the cardinal is my home state bird :)

[mockmonkey]

2. I don't think i ever saw

a Titmouse before. It's very pretty. All of your pictures are lovely.

[Pool Hall Ace]

3. very cool pics!

:hi:

[gemdem]

4. Great photos!

What kind of camera did you use?

[bertha katzenengel]

18. Pentax digital SLR... *st?

I don't remember the name of it, Mrs. V. would know

:hi:

[InternalDialogue]

5. Wow, I really like those pictures!

Beautiful (cold, but beautiful)!

And that cardinal -- who does it think it is? Being all red and everything when it's cold out! Showoff!

[S n o w b a l l]

6. Awesome pics Bertha!

[Lithos]

7. Thanks for feeding them

:hi:

[fizzgig]

8. great pics bertha

juncos are my favorite little birds

[kedrys]

9. Wow! Beautiful photos!

Hardy little dudes, aren't they! Thanks for the wonderful pics!

:hi: :loveya:

[MonkeyFunk]

10. Great pictures!

I guess birds do OK in ice storms.

The last time I was in one, the birds seemed OK, but the poor squirrels were grounded. They'd try to climb a tree and slide down. It was pretty funny.

[Nicole]

11. Beautiful birds

Great pics. :)

[SeattleGirl]

12. Wow! Great pics!

I especially love the cardinal!

[BuelahWitch]

13. Beautiful pictures, Bertha!

:hi:

[bridgit]

14. pretty pics but dang that looks cold...

:scared:

[MissMillie]

15. Bertha, those are great pictures

I always thought cardinals travelled in pairs. Did you see two? (of course it's possible you couldn't get two of them in the same frame....)

[bertha katzenengel]

19. Yes, but the female cardinal was not interested in being photographed

Mrs. V. has a great photo of a female - maybe she'll see this thread and post it.

:hug:

[Mrs. Venation]

23. Here Ya Go, Millie

Female Cardinal



Blue Jays







Red-bellied Woodpecker (female)



White-breasted Nuthatches







Bertha and I love photography, and our back yard gives us wonderful subjects to shoot.

Mrs. V.

[AwakeAtLast]

16. That cardinal is gorgeous!

Great pics! :hi:

[Arugula Latte]

17. Those are amazing photos, Bertha!

:hi:

[Zuiderelle]

20. Beautiful!

Thanks for sharing those sweet pictures.

[auntAgonist]

21. these are gorgeous photographs

thanks so much for sharing them.

:hug:

aA

[raccoon]

22. Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing them. nt

[Kat45]

24. Beautiful pictures, beautiful birds.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Looks like you all got it worse than we did...

There wasn't much ice on the trees. The stuff on the sidewalks and cars was a pain in the ass, though!

I had gigs on Thursday and Friday mornings; and both days I saw people by the side of the road with smashed windshields. I saw enormous slabs of ice flying off the tops of trucks and vans. It's a miracle people weren't killed.

[riona]

26. Beautiful

That's nice food for them - I'll bet the black oil sunflower seeds go fast. We had a woodpecker where I used to live that liked the little oval white seeds. He'd chow down moving backward - oblivious that he was pushing every other bird off behind him.

[LuLu550]

27. Beautiful pics

Hope those birds got warm someplace!

[QMPMom]

28. Wow! Those pics are beautiful.

I'm scared to death of birds but I like those pictures.

Thanks for sharing.

[bigwillq]

29. What awesome pics!

I love your nature pics, Bertha!

Keep 'em coming! :hi: :hug:

[applegrove]

30. I like the last one the best. Sweet.

[idgiehkt]

31. Bless you for feeding them

Poor critters. Hopefully these photos will remind people to go out and buy bird seed. I feed the ones here everyday and every day the feeders are emptied out. Sometimes I go out in the yard and 40 or 50 birds will take flight. Mostly it is cardinals and chickadees, but there are other stragglers I haven't identified. I did see a blue jay the other day as well. Very nice photos.

[TheBaldyMan]

32. wow - i'm really jealous

they're beautiful.

[roguevalley]

33. its mom's favorite bird. thank you for the loveliness.

[Kajsa]

34. Those are beautiful pictures, Bertha.

The contrast of the ice and the bird's plumage
is fantastic.

Thanks for sharing these.

:hi: