Now I’m straightened out. It’s a female cardinal (in disguise because her topknot is lying down), and the first one is the grackle (which I mistook for a crow but is a cousin). That was a good bird lesson for me today. We don’t have either of those birds here.
Oh wait. The colours don’t match exactly on the bird’s back and tail…. I can’t find any other bird that has a bill like that though. Any idea what it is?
A WINDOW INTO THE WOODS 
Superb photos of the birds and i love them a lot.
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Thank you so much! I do love the birds…they’re such simple beauty..
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Now I’m straightened out. It’s a female cardinal (in disguise because her topknot is lying down), and the first one is the grackle (which I mistook for a crow but is a cousin). That was a good bird lesson for me today. We don’t have either of those birds here.
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Yay!!! You have met some new birds! 🙂
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Wonderful pictures. Better than the ones in any of my bird books. Maybe you should make your own bird book!
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WOW! Thank you! High praise indeed!
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I love that orange beak with the matching feathers. Quite the ensemble.
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Little Miss Cardinal knows how to dress!
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The top two could happily take captions like, ‘Get lost!’ or ‘Drop dead!’
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I agree!
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Awwwww. Mama Cardinal.
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I know…she’s such a cutie!
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Oh wait. The colours don’t match exactly on the bird’s back and tail…. I can’t find any other bird that has a bill like that though. Any idea what it is?
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I believe it’s a “grackle”…what a name!
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Those black so-and-so’s in the first pictures would gladly eat the babies of the red avadavat below.
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Lovely birtraits Suzanne 🙂
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hehehe! Thanks Colline!
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Nice birds! 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂 🙂
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