I love butterflies... An amusing thread drift
They are certainly not mundane. Please don't anyone be deterred from posting a long range shot- I think that the consensus is, everyone likes a good nosey at photographs - post away!

And JC3 , great to see overseas birds featuring.

The robins in Spain are black and white too.

Impossible for anyone to guess what my favourite bird is.

Rosemary

Penguin Rosemary?

There is an overwintering monarch butterfly tree not too far from us . I'm determined to go see it this year.

Okay, one is a squirrel, but we don't see many red ones down my way and I rather like them.

And if we're going on a tangent, here's a few butterflies.

I have a lot of pics of butterflies.

An awful lot of cars and scenic pics.

There's a park across town that heron's, blue ones I think, tend to hang out at and I've seen loads there, but never when I've had my camera, but I'll try one of these free weekends. Probably going somewhere on Wednesday that potentially has a lot of birds in and around, so see if I get lucky with an owl or a hawk of some variety. Normally, once I've bagged the big 400mm lens away though

We have some lovely red tailed hawks here in lower New York State. While in Mississippi we have Cardinals (which are quite nasty and have watched one peck another bird to death who happened to come to the feeder), humming birds, blue jays, hawks and finches.

You thread drifters you!
Immature eagle
Osprey
Cute little Downy woodpecker

Normally I don't put our family members names on the forum but I will make an exception .... This is Derek- the cheekylittle blue fella, not his great big green BFF.

Touch the thumbnail once- squashed budgie, then touch the image again

Who's a pretty boy then?

He said the he didn't want close ups as they make his wrinkles look more conspicuous
I then had a chat with him and he said that he didn't mind as he felt he looked quite debonaire in close up

Is it just me, or is there an owl on his beak?

JC3

I will go and ask him.......................................
................................ Right he said it isn't a owl, it a family trait- he says well spotted though

Thinking about it,the facial owl looks a bit more like Mr Cadbury's parrot.

So that's what that bugger is called. We get a lot of those around here and a couple of other varieties...Woody the woodpecker chap is also around not to far but I've only gotten rather disappointing pics of him so far.

Do they dance? I notice the disco ball in the cage.

Pileated woodpeckers- big buggers... I will browse my hard drive