I’ve not succeeded in luring bluebirds to my yard in Louisiana but this makes up for it.
The whole back of our home is windows and these lovelies often catch my eye….beautiful, fleeting, elusive…..each one of them eliciting an “ooh, shiny!” response from me.
Every single time I see one I stop to watch and on this day they didn’t seem to mind that I was nearby, clicking away.
Just as elusive and much shyer, this red-headed woodpecker has also started hanging around.
He joins the multitudes of cardinals that make sure I keep sunflower seeds in a permanent place on my grocery list.
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These photos are absolutely stunning!
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It was thrilling to be able to sit just feet away from them to capture them feeding.
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Absolutely amazing pictures !!!
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Thanks Anita, I appreciate you stopping by to look and read!
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A wondrous gift you have received and shared via your amazing photography. Thank you…this is nourishment my soul needed.
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Love all your hummingbirds. The bluebirds will arrive- took two years of feeding the birds for them to arrive in my yard. Bonus they never left to migrate, have stayed all summer😊
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The bluebirds have been back beyond the fence but I fear I don’t have enough open space near the house to attract them to come any closer but I will keep trying! We were out at a friend’s house in Lead a few days ago and there must have been about 25 bluebirds on a fence out in their pasture.
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Wow! Great Hummingbird Pics!
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Thanks Hump and thanks for being such a faithful reader!
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Those birds are beautiful distractions!
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I agree! I love having them in my backyard every day. Thanks for stopping by and visiting this blog!
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Wonderful photos!
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Thank you! I was excited to capture these fascinating creatures in flight!
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Ahh, my favorites! Something about their tiny dangling feet that really gets to me.
I look forward to seeing Bluebirds though. Not sure we have them in the Northwest. Just Blue Jays, and they can be so mean to all my other favorites. Uh oh…is that prejudice rearing its ugly head??
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We have our fair share of Blue Jays but they don’t seem to be as aggressive here as they were in Virginia. I always feel sorry for them….they really are pretty birds but I think their size makes us prejudiced against them. If they were tiny we would love them….but then perhaps they would be a bit nicer also!
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