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[nanimal]

Very nice seeing the Norths together STL. I love your bird pics! Thanks for all.

[STLbf]

nanimal, glad that you enjoy the pics!  Inspiration to post more.   
It's a quiet morning here at DNN, so I'll run errands and check back later.

[nanimal]

I don't post much anymore, STL, but I always appreciate the information and pictures you and others share here!

[Ginger52]

Some pics from yesterday.

The Beakerson's early morning nest visit:

[Ginger52]

Pics from today:

A gorgeous Baltimore Oriole Male doing some very thorough preening:







A Red-Winged Blackbird female doing some preening and morning yoga:







Subadult on the BPT early this morning.  It roosted last night on the Scary Tree and then flew to BPT and then to another tree a little further upstream before flying off downstream.  It appears to be the same sub that we've seen several times recently.

[STLbf]

Ginger, the cam ops find the BEST closeups of songbirds!  Your pics sure made me smile.

So far today (Tuesday) it's pretty quiet at DNN.

[nanimal]

Great pics, Ginger, thanks to you and the cam ops!

[STLbf]

Some activity around sunup today, before the rain started.  One of the Norths moved from the Scary Tree to the BPT (no pic, far away).  Red winged blackbird males preening on a dead snag below the nest before taking off, and the pair of Sandhill cranes feeding in the pasture, and a doe right under the nest cam before crossing the pasture.

[STLbf]

Foggy early hours in the North Valley. Cam ops found DNF in the Claw Tree about 8:30. She flew off to the north.  A BE in the BPT at about 9:45, could be one of the Norths or a Sub-adult from the area.  It dove straight down toward the creek and out of sight.

[STLbf]

It's good to see DNF in the creek trees in the mornings lately.

[STLbf]

Get out your bird books and magnifying glasses!  Four small grayish birds in the Scary Tree, about 11:00 this morning.  One flies off, returns in moments, typical of insect-catchng birds like Gray Flycatchers and Western Peewees.  What do you think?

[Ginger52]

Eastern Kingbirds.  Parent feeding fledglings.  Really cool to see that

[STLbf]

Ginger, thanks for the bird ID.  Even though I live in the Eastern Kingbird's range, I never think of them and have never seen one in person. Maybe they are not suburban neighborhood birds.

So, here's a pic from about 2:00,  clearer closeup of a bird perching on the Yonder snag.  Eastern Kingbird again?  Or something else?  Note the tiny downturned tip of the upper beak.   AllAboutBirds puts them in the right territory, but their photos are gray, and my pic looks brown.  Could be the light, of course.

[STLbf]

DNF this evening high up in branches of the Scary Tree as the cows go home, then she flew down to the creek and next seen on the fallen branch of DN12's Tree. She returned to the Scary Tree about 8:00 and looks to be there for the night.   SEDs y'all.

[Ginger52]

Ginger, thanks for the bird ID.  Even though I live in the Eastern Kingbird's range, I never think of them and have never seen one in person. Maybe they are not suburban neighborhood birds.

So, here's a pic from about 2:00,  clearer closeup of a bird perching on the Yonder snag.  Eastern Kingbird again?  Or something else?  Note the tiny downturned tip of the upper beak.   AllAboutBirds puts them in the right territory, but their photos are gray, and my pic looks brown.  Could be the light, of course.

STL -- The most distinctive ID marker for the Eastern Kingbird is its white-tipped tail feathers.  You can't really see that in your pic, but as I watched on the cam I could definitely see it on the parent when it flew in to feed the fledglings.

I'm pretty sure the bird with the downturned tip of the upper beak is an Eastern Wood-Pewee.

Oh, and here's a pic I snipped yesterday morning during sunrise.