Christmas Eve morn at the beach

Christmas eve morning, breakfast at the beach and a stroll on the pier.

Grackle singing...   a christmas carol Im sure

Deerfield Lighthouse from Anglins Pier

not sure what this bird is  far away shot , it did dive

Friends  or are they spying the same fish

Anglin's fishing pier

Royal Tern

Buntings are back

The Buntings have returned for the second year. They arrived in Nov., as most of the Warblers were leaving my yard except for the few in this blog. This year I noticed a young male just starting to get some color, hopefully he will stick around so I can see if he changes. 

Male Painted Bunting... feeding 

Female    feeding

Palm Warbler

Bluegrey Gnat catcher

Male approx. 2nd year just starting to turn

same male

Both feeding together

usually very shy caught him on his escape

Female not as shy rather eat

Colorado and Wyoming

This old birder (Lauren) and young birder Barbara planed a trip to Colorado because I never say snow being born and bred in So. Fl. all my trips consisted of summer and fall. Till now and what a trip we saw everything we set out to see except, the large horned sheep.So not to bad of a 2 1/2 day trip.

Beautiful face !  probably loves the snow 

Pronghorn's  antelope family on the plains in Wyoming

totally worth the 3 1/2  hour drive from Breckenridge around the Rockies to see Bullwinkle

He was camera shy  highlight of the trip

Postcard beauty ,  Breckenridge

 Hiked Thur the woods instead of skiing

Great shopping. One must by souvenir's. 

Mountain Bluebird  in Cemetery . Golden Co.

He was quit persistent to get water

Georgetown Co. on the way to Breckenridge 

Loveland ski Basin

Sparrow ? not sure in Cheyenne

Bison   going to Cheyenne

Mallards

Frozen lake near Rocky MT park

On the way up the mountain to Breckenridge

Magpie in Estes Park

Deer in Estes Park

i think a Ferruginous Hawk near Estes Park

First Elk sighting in Estes Park

Magnificent

Thousand's of Canadian geese would fly into the field in Denver each mourning

Canadian Geese

California trip

Recently returned from a family trip to Ca. Beautiful weather, and scenery. Didn't get to do as much birding as I would of liked but as usual managed to get a few shots in. Any help identifying these birds is welcome.

Family of pine tree's in Sierra National Forrest

Bush tit at Long beach

Bush tit

Tree lined road in Sierra National Forrest

Black Phoebe

Deer on  the road leading to Forrest

not sure ? sparrow

Western scrub jay

Flock of Gulls at Long beach

Red Tailed Hawk in San Diego

Male and Female Mallards swimming at San Diego Zoo

?

I think a House Finch

I believe a Costa's Hummingbird



? Sparrow

White cheeked Pintail