Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Tennessee Birding IV

This is part four of my Tennessee birding series and this was another walk along the driveway of our cabin. I started to learn where the birds tended to hang out after a while and this dead tree is one of the hot spots. When I arrived, it had many different kinds of birds perched on it all taking in the morning sun:

Seven perched birds (3 or 4 different kinds)
I'll show individual photos of them below.

#1
This was one of the ones in the group.

Northern Flicker
#2
This was another one in the photo above, and I'm not exactly sure what it is. Perhaps it's a female or immature Summer Tanager? Or a female Scarlet Tanager? I'm not sure if it is a warbler due to the fairly large orange beak. I need help on this one.

A yellow bird - I need help with identification


#3
There are at least four of these in the above photo.

Indigo Bunting

I'm fairly certain that they are indigo buntings because they have some blue feathers that are visible such as in this shot:


Three Indigo Buntings

I'm guessing that these might be immature Indigo Buntings, but I'm not certain.

#4
White-breasted Nuthatch
#5
This bird also appears to be a White-breasted Nuthatch, but I'm not sure if it's a juvenile or what. The feathers appear to be more fluffy.

White-breasted Nuthatch (juvenile?)

White-breasted Nuthatch (juvenile?) showing the black streak on its head

#6
This guy eventually joined the others on the tree (not pictured above).


Hairy Woodpecker


#7
This bird was sitting atop a row of trees along the driveway singing so beautifully and also so frequently that it was difficult for me to get a photo of it not singing.

Eastern Towhee (male) singing

Eastern Towhee (male)

I also saw the female, but I wasn't able to get a photo before she flew away.


#8
Mourning Dove in-flight silhouette
#9
Northern Cardinal
#10
This guy sat pretty for me as I slowly inched my way as close as I could get.

Indigo Bunting
#11
Then he flew over to whom I presume was his beautiful mate.

Indigo Buntings (male & female)

This was a great ending to my walk!



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