Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Bushtit Activity before nesting

While on one of my many walks of late I heard the wonderful sounds of the Bushtit's Squeak. Since they travel in packs like wolves it's not hard to track them. But the challenge is to get a good shot off before they hop from one branch to another searching for bugs. In the top shot here I managed to get one eating an earwig. Gross bugs earwigs I'm glad someone eats them!!!

I love these little birds no bigger than a cotton ball so precious.




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  1. Carol MattinglyMarch 24, 2010 at 4:33 PM

    Hi Christa, So happy to hear you are back in the blog swing of things. Beautiful little fella isn't he. Carol

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  2. ChrisMarch 25, 2010 at 1:57 AM

    Hi Crista,
    This is a very interesting post and you got nice pictures of this little cotton ball... Not so easy I guess as they are probably moving a lot!

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  3. Midmarsh JohnMarch 25, 2010 at 2:04 AM

    An excellent shot of the Bushtit eating. Very clever little bird balancing on one leg and holding its food with the other.

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  4. FABMarch 25, 2010 at 4:42 AM

    Hi Crista. I'm way behind with my blog reading so firstly welcome back. Congrats on the Bittern pics. I love watching our version of the Bushtit (Long-tailed), always active and rarely standing still. Take care. FAB.

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  5. Creative CardsMarch 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM

    Carol ~ Thank you nice to be back!!

    Chris ~ For a cotton ball they move fast, so I'm surprised I got some decent shots off.

    John ~ Thank you my friend

    Frank ~ Don't sweat the small stuff I'm so far behind on the blogs I follow, it will take me days to catch up with everyone. Thanks for stopping by.

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