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Mousetoescamper

(6,529 posts)
Tue May 13, 2025, 04:36 PM May 2025

Backyard visitors (May 11-12)

Photos taken from my back deck.

Male house finches




Yellow-rumped warblers




Gray catbird


Female house finch


White-throated sparrow


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Backyard visitors (May 11-12) (Original Post) Mousetoescamper May 2025 OP
Gorgeous! The pics are SOOO crystal clear! woodsprite May 2025 #1
Thanks, woodsprite! Mousetoescamper May 2025 #7
Cool shots! Is that a pine Siskin in the third photo? Walleye May 2025 #2
Thanks, Walleye! That's a yellow-rumped warbler in the third Mousetoescamper May 2025 #8
Ah!! Lovely photos. murielm99 May 2025 #3
Thanks, murielm99! Mousetoescamper May 2025 #9
Wow, what great photos, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy May 2025 #4
Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper May 2025 #10
They all seem to be posing for you Easterncedar May 2025 #5
Thanks, Easterncedar! Mousetoescamper May 2025 #11
cool AllaN01Bear May 2025 #6
Thanks, AllaN01Bear! Mousetoescamper May 2025 #12

woodsprite

(12,478 posts)
1. Gorgeous! The pics are SOOO crystal clear!
Tue May 13, 2025, 04:50 PM
May 2025

We have yet to see the variety of birds we usually get at our backyard feeders. Hubby was thinking he wouldn't put up his hummingbird feeders this summer since we'll be on vacation about 4 wks this summer. Our kids could do it, but they're meeting up with us on our trip to visit gmom, and you have to be so careful to keep the hummingbird nectar fresh. Thought it might be best to stick with the suet, grub, peanuts, and seed feeders for this summer.

Mousetoescamper

(6,529 posts)
7. Thanks, woodsprite!
Wed May 14, 2025, 09:00 AM
May 2025

I put up two nectar feeders last month, but haven't yet seen a hummingbird at my home in Lancaster, PA.

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,884 posts)
4. Wow, what great photos, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Tue May 13, 2025, 06:55 PM
May 2025

The crisp details, the astonishing bokeh, the composition of all of these are simply outstanding.

Thank you.

Easterncedar

(4,841 posts)
5. They all seem to be posing for you
Wed May 14, 2025, 12:42 AM
May 2025

Wonderful portraits. The catbird is especially sweet. They are generally so shy up here, I hear them far more often than I see them.

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