Some flower pics and a bird .....

[dandysmom]

Thus is the black-eyed Susan .....
http://www.catsey.com/%5Bcenter%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttp://wwwdogsey.com/pics/17087DSCN0503.JPG%20%5B/img%5D%5B/center%5D
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One of the new lilies I put in last Autumn ...
http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/16714DSCN0516.JPG


My favorite lavendar geranium .....
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And my resident catbird! A bit blurry, but he's very hard to catch outside of the bushes where he hangs out...and sings! They have been nesting in my yard since the 60's!
http://www.catsey.com/%5Bcenter%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttp://wwwdogsey.com/pics/9023DSCN0433.JPG%20%5B/img%5D%5B/center%5D
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[Elaine]

Pretty pictures, the bird looks like such a fragile creature.:D

[alexgirl73]

beautiful flowers Eileen. You have such a lot of colour in your little yard. The bird is very sweet.

[Mags]

Stunning flower pics Eileen! :D I've got a black-eyed Susan in the garden but there is no sign of it flowering yet :(

You were lucky to get that pic of the bird, he looks a lovely little fellow.....what colour is he?

[Moli]

Lovely colours DM, you cetrtainly have a good selection of plants and flowers....Is that bird really called a Catbird??

[dandysmom]

Stunning flower pics Eileen! :D I've got a black-eyed Susan in the garden but there is no sign of it flowering yet :(

You were lucky to get that pic of the bird, he looks a lovely little fellow.....what colour is he?
He's slate gray with a black cap; one of the mimic thrushes (like the mockingbird). Both sexes are the same color.

Lovely colours DM, you cetrtainly have a good selection of plants and flowers....Is that bird really called a Catbird??

Indeed he is, Moli! He has a beautiful lyric song, but can also make a noise that sounds exactly like a cat mewing! I've been fooled myself by him a few times over the years! :-D I think he's the great great great grandson of the one who started nesting in my yard years ago! The little fledglings are so cute when they are learning to fly...wouldn't take the cats out in the garden until they could! :D

[Tom]

Awww, wow lovey pics, DM :)
Tom

[Moli]

Did a google and came up with this picture....

Its a beautiful bird..:)

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/NATSCI/NIMAGES/ORNITH/GALLERY/CATBIRD.JPG

[dandysmom]

That's him!!! A much better pic! They are lovely little birds, thanks for posting that!

[Moli]

That's him!!! A much better pic! They are lovely little birds, thanks for posting that!
Wanted to find out about him, love birds, especially ones I have not seen before...:D

[Kazz]

Eileen your pictures are stunning really stunning. You are a a good photographer - you have the eye for a picture.

The bird sounds like a nice member of the extended family. Maybe he chats to Onyx :)

[dandysmom]

Awww, thanks, Karen! I have gone a bit mad since I got this camera! And the birds are a part of the family too; wish I could get more pics, especially the mourning doves. the bluejay and woodpecker, but the dratted things will not sit still for a photo shoot!!! :-D

[mable1718]

lovely pictures love the last one of the bird

[Fran]

What gorgeous flowers you have Eileen! Lovely little bird, I haven't seen one of those before either..