Bay Photos by Donna

As the birds get a little bigger, they get a littler easier on snapping a shot before they take flight.  Here’s a series of my lucky favorite shots of some medium-sized birds from the past couple months.

First, some side-by-side comparisons of a male and female in a species.

(click on side-by-side images for more details)

Northern Cardinals

 

Eastern Bluebirds

 

Red-winged Blackbirds

 

Brown-headed Cowbirds

 

Blue Grosbeaks

 

This next bird species, the Dickcissel, was considered a rare sighting for our area.  We had a flock come through, I was able to hear at least eight of them singing from their hidings.  This one finally popped up way out in the field.

Dickcissel

 

A few more birds!

Northern Mockingbird

 

Grey Catbird

 

American Robin

 

Mourning Dove

 

American Crow

 

Baltimore Oriole

 

Orchard Oriole

 

Cedar Waxwing

 

Yellow-breasted Chat

 

Killdeer

 

Brown Thrasher

 

Blue Jay

 

Eastern Kingbird

 

Whew, that was a lot of medium-sized birds, thank you for viewing!