Family, Friends, and Misc.

[Augustus]

Feathers, Fins and Fur

 

http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/fiddlers-green/slideshow/Flock-%20Pack-%20Herd-Yard%20Friends

[Timbersmom]

Cool pics! Thanks for sharing

[Luvparrots]

Very interesting pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us!

[Talon]

Nice pictures, I enjoyed them.

[Ray P]

Family photos are great.

[Kizzybird]

Thanks for the slideshow!

[JeffNOK]

Loved the pics. What kind of bird is that little one with the blue head and green wings with the colored beads on his leg?

[Augustus]

What kind of bird is that little one with the blue head and green wings with the colored beads on his leg?

 

They are painted buntings and the beads are bands. My home is one of the sites they have banded at since starting the program. It's really interesting watching the PBOT people capture, band and record their data such as age, gender, weight, and health. To weigh these birds, the banders put them upside down in a film canister and then place it on a digital scale. I have a pic of that somewhere that I'll post up. They are quite striking and are captured for the cage market in Central America.

[Augustus]

Forget to post the link. Pretty sure I was a bird in a prior life 'cause I've retained my bird brain.

 

http://www.paintedbuntings.org/