Thursday, February 9, 2012

Some Bright Sunshine At the Vermilon River. A Post to SWF.

We were rewarded with two days of sunshine, and I managed to catch the sunrising, while Boom and I were walking. The sun was just coming up.

Sunrise a Little later.

The gold light of the sun made the ridge appear gold.

You can see the same gold ridge in the photo opposite. The rest of the post is all birds in bright settings, which is pleasant for a change.

Female Redpoll

Female Redpoll

Male Redpoll

Pine Sisken Showing Yellow Flashes.

Female Redpoll

Male Redpoll

Male Redpoll

Pine Sisken Showing Yellow.

Female Pine Grosbeak Watching Another In Flight.

Female Pine Grosbeak and Female Redpoll.

Male and Female Grosbeaks

A Little Feeding Frenzy.

Male Pine Grosbeak.

Male Redpoll having a little Sun

Pine Sisken

And last but not least, a little dust up between two Redpolls. ALL THESE PHOTOS ARE RE-SIZED TO ONE SIDE 700 PIXELS, SO CLICK ON ANY PHOTO AND ENLARGE AND VIEW VIA THE SLIDE SHOW.  A Post to SWF @ http://skyley.blogspot.com/ and Camera Critters @ http://camera-critters.blogspot.com/ and Scenic Sunday @ http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com/

40 comments:

  1. WOW!! Gary, your blog never disappoints!
    Absolutely gorgeous skies (love the first and third shots) and then you add some more beautiful Redpolls & Grosbeaks... and oh my, brilliant! You are blessed to have so many of these to enjoy every day. Lovely post.

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  2. Super birds! great photos! You sure are up early :)

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  3. love your birds. glad you provide plenty of food for them, too.

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  4. Gorgeous way to begin your day! Those beautiful birds seem to be enjoying the blue skies as well! Great shots for the day, Gary. I think it's great that you provide food for them!

    Sylvia

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  5. Glad you were able to enjoy a little sunshine! The Redpolls still look a little sleepy, maybe you woke them up too early!

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  6. Beautiful photos as always. I love the sky in the first photo.

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  7. Beautiful landscape in the three pictures, and the Pine Grosbeaks, fantastic.

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  8. Redpolls are wonderful little birds to see Gary... and thats all I can manage.. just seeinG them and no images..

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    1. Wow! You are a very good photographer. Your sunrise photos are brilliant and the birds are stunning. I enlarged them like you said. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Absolutely love your bird photography. A big bird photographer myself so good to see ones I don't get my way. Love the deep purple sky.

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  10. Nice series of shots, you have lots of wildlife around you, you're very lucky:)

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  11. The first sunrise shot is gorgeous. I love it. So happy you were there to capture and share with us. Beautiful birds and photos. Happy Skywatching!

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  12. Beautiful sunrise Gary and the birds shots are amazing!
    Love the variations and the colors...
    Happy SWF and greetings from Holland,
    Anna :-))

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  13. what lovely shots of birds. i love looking at them

    My sky is here

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  14. What a colorful show! You have just about the entire color wheel in birds, golden trees and sunshine. Nicely done!

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  15. Wonderful bird photos!

    http://blogg.birgittasplace.com/

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  16. A wonderful time to be out walking Garry .... I love how the morning sunlight has caught the pretty colourings on the little male redpoll.

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  17. Such a great shot! Lovely colours! I like all these birdshots!
    I wish you a Happy Friday!

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  18. Beautiful shots. The last shot the timing is just perfect.

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  19. Amazing captures!
    Happy swf weekend.

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  20. So many fabulous shots of those birds! And boy oh boy - wonderful purple sky of dawn!

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  21. Nice to see that you finally got a couple of days of sunshine, these pictures are stunning.
    fab work Gary
    Shaun

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  22. Such a lovely series of nature photos. The little birds having a dust up are cute.

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  23. Excellent and beautiful photographs as always.

    Regards and best wishes

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  24. Great collection of nature study photos, can't help but feel sorry for the little birds in winter, it is hard work staying warm. Thanks for your kind comments on my post.

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  25. Your blog is amazing! So many birds and the nature, great job! Well, if I try hard, maybe in few weeks can snatch one single bird picture ;) Maybe you could write about the secrets of bird-watching :)
    The first colorful photo of sunrise is stunning

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  26. Beautiful captures of skies and birds!

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  27. Wow, those little guys are really going at it! Your bird pictures, by the way, are always (more-than-) pleasant, no matter what the weather conditions. I did love your sunrise pictures though -- thanks for getting out early enough to catch it! And for sharing.

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  28. Great collection Gary. The colours on that male Grosbeak are stunning.

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  29. Beautiful pictures. Thank you for sharing with us. Have a nice week-en Greetings from Romania.

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  30. Another great post... I always look forward to visiting your blog!

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  31. Hi there - but you are as glad as the birds to see the snow!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Australia

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  32. Birds are so lovely and colorful, especially the Male Pine Grosbeak! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend.

    Yoshi

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  33. Great shots! I havent seen that pink bird before!
    Love the first sunrise picture!
    Have a nice weekend
    Yvonne & Raphael

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  34. Beautiful post, love your bird photos!
    Have a nice weekend.
    Greetings from Mette

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  35. I loved scrolling through all of your great bird shots! Made me miss the little birds. We need to fill up the feeders and be ready for them this spring! Happy Sunday from South Dakota.

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