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After weeks of distrust, the #birds have finally accepted my bird bath. (Carolina #Wren).

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Small brown bird with a white belly, and a white stripe over the eye. It is perched on the rim of a blue glazed bird bath. There are two large rocks in the bird bath, also a solar powered fountain, and a floating glass goldfish.

Now the bird is bent down, drinking the water.

I forgot to post a wide shot of the Daisy #Fleabane, and I would not want the HOA to miss out, so here it is.

(Canon R7, 400mm, f/8)

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A hundred or so small flowers. Each one has many thin white petals and a yellow center.

An Orange #Bird squares off with a #wasp.

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An orange bird with a black head is perched on an orange plastic feeder. He is looking directly at a hovering wasp that is looking directly back.

Daisy #Fleabane ( / #Erigeron strigosus/ ) from the sunflower family (#Asteraceae).

I have a large patch in my yard, which the HOA does not appreciate, but I am not a member.

(Canon M50, 180mm macro, f/5.7, f/3.5)

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A large number of white flowers with many petals and yellow centers.

Close up of a few white flowers with yellow centers. They have many small thin petals.

I keep thinking the Orange Birds are going to move on, but they are still here.

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An orange bird with a black head and black-and-white wings is clinging to the center pole of an orange bird feeder. His body is vertical, with both feet on the pole, but he has turned his head horizontal. His mouth is full of jelly. There are two partly eaten orange halves on the feeder as well.

Little Miss #Bluebird demands more worms.

(Canon R7, 400mm, f/8)

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Small blue bird with white underbelly is perched on a metal worm tray. Her mouth is wide open, but she is facing away from the tray, so it looks like she is yelling.

A Rose Breasted Grosbeak wisely retreats from a malfunctioning Red Bellied Woodpecker.

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A small bird, black and white with a red triangle on the chest, flies away from a seed tray that has been taken over by a large woodpecker.

I want to point out that the Orange Birds have their own sugar. Both of these feeders are full of sugar, jelly, and oranges as well. Why they want the hummingbirds' sugar as well is beyond me.

Two orange plastic bird feeders hanging on a black pole.

I though the Orange #Birds were on their way north, but instead they have become more bold, and even a bit of a nuisance.

(Canon R7, 400mm, f/8)

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An orange bird drinking from a red hummingbird feeder. She is much too big for the feeder, so she is bending nearly in half to reach it.

The Orange #Birds are on their way north. They were only passing through my neighborhood. This one thinks I can't see him. No one tell him.

(Canon R7, 400mm, f/9.1, crop)

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A bright orange bird with a black head and black wings. He is perched in a tree, hiding behind leaves.

This is the last photo of the baby House #Finches. They made a lot of noise, and killed my fern with their poop, but I miss them now that they're gone.

Photo 1 was Thurs (24-apr). Photo 2 was Sat (26-apr). I don't know their age, but they hatched at least 14 days before they left.

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Close up of 5 baby birds. They are dark grey with white down, yellow around the mouth, big black eyes. They are in a nest made of grass. They are all facing the same direction, but are ignoring me, and not looking at the camera.

An empty bird nest surrounded by bird droppings.

First #hummingbird photo of the Year.

(Canon R7, 400mm, f/8)

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A hummingbird (grey, black, white, and green) hovering in mid-air next to a red, plastic sugar feeder.

@penpencilbrush They both flew in just today from down south and they're trying to find a place to eat. They're saying, "What's with all the suet joints on this street? Doesn't anyone in this town eat something decent?"

The Orange #Bird meets the Indigo Bird.

(B_ltim_re Or_ole and Indigo Bunting, Canon R7, 400mm, f/8, crop)

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An orange bird and a light blue bird clinging to the hanging cords of two suet feeders (they do not eat suet). They are about the same size and they are looking at one another.

Purple #Iris.

(Canon M50, 180mm macro, f/3.5)

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A large flower blossom with several big white petals with ruffled, dark purple edges.

I was worried that the #bluebirds would not come back this year, but here is Mrs. #Bluebird. She is dining in rather than taking out, so I assume the babies haven't hatched yet.

(Canon R7, 400mm, f8, no crop)

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