March 2017 Photo of the Month - Birds

[Becky]

Welcome to the March Photo of the Month! The theme this month is Birds. Let's see what you've got!

The rules are as follows:

• Please submit your photo in this topic
• No more than one submission per member
• The photo must be your own (but not necessarily taken in your own garden)
• Entries should be made no later than 20th February
• A poll will be released on 21st February to select the winning photo, and voting will take place until the end of the month
• No discussion in this topic - you will have a chance to comment on the photos when the poll has been released
• The winning photo will be announced on 1st March and the winning photo will be shown on the sidebar during the whole of March.

Good luck!

 

[Bootsy]

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

 

[roadrunner]

I do like birds and we have plenty of birds of prey around here, I've seen owls with dead squirrels in their talons and the other day I was on one of my runs and inadvertently cornered a hawk with something it its talons. I startled it and he attempted to fly away, but the weight if its prey prevented him from gaining altitude quickly as he flew towards me; I literally could have kicked him as he flew past me.

I also feed vultures carcasses and then bury the bones in my compost.

 

[Larisa]

Storks arrive to us every spring.

 

[marlingardener]

Our first Great Horned Owl, who spends his day in our mesquite tree, and hunts by night.

 

[Daren]

A few of my Duck Buddy's.... Quack ......Quack

 

[Esther Knapicius]

 

[CrazyConure]

Cheerio loves head wubs

 

[zigs]

The Swan of Truth

 

[Dinu]

The Swan of Truth

Nice, this swan is wearing nice shoes.... which brand?

 

[LIcenter]

Baby Cedar Waxwing.

 

[Sheal]

Hooded Crow

 

[DeborahJane]

The cheeky King Parrot asking to be feed

 

[Fernsdaddy]