Michelle Summers

The Purple Finch always flags rare, because they don't always make it this far south, and are sparse when they do. However, I see at least a couple each Winter.

That's too hard to choose!! Both taken at my house. The one with the mouse was right by my blind and water feature :)

My best shot, isn't my favorite shot First shot, probably the best, second shot is my fav. That wasn't even the whole rafter. I just happened upon them while birding back roads in Texas. Interestingly, both pictures were taken on Jan 26, one in 2018 and the other in 2019.

Well, I know I've seen a lot of them, but apparently, I've never gotten a really good photo

I couldn't choose between the two Acorn Woodpecker pictures

So hard to choose, but I'll go with this Swallow-tailed Kite.

Just found these guys last week 5/31...Momma and one of her fledglings

I guess this I like this one best, because I like the full feather spread.

I wondered about that, but I still had it marked as RTHA. Well, I'll just have to pic another one :) Thanks!!

Hard to choose, but I'll just go with the Krider's, because it's special :)

I didn't think I was even going to have a picture of one, but I dug one up from my inventory pics. No other reason to take a pic of one. Funny story... Before I started birding, I took pics of birds every once in a while, when they caught my attention. When I was in Scotland, I took one picture of a bird, and guess what it was? A House Sparrow, of course, on top of the house I was staying at It's so blurry, it's not worth sharing, but at least it was where it was supposed to be...across the pond and on the house

Oh, I thought maybe it was a baby OCWA in the Owl's beak

Oh my gosh, I have loads of pics of them! Too hard to choose just one!! These are from March and April of this year. I love the bathing one, because it looks like it has a real "crown", and the other one, because it has flowers in it :)

In Texas In California

I have literally hundreds of hummer shots. Not an easy choice Black-chinned and Ruby-throated.

I don't know what's going on with my pc. I know I've taken many pictures of American Pipits, but my search only pulled up two. Oh well, this is a decent one. I just don't think it was the best :-/

I know I have more pictures of them, but I can't find 'em :-/

I think this one really shows their personality :)

Love this shot!!

One I don't often stop to take a picture of. Here is one of favs, with a Pine Siskin thrown in, for good measure :) Got a great shot of a LeConte's Sparrow just a few minutes later, my reason for being in this spot :)

I've only seen them a couple of times, and they were way up in the tallest trees :-/ Still happy to have gotten to see them :)

This made me have to think about what Chickadees I've seen. Then I had to choose 2 of the 4 ? Carolina Chickadee and Chestnut-backed Chickadee