Doc Yoder's Yardbird Project
These are pictures of the birds in my backyard -- my new obsession. I took most of photographs with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 digital camera with 10x optical zoom, mostly handheld, but some with a tripod. Most of the pictures are atually taken through my (freshly cleaned) kitchen window. Pictures are manipulated using Apple iPhoto on an iMac Intel Core Duo, with OS X 10.4.10. Photo enhancement is limited mostly to cropping, and increasing sharpness and contrast. I have tried to figure out Apple's iWeb software for this webpage, but I find that for the moment, it's easier just to write html code. For help writing code I use the tutorial at http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp. Enjoy the pix. If you have any tips or suggestions, email me at rpyoder@ualr.edu.
| Daily | Often | Occasionally | Rarely | Other Locales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Robin Blue Jays Carolina Chickadee House Finch Mourning Dove Northern Cardinal Northern Mockingbird Ruby-Throated Hummingbird |
Carolina Wren Common Grackle Downy Woodpecker House Sparrow Red-bellied Woodpecker Tufted Titmouse |
Brown-headed Cowbird Brown-headed Nuthatch Northern Flicker Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch White-crowned Sparrow Wood Thrush |
American Goldfinch Brown-headed Cowbird Brown Thrasher Dark-eyed Junco Memphis Warbler Prairie Warbler Red-tailed Hawk |
Gila Woodpecker |
| Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds | |
 Ruby-throated Hummingbird drinking |
 Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeder |
| Woodpeckers | |
 Redbellied Woodpecker on our deck |
 Redbellied Woodpecker 2 |
 Redbellied Woodpecker 3 |
 Redbellied Woodpecker in a tree. |
 Downy Woodpecker on our suet feeder. |
 Downy Woodpecker in the neighbor's tree |
 Northern Flicker in the neighbor's yard |
| Blue Jays | |
 Blue Jay 1 |
 Blue Jay 2 |
 Blue Jay 3 |
 Blue Jays on the rail. |
| Northern Cardinals | |
 Cardinal with sunflower seeds. |
 What do you want? |
 Cardinal and housefinch sharing breakfast. |
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 Cardinals in a tree. I love how bright they are. |
 Jays and a Card -- triangulation. |
| Tufted Titmouse | |
 Tufted Titmouse on the deck 1 |
 Tufted Titmouse 2 |
 Tufted Titmouse 3 |
 Tufted Titmouse taking wing. |
| Northern Mockingbird | |
 Northern Mockingbird on the seed feeder. |
 Now on the suet feeder. We offer a full choice of dining options. |
| Doves | |
 Dove 1 |
 Dove 2 |
| During the summer of 2007 a pair of cardinals hatched a pair of babies in a Rose o' Sharon just off the back deck, and after they left the nest, the doves colonized the it. We saw the two eggs in the nest, but alas have not pix. However, I did get the next ones. | |
 Brooding Dove |
The blossooms have appeared in the land, The time of pruning has come; The song of the turtledove Is heard in our land. (Song of Songs 2:12) |
 In these pictures you can see the head of one of the baby doves in the nest behind its mother. |
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 Dove fledglings on our deck |
 Dove fledglings on our deck again |
 Dove fledgling in an oak tree |
| House Finches | |
 Male House Finch on the deck |
 Male House Finch eating sunflower seeds |
 House Finch family on the birdfeeder |
| Prairie Warbler | |
 I had thought this was a goldfinch, but now I'm pretty sure it's a Prairie Warbler. |
 Prairie Warbler still on the suet feeder |
 Prairie Warbler on the deck. |
| Carolina Chickadee | |
 Chickadee in a tree at our house. |
 Chickadee in a tree at Pop's house. |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | |
 Red-breasted Nuthatch on the suet feeder. |
 Red-breasted Nuthatch on the deck. The don't sit still for long. |