Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: male

It has been raining like cats and dogs the past couple of days and even though we hoped for snow, we're very happy to see the downpour, as it's been unseasonably dry this year and we need the rain badly. However, the birds are getting a little tired of the wet conditions! I couldn't resist taking pictures and you know, I don't think they are very impressed with me! :D :D :D This image was taken in January, 2012.

[best appreciated at full size against black] Spring is right around the corner and this handsome fellow is all dressed up in his finest colors! On this Valentine's Day, he would like to wish all of you ladies out there a big, "HELLO BABY!!" This image was taken in February, 2012.

Every day now for the past couple of weeks, we've been visited by a flock of about 20 marauding, noisy European Starlings that descend upon our feeders like feather-covered locusts. They are as beautiful as they are boisterous, and this collage is an attempt to highlight their irredescent array of colors. I have taken the liberty of pumping up the saturation a little bit, but when the sun shines on their feathers, these colors are true! They are absolutely stunning birds!! This image was taken in January, 2012.

We have been getting visits from a new species of bird at our feeders, the European Starling. These birds zoom around in a tight flock and are noisy, aggressive, quick-moving birds that remind us of a bunch of punks that get what they want by pushing all the other birds out of the way. However, they are also stunning to see! We've been taking pictures from our kitchen window through the glass and this is a collage of a bird flying up to land on a wire crook under one of the feeders. They aren't really clear but I thought they were neat enough to share as a collage! I hope you like them! :) I have two other images uploaded today that I hope you'll take the time to see! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :) This image was taken in January, 2012.

This morning I headed down to the mail box to drop off the outgoing mail, and I thought I'd get my pictures of the day too. As I walked away from our gate, I saw a bird on a fence post and stopped to take pictures. I realized that it was a male Spotted Towhee trying to impress a female with his fabulous courtship dance and song. What a show he put on! He bounced left and right, stuck his tail in the air and all the while, he sang his song of love! So wonderful to witness this!! I found a link to some Spotted Towhee sound files if you would like to hear their call: Spotted (Roufous) Towhee Songs