For your viewing pleasure: Birds on the beach......dial-up warning

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[GOPisEvil]

1. Seagulls and Sandpipers!

More lovely pictures! :hi::loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Yes indeed, my dear Evil.....

NOt as spectacular as last night's....but that's how it is sometimes...

Glad you like them!

It was chilly down there....brrrrrrr!

:loveya: :hug:

[XemaSab]

11. Godwits and Gulls

:D

[GOPisEvil]

13. Bobwhites and boobies.

:D

[XemaSab]

19. Woodcocks and Whydahs

:D

[GOPisEvil]

21. Cardinals and Cockatiels

:D

I have a feeling I will run out of birds before you will. ;)

[XemaSab]

25. Titmice and Thrashers

If things get dire for me, I have field guides for 6 continents plus Harrison's "Seabirds" to fall back on.

Can you say the same? :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. Okay, Evil and Xema........

You two are making me laugh!

It's all good, you know.......

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

30. Warblers and Wrens.

No field books here. :D

Bed time for me though. ;)

[carpetbagger]

33. No such thing as bedtime. Owls and Oilbirds.

If you hear something that sounds like pishing at your window, don't shoot me.

[XemaSab]

36. Veeries and Vultures

:o

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. Pleasant dreams to you, my dear Evil!

See you tomorrow, probably.......

:pals:

[XemaSab]

35. Nighthawks and Night-Herons!

:D

[Cannikin]

2. wonderful as always Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Cannikin!

I thank you for your kind words!

:loveya: :hug:

[Cannikin]

3. Dupe! Oops

[huskerlaw]

4. Awww, cute!

there weren't any birds (or not many) the day I was there. Hmmm. Guess I'll have to come back. ;)

:hi:

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear huskerlaw!

Gee, I guess you will, huh? Of course!

I was there a bit earlier than before, and they were as you see, all over the place...feeding......

Completely overcast today.......It might rain tonight......

Glad you like them!

:loveya: :hug:

[huskerlaw]

10. I just got back from

my nightly jog and there was a really pretty...um, I guess one would consider it fog...

Or perhaps a really light mist. Anyway, the light bounced off it and it looked like glitter. Very pretty.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. Hey, they look like the birds at MY beach.

:D :D :D

Great pics, CAPeg! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear WritingIsMyReligion!

Thank you so much for stopping by tonight!

I am so pleased that you like my little offerings!

:loveya: :pals:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. Yes indeedy, I do.

They're lovely, Peg.

:hug:

[XemaSab]

12. Nice sanderlings in the last photo

They're the little white jobbers. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Hi, my dear XemaSab!

Thanks for coming by tonight.....

So that's what they are!

I love watching them run around eating.....

:woohoo:

[XemaSab]

20. They're fun

I've often thought about sanderlings and how their winter habitat is effectively a 20 foot wide strip around the continent.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Do they have a specific time when they like to eat?

I got to the beach a bit earlier than usual today, and all these little birds were all over the place...

When I've been there later, they were mostly gone.....

Or does it have to do with the tide?

:shrug:

[XemaSab]

26. It's tidal

they go after the little critters that are exposed at the lower tides.

[liberaltrucker]

14. Beautiful as usual!!

I'm gonna post some winter pics from Nebraska this morning as soon as I figure out how to post multiple pics from Photobucket:dunce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear liberaltrucker!

That's not too hard.....there's a place where you can click for multiple pics.....

Be warned though....if you try to load too many, for some reason the Photobucket won't take them.....

I usually don't try to do more than four at a time.....

Looking forward to seeing them!

And thank you as usual for your very kind words.....

:loveya: :hug:

[KitchenWitch]

17. I like the last one a lot

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Ah, my dear KitchenWitch!

I like that one a lot too.....I think it is a bit blurry, though.....

I was chasing the little buggers with the camera!

Thanks for coming by ........

:loveya: :hug:

Check your PM in a moment.....

[WCGreen]

23. Nice...

Each day you get better....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear WC!

I'm trying to stretch and grow...

Thanks for coming by tonight!

Glad you like them......

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

27. Lots of birds!!!

Reminds me of when I stayed with my grandparents, who lived on a bay here in Washington. Beautiful, Miss Peggy, as always!:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. My dear SeattleGirl!

I am so pleased you like these!

They were all over the place.....And a good thing, too, since the sky was a big fat ZERO.......

Cloudy, chilly and like that....

Thank you for coming by tonight.....

:loveya: :hug:

[Heidi]

28. I love the third one most, Peggy,

but they're all lovely. Thank you! :hug: :bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear Heidi.....

Thank you so much for coming by....It means a lot as you know!

Yes, the third one is my favorite one too.....

But I love all of them, of course....


:loveya: :pals:

[NMMNG]

37. Splendid pictures Peggy! Did you take these just for me?

I love them all, but that last one is especially cute with the birds running away from the surf. I've saved all of these to my hard drive so I can enjoy them over and over. Thank you! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Yes, my dear Buffy......

I truly was thinking of you today when I went down there.....

I remembered what you'd said about how much you love seeing wildlife in the pictures....

And since the sky was extremely icky....and the birds were EVERYWHERE,

Well, it made it easy to take these for you......

You know, I would be proud to send you the originals of these...

These have been compressed by the Photobucket.....

If you want the originals, just PM me your email address....

And I'll send them to you......

I'd be proud to share them with you!

:loveya: :pals:

[NMMNG]

40. Thank you Peggy!

That is very kind of you. :hug:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

39. Great as usual.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. Hi Crazy!

Good to see you tonight! And thank you for your very kind words....

I appreciate your comments a lot......