This eastern towhee was very accommodating. He just sat there staring at me.
Another towhee looking for food on the ground.
Dark eyed junco getting some food.
Upclose. The cemetery was full of these guys.
Mouthful of seeds.
Posing on the planter.
As I was taking pictures of the juncos, this white breasted nuthatch flew into a tree right in front of me. He only stayed for a few seconds and it was the only one I saw that day.
Two days before Christmas I had a few hours to kill in the morning. I headed for the Oakland cemetery in downtown Atlanta. It was cold (35 degrees is almost death degrees for this Florida person). I had tons of layers on and actually remembered my gloves which I wore the entire time I was there. Oakland cemetery is a very old historic cemetery with a few local famous people buried there (including Margaret Mitchell who wrote Gone With The Wind). When I first got there around 8:30 there was no one else around but by 9:30, people were wandering around. Tourists come to visit and locals walk through when walking their dogs. A few joggers cut through the cemetery as well.
The cemetery was full of birds but not a lot of variety. At first I thought the above were all first sightings but after digging through some old pictures when I got back from the trip, I had seen all of the above only once before and gotten really bad pictures which I never posted. I have not seen these birds in Florida, only Atlanta so I was excited to get shots of them. There were several towhees and tons of juncos everywhere. A few other more common birds were there but more on those later.
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Wonderful photos of such beautiful little characters! so love the colours in this first bird! Gorgeous!
All beautiful!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Great captures! I have juncos and nuthatches in my yard, love those little guys!
Beautiful bird shots!!
Wow! Wonderful photography of nature’s treasures ~ Beautiful!
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Terrific shots of these beauties!
What delightful shots!
Beautiful bird! Happy MOM.
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Love the nuthatch. It is so long since I’ve seen one.
Nice shots!
Great photos of the Juncos. I have a hard time getting a decent shot of them.
Cute birds, lovely post for WBW!
A great series of photos. The Towhee is especially beautiful.
Your bird photography is very serene. Your newest follower.
That was cold for Atlanta. Looks like the birds enjoy visiting the old cemetery, too. Great shots!
Great birds, Dina! The Towhee is beautiful. Great shots!
These could easily be my garden birds. I especially love your Towhee images, for I can never get so close~
Great pictures – and the Limpkim series is remarkable – of only the birds were always that cooperative – but on second thoughts, maybe not!
Thanks for link to WBW
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne.
PS: sorry for slow reply – I been out of internet range in Tasmania!