The Lab
by Refocused

Comment by Neat:
Love the edit, well put together.

The Harvested Landscape
by Refocused

Comment by Neat:
You should give somebody a prize for guessing how many birds there are :-)

The Miraculous Ladybug In The Rain
by Refocused

Comment by Neat:
What on earth, is this doing down here!

The Miraculous Ladybug In The Rain
by Refocused

Comment by Neat:
Brilliant macro!

WOW!

Top three, maybe the blue.

Missed The Kiss
by Refocused

Comment by Refocused:
Lydia
“I think the title is the only thing that made the image fit... and it would have done much better in another challenge topic.”

Sounds like you were one of the 3’s ;) !

Message edited by author 2021-07-10 22:37:58.

Missed The Kiss
by Refocused

Comment by Lydia:
I love this (of course, I do!!)!

I think the title is the only thing that made the image fit... and it would have done much better in another challenge topic.

Well done, though!

Missed The Kiss
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Comment by roz:
so perfect .. !! ..
his face has such character and really does look like he missed the kiss ..
so sad .. !! .. ;)
particularly loving that he has a couple of bugs on his face .. thats two for the price of one in my book ..
the frogs where i live .. you hear them .. but if you get close they become invisible .. very clever frogs .. :)

Missed The Kiss
by Refocused

Comment by PennyStreet:
Who knows? Great pic.

Male Bluebirds Fighting For The Lady!
by Refocused

Comment by vawendy:
Nice capture. Too bad about the noise (although I gave it an 8) Topaz denoise does a great job, by the way.

As to the eggs being thrown out of the house -- both house sparrows and house wrens may pierce the eggs and throw them out. House wrens are native, and should be allowed to nest, but house sparrows are invasive and may be removed.

I actually had a house wren nest a couple of years ago, and that was a blast because the babies were voracious -- so the parents were coming in with bugs every 2 minutes or so. It was great fun to see what types of insects they would bring!

Make sure that you have baffles on the poles. Snakes are a big predator of bluebird houses. So you want to make sure they can't reach it from other bushes, trees, etc, and that they can't climb the pole.

Male Bluebirds Fighting For The Lady!
by Refocused

Comment by roz:
what a fantastic moment you have captured .. made all the more interesting by your blurb ..
you seem to have a lot of wildlife going on in your yard .. i sometimes throw out birdseed which attracts the magpies, and parrot type birds .. but i have a small live-in bird chaser so getting a shot would be challenging atm .. we shall see .. :)