Our World Tuesday: Birds with Attitude

You don't have to speak bird to know when a brown thrasher is cussing you out.

The shots I'm posting of the brown thrashers are from several different days and are not necessarily the same bird.

In addition to rather large beaks they also have wild looking eyes which add to their look of bird with attitude.

I didn't try to pick the clearest shots in all cases but am going for personality shots.

The American Robin below was doing a little yoga after a bath.

Next the robin adopts a meditative stance.

Following is the don't mess with me stance.

On another day the American Robin was in the larger bath doing a little water ballet.

The house finch couple in the next two shots cracked me up.

The male was patiently waiting for the female to finish up her bath. Then again maybe he preferred to let her do all the work and give him a shower.

The sparrow below used up all the water and tripled its size.

The male cardinal below was chowing down on some cold morning food I provided as a treat.

Another male cardinal watched from the shelter of the pecan tree.

The mourning dove turned its back on me and waddled away.

The carolina chickadee was wearing it's tuxedo feathers.

Lastly the rufous-sided towhee was curling up one corner of its mouth and eying me with displeasure.

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