:haha: Ahhhh, OK, now I'm in the loop.

Thanks:salute:. Yes the Blue Jay and Cardinals have been down here for the past few months now or rather when I've seen them, in fact the Cardinals have a nest somewhere nearby and they have a little one (3rd photo) which I believe to be a baby male. I must admit though the Cardinals are difficult to get photos of, as their very easily frightened. The Blue Jay doesn't come around a lot but at least it will sit still long enough for me to get a photo or five. As for the doves it seems that they are the Eurasian Collared Dove http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Collared_Dove, which are remarkably tame birds.

Ahhh, very nice. They look similar to our Mourning Doves, except for the collar.:yep:
We have some small lizards here in PA, though not nearly as big as the FA ones. I've got family in FA and have seen those lizards.:o

PA Newt:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps56e58676.jpg

Sharp Shinned Hawk: (NJ Pic)
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...pse89fc8e8.jpg

These are from my old house in New Jersey.
White-throated Sparrow (center), w/2 House Sparrows:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps247830f3.jpg

Male & Female House Finch:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8944b107.jpg

House Wren (very small bird):
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psdd8577aa.jpg

Mocking Bird:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7a15ed15.jpg

We have wrens as well. Our table umbrella is dark brown. When closed, for some reason, they think it is a tree trunk. They climb all over it. We also have the house finches that you have pictured. Nice shots.

Too bad it was too dark to take a picture of that hedgehog yesterday.
The thing was huge, like a greek phalanx.
Just kidding :O:
It was still a big fat hedgehog

Amazing photos....a little fella I almost stood on whilst out in the garden a couple of nights ago.

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/5338/ygaz.jpg

Hedgehogs are fascinating creatures. Nice pic, thanks for sharing that Jim.:salute:


Some more bird pics from my old home and surrounding suburbs.

Brown-headed Cowbird:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps949f3a13.jpg

Common Grackle:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7154c006.jpg

Tufted Titmouse:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7dd19ea6.jpg

Black-capped Chickadee:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps57632b1e.jpg

The Setting Sun (no filter):
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps704a43b5.jpg
:sunny:

We have the Tufted Tit Mouse and Black Capped Chickadee. Frequent our feeders year around.

They're beautiful birds, aren't they? Even the ones that appear bland look much more beautiful when viewed up close or through the eye of a lens.

Have you noticed that for a very small bird, those House Wrens make a lot of noise. They have a noisy warbling song that they repeat over and over.:D

Yes sir. Our Wrens make a bunch of noise as the sit on our deck chairs. For such a small bird they are loud. We usually have 4 of them land on our umbrella and twitter about poking inside the folds of the closed umbrella.

They love to eat small insects, especially spiders. That's probably what they're after on your deck umbrella. Mine is always full of small spiders and other insects, though I haven't seen but one wren since moving to PA.

Not just me then! :haha: Almost tripped over one on the way to work the other week. I take a torch with me now just in case. :yep:

For all their bright colors, the Baltimore Oriole blends-in quite nicely into it's environment, especially in this photo.
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9b904363.jpg

Another Black Bear photo, taken from the driver-side window of my moving vehicle, which caused some blurring.
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...pscbcb6d94.jpg

Spiders we have. A lot. I think the mild winters is not killing a majority off.

Wern, it looks like the bear is just non-chalantly crossing the street. And it seems like they're accepted as just another animal like a dog.
Bears have made a re-appearance in one of my favorite camping areas. :timeout: