The Chickadees
have so much personality, I love walking around the backard, hearing their little twits as they follow me along. And they seem to at least try to be friendly with the other birds.
So many Chickadees!
They are intermingling with the small Nuthatches and the Titmice, and are all over the feeders, cacheing for colder days.
The Coneheads
Titmouse, Blue Jay and female Cardi were on high alert and on top of their hair game.
My new friend,
the Red-headed Woodpecker, seems to have moved on from his brief visit to my yard. I have not seen him yesterday or today. I am happy I got to meet this gorgeous bird, and I hope he will come back at some point. Someone suggested the name Roland, and I think this fits. Safe travels, Roland!
I am still impatiently waiting
for the return of the Redbreasted Nuthatches but in the meantime, the Titmice are wonderful to have around. After an initial shyness around the cameras, they are now super curious and inquisitive and make many trips to check if more food is there. I am also really getting a kick out of their vocalizations.
Pretty bird ladies
I usually don’t post House Sparrows, but they are around right now, and I thought the portrait of this young one was very sweet. It fit well together with the Cardi lady who also sat still to have her picture taken.
Pink brothers
These young House finches have a coat that is matching the dish. I am happy to see a bit more of them right now, otherwise it is mostly Blue Jays and Mourning Doves.
Everybody was enjoying
this nice, shadowy spot. At least until…
On a sidenote, that Titter looks so happy!
The little man
continues to elude me! Even the Blue Jay pep talk could not convince him to check out the bowl.
So curious!
The titmice keep coming, yesterday I saw three! And I am crossing my fingers that they like my yard and will keep me company throughout the winter.
The Goldfinches
have also started to come back. And they are still raising babies. Here is one of the youngsters that came to explore the feeders. They make the most enjoyable little noises.
Molting House Finches
have such interesting textures, patterns and colors going on with. The one with the orange beak base is a youngster, and I think the one that I have been seeing and thought to be a female for a while.
Video: two Hummers in the rain
It was cold and rainy this morning, feeling like autumn. Yet, the Hummingbirds are still coming. The lens was wet but I thought this was so cool to watch and listen to. My favorite part is at the 10 second mark haha
Keep those feeders up and clean to help the migrants that might be passing through your area!
I am so delighted
about the Titmice. Maybe they are just here temporarily, but maybe they will stay throughout the cold season as they used to have before they stopped coming. I am also seeing more Chickadees. The Titmouse is a young bird, and just judging from the perfect appearance of the Chickie, I am thinking he might be as well.
It's Labor Day weekend
and things have slowed down and it is a nice time to relax a bit. I hope everyone in the US has a nice Labor day. Here is a young MoDo to ring in late summer. I love the way their faces look “shadowed”.
Someone's getting pudgy!
I noticed that the Hummingbirds that came to the Birdsy feeder just quickly checked things out and never sat down. It was as if they couldn’t figure out the feeder. I thought it might be because they are not used to the insect guards, so I have removed them now and try to keep the nectar level low so the wasps cannot reach in. This seems to have worked - this little guy sat right down for two minutes.
