Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Winter Birds



I was completely and utterly distracted for a while today by the birds outside of my window.  At first I noticed them because they were leering in at me and giving me the stink eye since our bird feeder was empty.   


I present to you, for the record --- the birds that showed up at the newly re-filled bird feeder, plus those hanging around on nearby trees - 


Rufous-sided Towhee


Northern Flicker.  (There was a male and a female, actually.)


Stellar's Jay



Is that a Winter Wren? 


Chestnut-backed Chickadee


This Junco photo made me laugh...he was looking up the tree...


Female Junco


Male Junco



Black-capped Chickadee



Downy Woodpecker, I think, and a Flicker

I'm hoping to get pictures of the other birds that turn up along Little Swamp Creek as the seasons change.  I'm thinking that would be a good thing to document.




By the way, I'm starting to keep my eye on this Red-Tailed Hawk's nest in the wetland behind our yard.  We usually start seeing action there by mid-winter or so...

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