In addition as I sat simply watching the birds on Wednesday mid-morning, a Cooper’s Hawk arrived and perched right over the bird feeders. Other Birds Spotted This Week, Not PhotographedĬardinals, sparrows including the white-throated sparrows, large numbers of dark-eyed juncos, blue jays (loud birds!), robins, tufted titmice, chickadees, both the downy and red-bellied woodpeckers, and occasionally a mourning dove. So, I may just have to be satisfied to see them in passing and not in my own backyard. Of course, with the obscene number of cowbirds, I did switch back to safflower seed, the favorite of the cardinals and small finches, not so much the bigger birds. Perhaps they’ll return on a sunnier day when I can be outside with the camera to get decent shots instead debating if I want to risk frostbite for an attempt. Cardinal on left, female red-winged blackbird on right It was very easy to identify the male red-winged blackbird (not pictured as I only saw him a couple of times) but the female bird took me a minute.ĭid you have any idea female red-winged blackbirds were so beautiful? I know I didn’t. ![]() However, there was another pairing of blackbirds with the brown-headed cowbirds that I’ve never before had visit my backyard birdfeeders. And they were crowding out a few of my favorites like the cardinals and white-throated sparrows. Not going to lie, they are not my favorite birds. Not sure if they migrate? Looks like our area is right on the line between year-round and breeding. This is the first time I’ve seen them at the feeders since early fall or maybe even last spring. The brown-headed cowbirds were out in force. Time to take the photo and they all decide to fly away as I press the button! brown-headed cowbirds Most of them, I couldn’t get a decent through the door photo to show you. Too bad because I had lots of birds visiting the feeders on Wednesday and Thursday. Too cold to take photos except through the backdoor. And believe it or not, the news said even with the snow we’re still in a drought. Not horrible, really pretty standard for February snowfall around here. However, going back to Wednesday and Thursday, the winter storm paid us a visit. At least I think that’s what is happening over on the roof next door. ![]() I can hear the dripping of melting snow from the living room.
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