Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Winter Birds
During our recent winter snow and ice storms, I had plenty of time to watch the birds outside the family room window. They perched on the maple tree awaiting their turn at the feeders, or they worked the ground under the feeders. It was a great opportunity for photographs.
Fox sparrow
Oregon Dark-eyed Junco
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Towhee
Varied Thrush
House Finch
Townsends Warbler
Pine Siskin
Bushtit
Bushtits are so tiny they have to crawl into the feeder hole.
But, oh, so cute!
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Boring.
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It is fun to watch birds. You have quite a nice variety.
ReplyDeleteLove your birds. I'd never heard of a bushtit until we came to Oregon. I'm totally fascinated by their nests.
ReplyDeleteWhat great bird pictures! I only see the bushtits on my suet feeder. I never knew they had to climb in to get the feed like that. Awesome pictures, Linda. Thank you so much for taking them, and sharing. :-)
ReplyDeleteThose birds are something else! Wish we had them in Hawaii. Nowadays, all I see are boring mynah birds.
ReplyDeletefun to learn of the different kinds of birds...and their names...
ReplyDeleteLove these photos. We recently identified the first towhee at our feeder!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful birds. I have never seen many of them. There are a lot of cardinals here this winter. We have yet to get an inch of snow in my part of Missouri.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. I haven't seen that variety of birds here this winter. We did have an eagle hunting along the river in our backyard on Monday.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of birds in natural surroundings but I love the ones of the bushtits in the the feeder! They leave the tube feeder alone here and go for the suet.
ReplyDeleteI am in complete awe! These photos are so crystal clear! Most of my bird photos are blurred or... well... gone. I feel like I can almost see bird expressions. Wow!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection of birds (and one cat - I laughed out loud). The thrush is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLovely selection of birds. Nice pictures, too. It looks so cold out so I'm sure they appreciate you putting some food down for them.
ReplyDeleteThat one photo with the bush tit and the snow on the nose should be on a mug..amazing variety and I am sure they were grateful to have that good especially during your recent bad weather Linda...
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