Last week a few robins were in my backyard. Perhaps checking it out for a nesting site or stopping by on the way back north. Either way it was a welcome site after a nasty winter. Yesterday I spotted about eight robins poking around in the leaves when I went for a walk at a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘birds’
Robins Have Returned
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, robins, spring on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Holiday Greetings
Posted in Holiday, tagged birds, Christmas on December 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Weekend Birding: Red-bellied Woodpecker
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Photos on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Red-bellied Woodpecker is a year round resident in my yard. This medium-sized woodpecker can be found in the eastern half of the United States. They prefer the tall woodland trees but can be enticed to backyard feeders with offerings of suet or peanuts. This female is often in my yard. I was potting some [...]
White-Crowned Sparrow
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Photos on November 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For a week or two in early autumn and early spring the White-crowned sparrow visits my suburban Chicago backyard. I look forward to his visit in spring, not so much in autumn as I know winter will soon follow. This is a migratory native North American sparrow that spends it’s summers mainly in Canada and [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Cedar Waxwing
Posted in Birds, Garden, Photos, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Photos, Wordless Wednesday on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Birds, birds everywhere at Cantigny Gardens last weekend. This Cedar tree was filled with about 50 Waxwings. This is a fairly common bird but you’ll only see them if you look up. They like to travel in flocks and can be seen eating berries in fruit trees or catching insects in mid-air. More Wordless Wednesday.
Dinner Guest
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, hawk, Photos, Wildlife on September 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve said, I like to provide food for any of the birds that show up in my yard. I didn’t exactly mean I’d serve little birds to the hawks, but sometimes it happens that way. This Cooper’s Hawk buzzed the feeders this evening and then perched on the fence for a few minutes. I [...]
Gregarious Grackles
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, Wildlife on September 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Bad birds, bad birds, what ya gonna do… I’ve had a flock of grackles hanging around my feeders for 3 weeks now, sometimes 50 birds at once. Usually the grackles move on after a week or so but these seem determined to stay. Perhaps I need to make the yard less attractive. Four regularly filled [...]
Mrs. Wren
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, Wordless Wednesday on August 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Wrens are very territorial. If I got anywhere near the nestbox filled with chriping baby wrens, momma wren would let me know about it. She was quite loud for such a tiny bird. More Wordless Wednesday.
Young Robins At The Birdbath
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Wordless Wednesday on July 28, 2010 | 9 Comments »
More Wordless Wednesday.
Juvenile Downy Woodpecker
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Wordless Wednesday on July 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
There are a lot of woodpeckers in my yard this year. Dad woodpecker brought his three young ones to eat at the suet feeder last week. This little one was nice enough to pose for a picture. You can tell this is a juvenile by the red cap on the top of the head. Adult [...]
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