This photograph reminds me of a silhouette.
I had been wondering why all the sudden, the suet feeders were getting picked clean so quickly, and now I have my answer.
This squirrel and his three friends have discoverd my feeders.
The birds that are used to being fed in my yard are not pleased.
I have been visited by many of these little sparrows over the course of the winter.
The dark dot in the middle of this sparrow’s breast is a marking of the American Tree Sparrow
These little birds winter here with us, then migrate northward, just south of the tundra, into Canada every Spring.
Sparrrows are seed eaters, and actually prefer the habitat of brush over trees, for building their nests.
This Mourning Dove greeted me early today outside my window.
And not too long after that, a second one joined him.
Here is one of them, eyes almost closed, or did I catch a slow blink? Did you know that Mourning Doves are members of the Pigeon family? Do you think I should change the name of my blog to doveshavepants? But then I would have to change the name of my cat Pigeon - never mind.
Jessica suggested that I could attract the Pileated Woodpeckers in my yard to a suet feeder and she was right.
This feeder is about ten feet from my great room picture window. That’s a lot closer than the woods, where I took his picture from last time.
A pair of cardinals.
The look out.
Snack time.
Just two guys.
On the diagonal.
This beautiful but noisy jay has been visiting lately.
I love this picture of his back. The pattern of his feathers reminds me of a lovely mosaic.
I have been luring this Blue Jay up to the feeders by my window. I took one one the suet cakes, formulated with red berries and cut it up in fourths, then I placed pieces of it on the bunch of kindling sticks at the top of the wood Pile, that is stacked on my front porch. It worked, although he did fly back to the trees to eat it!