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this is what I saw ~ and ~ I'm still waiting for the juncos to show up

You have a first year female and male House Sparrow. The female is the top picture, the male is the bottom picture. I had about 30 House Sparrows and a couple of Mockingbirds at my feeders today.

Thanks Thorney

todays Birds,,

Nice pictures Diane! I think we have all your juncos here this year - tons of them eating on my deck under the feeder!

Lynne I've seen only a few junco's the other day But my battery for camera was charging,, I've haven't seen them since,, I don't remember seeing robins in the winter But I have seen 3 of them today

hey---who has MY juncos--and my finches---I do however have 1 bird out of my 3 usual sets of cardinals.

Woodpeckers are loving my suet , all day in this storm.

Snow birds and titmouses .

well I'll let it go this once, Willy, but--lets not make it a habit ok?????

is this a chipping sparrow or maybe a carolina wren??

so my robins went to Texas. very nice pixs!

[quote=Bestofour]is this a chipping sparrow or maybe a carolina wren??

That's a Chipping Sparrow. Good Job on the ID!

thanks

He's back........he's back..
Either way he's back to us.

LOL

Sheri are you going to bird classes as well?
OR just camera? Did you start yet?

b

I haven't started any classes.

Starlings......lots and lots of Starlings......and two Ring-Billed Gulls.

Thorny what is this Bird?? there is a touch of yellow on it's breast, sorry the picture isn't clear,

That bird is a Yellow-Rumped Warbler, most often seen in Winter. This bird has the adorable nickname, "Butter Butt". They like peanut flavored suet and like to hang out in suburban yards in Winter.

I was wondering if that was what it was,, There are a bunch of them around,, But they don't sit still long at all,, geeeeeeeeez!,,
thanks Thorny for confirming My instinct !

Here is a picture I took a year ago of a Yellow-Rumped Warbler, that shows WHY it is called a Yellow-Rumped OR Butter Butt.

Frickin COOOOOOOOOOl Picture Thorney!!!!!!!!!

Saw a Cooper's hawk fly across the road at waist height, today. MASSIVE snowstorm expected here Thursday and Friday. Been having snow showers here all day and the Starlings are forming huge flocks and are feeding on the ground.

I saw a sparrow Hawk today,,! But I was driving and couldn't get a picture even tho my camera was right beside me there was No where to pull over!

OK< Bill they WERE coming back--at one point I even had 2 pairs of Cardinals back & several Juncos.

But of late I am hard pressed to even see a sparrow & 1 or 2 finches.
Surely word of your new feeder has not had time to spread all the way down here ???

I still have lots of Juncos and other species, but they are all year round residents of CH. I have never even seen a Cardinal, so you are lucky!
The pig pukes next door have been shooting my Stellar Jays (for fun?)
I have been trying my best to care for an injured one for a few weeks. (I named him Pud). He is beginning to know his name, but he is getting very fat and sassy lately.
I am beginning to wonder if he is faking his limp just to keep getting his 'special' food.
I guess that's ok though.... He's pretty special to me!

:wink: I say if he is smart enough to fake it, then he should get to be a lifetime resident of CH.

Cardinals are not found on the West Coast. They are found in the EASTERN half of the U.S. and Canada.

I was not aware of that, thanks Thorny.

I was referring to Bill's wounded Stellar Blue Jay.

is this a wood thrush I saw today?




this little chickadee kept flying to the feeder for a second then flying back against this tree and curling up. I guess the cold was a little much for him.





tufted titmouse

How cute they are.

b

Eastern Towhee I only see him once in a while and then it's a lone bird.




This robin was so close to me I could have reached out and touched him. The cedar tree outside our upstairs bathroom was full of them today. I've never seen so many in one place and when I opened the window to take a picture they didn't fly away.

dodge's boyfriend is still lurking around looking for her.

Fat lil buggers . Must be food somewhere.

They are so cute little.

b

I'm not sure what this birds name is.

I'm jealous! You guys are having great birds and great pictures! I can hear the Cedarwax Wings but haven't laid my eyes on them yet....saw a Cardinal today and Sparrows...

I've gotten 1 or 2 pictures of the waxwings. They move too fast for me.

They haven't started sitting in my trees or my neighbors yet....my holly bushes have berries, but the yaupons haven't gotten theirs yet....that's when I'll get my good pics of them!

The neighbor's cat murdered Pud yesterday...