Backyard Birds

Bluejay

Bluejay

Scissortail Flycatcher

Pigeon

Dove with iced up tail feathers. He had no trouble flying.

A cardinal sitting in the crab apple tree.

The ice storm has knocked the power out in the house. At least the camera works on batteries.

Downy woodpecker listening for a meal.

Chased the Barred Owl around a bit. He did let me get a little closer.

This roadrunner seemed to be displaying for a female or another male. I never saw another roadrunner in the vicinity. Perhaps he was just trying to warn me off.

A couple of puffed up Chickadees trying to keep warm on a snowy day.

This hawk is coming to the bird feeders; coming not for the seed, but for the song birds.

Valerie tells me this bird is a Junko.

Hummingbirds can actually open their mouths quite wide. Not only can they open their mouths they can actually flex or curve the beak to create an even wider opening. It may just be perspective, but I believe that this bird has the lower portion of his bill curved downward.

Which of these leaves is not like the others?

A Downy Woodpecker?

A Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Gold finch. I don't see the woodpecker often.

A male Purple Finch in the foreground with a femal in the background.

A female House Finch taking off

A Tufted Titmouse

Turkeys near the back fence

Strutting their stuff.

An Eastern Bluebird. It won't let me get very close at all.

Eastern Bluebird high in a pear tree

A Gold Finch on the back yard feeder.

A Robin

A Nuthatch on the feeder. He flits around so rapidly I have troble getting a shot of him.

Eastern Phoebe with chicks. The nest is under the back porch eves.

Phoebe chicks 2 weeks later.