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This past month I've tried to keep a record of all the different birds that have visited the bird buffet or just roosted in the now bare trees just long enough for me to get some not so great photos. The tufted titmouse is a frequent visitor and doesn't stay still for picture-taking. Maybe should be renamed the blurred titmouse!
Here are others spotted in the yard in November:
Clockwise: northern male cardinal and house sparrows, cardinal, blue jay ( first snow of the season)
Clockwise: mourning dove, cardinal, hawk (no idea which kind), the black-eared Chetbird, Carolina wren, Carolina chickadee
Clockwise: male house or purple finch, trapeze artist, juvenile European starling, dark-eyed junco, mourning dove, northern mockingbird
Clockwise: brown creeper or downy woodpecker, another woodpecker - hairy or ladder back?, hawk, white-breasted nuthatch, American crow, red-bellied woodpecker
I'm still learning about how to ID the birds that visit--get right maybe 50% of the time. Just wish I'd started with this interest a long time ago. Could spend hours watching them out the window--and sometimes do!
Linking to: Wild Bird Wednesday .
Faye, you have a nice variety of yard birds there. Love the mosaics and photos. Have a happy week!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful array of backyard birds Faye!!! And the trapeze artist takes the cake [and eats it too!]
ReplyDeletewhat cutie. looks like you have a busy yard. ( :
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing your yard birds, Faye. have a warm day.
A lovely post. You have a lot of customers at your feeders! I have a trapeze artist or two in my yard as well!
ReplyDeleteyou have all these birds in your yard? You are certainly lucky. Blurred titmouse! A great name. :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous number of birds and fabulous photos!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat bird photos! I love the Cardinal best!
ReplyDeleteYou have a great variety of birds coming to your feeder but I think the little Tufted Titmouse is the cutest! I have difficulty in IDing all my bushbirds - but I DO have good friends that know them all!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and colorful birds. They are all cute.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! You've had very lovely visitors.
ReplyDeletethey are very cute and happy to have your seed.
ReplyDeleteA great post, so many details!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots and a nice variety of birds! Beautiful shot of the Titmouse! You're right, they don't sit still for long. The squirrel cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great variety of yard birds you have, I'm sure your trapeze artist can almost be classed among them too. There are ties when any shot that you can ID a bird from is a good shot. With time, you will just get quicker on the trigger and things will improve. But then why should they? The important thing is to enjoy the watching.
ReplyDeleteGood work Faye, keep it up.
Nice array of visitors Faye.
ReplyDeleteIts like changing channel on TV, always something different to see on the otherside...... garden bird watching is so much better though. Excellent post.
Dave
You have a nice variety of birds in your yard! Birding is a fun, FUN hobby! It won't take you long to ID the ones in your area and then - if you're anything like me - you'll be out looking for new birds to identify. ;)
ReplyDeleteWonderful collection of birds (and a squirrel!)
ReplyDeleteThe magpie is an intelligent bird - and they have rather short tempers too!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne