Bird Visitors are surprising me daily with their presence in Bird Alley. Yesterday was the sighting of s
female Northern Cardinal! That was a surprise. for pictures please scroll down to yesterday's post or look up at the header of this blog for the female Cardinal's picture.. Also yesterday in the late afternoon we saw a
White-throat ed Sparrow, it was too frisky scrstching in snd scattering leaves to get a good picture of it; We also have a
Song Sparrow daily. I am eagerly awaitaing a Tree Sparrow to join in with its sparrow cousins. also in on the feeding action was a
Red-breasted Nuthatch, They are always so delightful to see!. A big surprise yesterday afternoon was this
female Evening Grosbeak!( see below)
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feeding on the ground below my viewing window. This grosbeak wasn't a total surprise as earlier in rhe week, on Tuesday we had a visit from three or more
male Evening Grosbeaks.
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The males are the more colourful of the species with vibrant yellow colouring on their wings and their yellow forehead.Continuing on a more colourful theme, this little
male Downy Woodpecker drew in the red hues of its background and the red netting on the suet/ seed bell that it was getting such enjoyment feeding upon, creating a soft reddish hush to the lovely scene. show below.
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And in my bird alley roll call I can't forget the frequent presence of the little
slate-coloured dark-eyed Juncos which are so prevalent every day. And of course I must make mention of the presence of the many
BlueJays and
Mourning Doves that drop by.
I am not sure what surprises Bird Alley will present to me today? I hope it is something spectacular. I must post this and hurry to my viewing window. Have a great day everyone.
The Evening Grosbeak photos are great. You sure have a lot of nice birds visiting you.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you had a Cardinal stop by! Those Grosbeaks are lovely...I don't get those at my feeders.
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