Catching Up with Our Bird Friends

We continue to be visited by Hairy, Downy and Red-Bellied Woodpeckers. Their flight pattern is almost comical--fly up, then dip, fly up, then dip! We keep hearing a Pileated but no sightings yet!


We switched bird food about a month ago to a black sunflower mix that we got at an Ocean State Job Lot--but we immediately lost some of our regular visitors, including finches and Chickadees. When it ran out we went back to the mix we had been buying for a local bird store and they came back that very day!


We have a new sparrow--I have not looked him up yet but isn't he cute? I have only seen him a handful of times--the only other sparrow we get is a Chipping Sparrow.


Here is a Black Capped Chickadee that has been coming back around to see us.


And our faithful friends, the Cardinals are our favorites. I really love the female. Watching the pair together is touching--the way they seem to care for each other, the way the male brings her little pieces of corn.


I am not sure if we will see any new birds--we may have seen all of them in our backyard--except that elusive Pileated Woodpecker!

I'm Still Here

Just a note to say that I am still here, just crazy busy!

I am sure as the weather continues to warm up I will be away from my computer more and more, but hang in there, readers! I think my daily posting habit of a few months ago will be more like 3x a week.

I did just upgrade my Picasa account so that I can upload my photos, I just have to wait 24 hours for it to take effect. Then I'll be posting some great pics of Baby Sister, James, a Red-Bellied Woodpecker, and another Airline Rail Trail walk--but in the opposite direction!

Also, I have a link in my sidebar to my Dad's Ebay auctions--there are some great vintage alphabet puzzles and paper dolls on there that I know my readers would love!

Happy Friday!

Our Wild Backyard

*edited to say that the "unidentified Bird" is an American Goldfinch.

We continue to enjoy all of the visitors to the feeders. Here are some recent photos of who has been dropping by!

Male Cardinal


Female Cardinal


Nuthatch


Tufted Titmouse


Yet to be Identified American Goldfinch


Pesky, Good-for-Nothing, Rotten Squirrel


Downy Woodpecker

We also have a million Chickadees and Pine Siskins. I have only seen Robins twice. If anyone can help us to identify the one bird shown here, we would appreciate it.

Happy Monday!

Today at the Feeder

A Woodpecker!
It's the first one we've seen here.
My boy just loves Woodpeckers, but unfortunately he
was taking a nap and so he missed it.

I'll have to ask my husband
to remove the screens from the kitchen windows
so that I can get better pictures!

Yes, that is also a Black-Capped Chickadee.

I love these birds.

So, the tally so far is,
Chickadees (several),
Tufted Titmouse (one),
House Wrens (two)
and
Woodpecker (one).

I look forward to seeing more!