Sunday, August 16, 2020

More August 2020

grackles adult and juvenile the adult has a shiny blue head black body the juvenile is gray at first.
Above is a common grackle they seem plumper and have a smaller tail than the great tail and boat tail our yard seems to have all types grackles can become a nuisance our so far are not out of control because we allow squirrels in the rail feeders which keeps everything evening out we have big birds little birds the sparrows also can be overbearing but they tend to enjoy the hanging feeders ad big birds keep the population in check have seed that alows for all sizes makes for a good mix to watch. 

August 2020

Ok lets get caught up on some RI back yard birds, some new images I caught in my feeding station we have lots of juvenile's hanging around like this red wing black bird and cowbird juveniles below, you can tell male from female on the redwings by the orange dot on the shoulder meaning male like in above photo.

here is an adult redwing chowing down. 

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

coopers hawk

From my archives - photo files

Not a great photo it was taken through a screen door near Christmas one year we got afraid it would fly off if we opened the door and it did lol but this is a coopers hawk on our back fence


cooper hawks tend to scope out feeders for pray of small birds they are very fast the only time you might see one is when it is sitting getting ready to catch food and when eating. 




Sunday, May 5, 2019

spring day 2019



Spring day 2019 you can find more of these  birds the cardinals doves and so on further in my blog with sounds

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cardinal 

dove

Junco

carolina wren 


White brested nuthatch



 white breasted nuthatch--sound
they love seeds the nutty types and love insects
they hide nuts in the bark of trees  and that is how they get the name Nuthatch