CritterCam pics

Blue jay goldfinch

       Blue jay and goldfinches

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. 

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.