Highlighted by late afternoon sun, an American Goldfinch feeds.
Highlighted.
Tag: bird
Wind-up toy.
I tend to think ‘wind-up toy’ when I watch a woodpecker move. Tick-a, tick-a, tick-a.
A Downy Woodpecker. It’s interesting that this individual does not share – it jabs at any other bird on the feeder and continues jabbing until the other bird leaves.
Adjust.
I relocated the feeder mentioned in the previous post in an effort to make it more difficult for squirrels to get at. This Blue Jay adjusted to the new setup in no time at all.
songbird
A House Finch visits the hopper feeder; both are highlighted by the evening sun.
A molting American Goldfinch and a fledgling perch on a sunflower just outside the kitchen window. I deduced it as a fledgling because it exhibited begging behaviour just before taking this photo, which may appear to be a little out of focus – I shot it through the window screen.
Splish splash!
Robin’s takin’ a bath!
Portrait.
This Mourning Dove remained on the shepherd’s crook long enough for me to take its portrait.
Returned.
During mid-summer the number of birds – individuals and species – that visit the backyard decreases.
Activity is picking up now, and these two Mourning Doves are among the birds that have returned.
Let me know.
This Red-winged Blackbird did not hesitate to let me know I was too close to the nest it was guarding.
Too close.
This Red-winged Blackbird made it clear that I was too close to the nest.
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