A House Sparrow pops up for a look to see if the Cooper’s Hawk, which attempted to ambush birds at the feeder, has moved on.
Tag: feeding birds
Mask
House Sparrows have a striking face mask.
Looks
A Downy Woodpecker looks for a tidbit at the shelled sunflower feeder.
Blue Jay.
I feed songbirds. A side effect is that seeds are scattered throughout the yard, so sunflowers spring up all over. We let them grow, flower, and go to seed.
Today a gang of eight Blue Jays descended on the sunflowers. I was able to photograph this one from the kitchen.
One of the many.
One of the many sunflowers on our property.
We feed the birds, which means that they and the squirrels deposit sunflower seeds throughout the yard. The seeds sprout. Sunflowers grow. Seed eating birds glean the flower heads. The seeds they miss fall to the ground. The cycle renews, year after year.
Feeding birds.
A male House Finch visits our sunflower feeder. I keep at least one feeder up year round. With other food sources so plentiful at this time of year I don’t keep it constantly filled. I like to have them visit because I do enjoy hearing their song.
At the feeder
A male American Goldfinch.
