Happy New Year 2018

Wow!  It's been awhile since I posted!

 

 

Winter, Snow and Cold Weather

have definitely arrived.

 

The Cardinals add a lot of color.

He thinks he is pretty great,

but she is a beautiful lady.

 

 

 

Sometimes there is a lineup at the feeders,

and there are some who do not like to share their space.

 

 

It was so unusual for me to see

a Red-Headed Woodpecker

at this time of year.

Usually I have only seen them in the Spring.

 

 

This one seemed to have a rather unusual beak.

 



 

This little Downy Woodpecker was getting impatient

for the big Red-Head to leave the feeder.

 

 

The little Carolina Wren seemed to be having

a bad hair day....It was kind of windy!

 

The Nuthatch is such a regular visitor,

I often neglect to take it's picture;

however, it rarely sits still long enough

to have one taken.

 

Yes, indeed, Winter is here!

 

 

 

We're supposed to have a

wind chill of -20 for New Years....Burr!!!



Wishing you a Happy Mother's Day!

Eastern Phoebe

Finally, after many days of rain

the sun is shining

and the Spring Migration

of birds is starting.

 



 

I saw this bird flitting quickly

from trees to bushes, etc.

 

 

It took awhile until it sat still enough

for me to get some pictures.

 

It kind of reminded me of a Tufted Titmouse,

but it seemed too big and not quite the same.

 

After checking my Smithsonian Field Guild

and pictures on the Internet,

I believe it is an Eastern Phoebe,

which is definitely a new bird for me.

 

 

A Real Red-Head

A year ago was the first time

I had seen a Redheaded Woodpecker

in many years.

I was so disappointed when I discovered

our neighbors' cat

had tried to have it for lunch,

so I was really surprised to see one

on a tree near our feeders.

 

Here are a group of pictures,

not as good as I had hoped,

but he was pretty far up the tree.

 

 

 

 

Maybe he will eventually come closer.





Spring Fever

This year it seemed like we had

a taste of Spring in February.

Ever since it seems like it

can't decide whether it wants to be

chilly or rain.

 

 

The Bluebirds have been here for awhile.

They haven't made their nests,

as far as I know,

in either of our boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have noticed at the feeder,

while the female comes, she eats, but

the male seems to be taking worms with him.

 

 

That could mean

he has a family to feed.

 

A Red-breasted Nuthatch

was at the feeder a day ago.

The last time I saw one of them

was in 2007 in the Fall of the year.

Maybe just migrating through.

 

This bird is smaller than the

Nuthatch that we see all the time.

When I first noticed it,

it was frozen in place, like the picture below.

There apparently was a Hawk nearby.

The little Nuthatch and a small Downy Woodpecker,

who were both at the feeder at the time,

 did not move for about five minutes.

 

 

There was also another

Downy Woodpecker that stopped by,

who looked a little out of the ordinary.

 

She was sporting a pretty, fluffy hairstyle.

Maybe she just took a bath.

Pretty Girl!