Wednesday, December 29, 2021

backyard birds

The seed's been out in our new feeder since Christmas, when our daughter found seed in her stocking for the feeder, but the birds only noticed it today. It was non-stop activity for the entire afternoon.


 
dark-eyed junco

has the chest feathers of a female house sparrow, but the head striping doesn't match

male and female dark eyed junco

one of the prettier visitors, a house finch

the small chickadees were the most timid

 I think it was our childhood subscription to Chickadee magazine that conditioned me to believe chickadees live in naturally snowy climates, so I was satisfied to have snapped a photo while the snow is still around.  

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