Wood Thrush
American Robin and her hidden nest
Wood Thrush with interesting markings
Northern Water Thrush #200
Wood Thrush #197
A Bluebird Day
The Blue Birds are back!
Bluebirds seem to arrive in waves… ours seem to be on a later schedule every year, just when I’m wondering if they will be back, they arrive ready to nest in the boxes along the fence line.
Swainson’s Thrush #192
Hermit Thrush #186
Considered to have one of the most beautiful songs of all North American birds…and is the state bird of Vermont.
Brown Thrasher #178
Wow these birds are the kings of song, with 3000 distinct songs, they win. This one was just moving through and stopped in the yard during a rain storm, I was lucky to see it.
Mountain Bluebird
These spectacular Bluebirds were a bird I was really hoping to see when I was in Alberta, you could just imagine my smile when I realized the ranch I was visiting has many many brightly coloured boxes throughout the ranch. At one time the numbers were very depleted, they have made a comeback because of ranchers like the Halladay’s who took time to build and maintain many boxes.
Bluebirds growing up
Getting brighter feathers and flying more and more, father is still perched on the dish watching over the young ones.
Bluebird Fledglings
They are so cute, a little male and female hop along the logs while father watches from the dish on our farm lawn.
Mountain Bluebird – female
In just a few minutes this female Mountain Bluebird gathered many insects in the beautiful meadow, extremely eager to feed the chicks inside the nesting box, it was all business. What a delight to watch.
nation
Eastern Blue Birds return
The Bluebirds returned for Thanks giving, I don’t know why but they keep coming back about every two weeks!
Bath Time! Yellow-rumped Warlbers and Bluebirds
Eastern Bluebird “checking out the view”
Two years ago my friend bob, brought me back this awesome Bluebird house from Florida. He has the same one and they love it. So I put up mine with hight expectations … they didn’t even look at it!… two years of moving it around the property and with in 24 hours at this spot, they were all over it! If you don’t have Bluebirds, keep moving the boxes until they prove of the location. This year “we” raised 12 chicks in our yard 🙂
My Bluebirds
Your right, I can’t own Bluebirds… but I can put a Bluebird house outside my bathroom window where I enjoy watching this little family from the day they arrive. I’m waiting for fledglings to appear any day now, mom and dad are busy feeding the chicks. They love the big old Northern Spy apple tree to perch in before entering their house. They flitter through the air and hard to catch in flight, I didn’t get a decent shot so had some fun putting together a montage so you can see how they wobble through the air.
Robin nest very well hidden
Robins nest and chicks
