by Wendy | Sep 16, 2016 | Blog, Perching, Sparrow, Chipping #173, Sparrows
Most likely the most common sparrow in North America, they are small and delicate, blending into all kinds of habitats, so well that we don’t even notice...
by Wendy | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog, Nut Hatches White & Red #33 #172, Perching
While it’s cousins prefer pines, this fellow prefers deciduous tress. They are frequently at the feeders, taking the nut of the seeds and hiding them for later in the tree bark. They are always here at the farm year round, I see them often yet rarely post a photo… here we go, a fall Nutchatch at he...
by Wendy | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Nut Hatches White & Red #33 #172, Perching
The fall migration has had a slow start, however the birds are coming thru. The trees we full of loud birds this morning here on the farm. There are several warblers in the bushes which I can’t identify in their fall plumage and no camera in hand. This little fellow was an easy one, and new to me. It is likely passing thru and stopped for some niger seed with the...
by Wendy | Sep 3, 2016 | Blog, Perching, Waxwing, Cedar #171
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by Wendy | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Chickadee, Black-capped #49, Perching, Titmice & Chickadees #48
These clever little birds are very smart indeed. They cache food in many different sites, recalling those locations and finding the food again is not small task. So much so, their little brain actually increases in size with the information, and as the winter stores are found and memory is not needed, its brain shrinks. They are also tough little birds that will gang up on a small owl to protect its family....
by Wendy | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog, Perching, Vireo , Red Eyed #170, Vireos
The Red-eyed Vireos were once considered one of the three most abundant bird of the forests of Eastern North America. Cheeful singers, they will persistently sing all day long. via...
by Wendy | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog, Perching, Warbler, Magnolia #169, Warblers
This gem moved fast, almost too fast for me to follow… I’ll just have to go back and search it out again for better pics! Shown here in fall plumage. Magnolia...
by Wendy | Aug 28, 2016 | Blog, Perching, Warbler, Cape May #82, Warblers
Hard to imagine these little birds fly all the way to the West Indies for the winter, I find it amazing. Generally to search for bugs on the edge of forests like this like one was, he was very busy and really didn’t hardly give me a...
by Wendy | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog, Perching, Vireo, Yellow-throated #168
I was just looking this one up, futile, until a friend named it for me. I only saw it for a second or two, long enough for a couple of photos and it was gone. iBird fun facts: This little bird is on the decline due to spraying of trees with toxic chemicals where they forage for food, mainly insects. This is an old one for the bird books first described in 1808 by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, a French...
by Wendy | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog, Perching, Warbler, Black-Throated Blue #81, Warblers
I was delighted to find this bird. Just when I was thinking “wouldn’t it be cool to find a Black Throated Blue” there is was right in front of me. Click, click, click, click. A very approachable bird once...