Thursday, March 7, 2013

What I've Been Watching...and Snapping


It's been so much fun backyard bird watching this winter.  I put this little collection of my photos from the past week in this collage.  In no particular order, there are 4 different woodpeckers...a Red-Headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Downy Woodpecker (male and female).  Four different kinds of sparrows are in this group...a White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, White-crowned Sparrow and a sparrow I haven't been able to identify.  He's on the bottom row, second from the right, and is probably a Song Sparrow, but the solid dark head is odd.  I showed an American Tree Sparrow yesterday.  Also included, Cardinals (male and female), House Finch, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove, Gold Finch, White-breasted Nuthatch and a Starling.  I'm sure these birds will make an appearance again from time to time in my posts but one, or a few, at a time.


The photo on the left above was taken over the weekend.  The next photo taken this morning shows the snow is melting.  Yay!  Now I need to think about what I'm going to show for tomorrow's Friday Favorite.  Isn't this week going by fast?  Have a happy day!

Until next time...

37 comments:

  1. I was reading this post out loud to my hubby, telling him how lucky you are to have such a wide variety of birds come to your yard, and his reply was, "No wonder the cat on the right is so fat."....lol I hadn't even noticed the cat. That's the hunter in my hubby coming out. :) Thanks for sharing your wonderful variety of birds. I love them!

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  2. I L O V E your bird collection.
    Hugs, sandie

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  3. Your bird pictures are beautiful! Glad your snow is melting. Have a nice day! Twyla

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  4. How wonderful it must be to have such a wide variety of birds in your garden!! And such beautiful ones. That red color, gorgeous. Groetjes, Gerda

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  5. nice collage. i like the fourth row down the first one, at first glance it could be a vase, the shape of it.

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  6. WoW Cheryl, what a beautiful assortment of pictures and birds. The snow really brings them to the feeders!

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  7. really great collage! totally jealous on the red-headed w.p.!

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  8. That restaurant is drawing quite a crowd! Great collage! Thank you for identifying, too.

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  9. Wonderful group of photos. I love the birds!!!!!

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  10. You have so many beautiful birds. I was trying to decide which ones we don't have here...the junco and nuthatch...we don't see here. We have a lot of bluebirds though along with the others you have pictured. We've seen robins and cedar waxwings this week, too! We love our birds!

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  11. Hi Cheryl, how wonderful, love all your fine feathered friends at the feeder.....I could watch them for hours, Blessings Francine.

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  12. Great birds there! We've been feeding them all winter, but the snow is not receding yet, like yours since we just got another 10" a couple of days ago. I just heard birds chirping outside for the first time this morning.

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  13. AWESOME---AWESOME---AWESOME... Love seeing all of your backyard birds. Glad you are feeding them through this rough winter season.

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  14. I have noticed more birds around here too. I'll have to remember to have camera in hand when I'm sitting on the patio these fine days. The quail have been visiting frequently. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Oh, these are just wonderful!!! I can't choose a favorite, keep up the good snapping!

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  16. Well that's a fine group of fair feathered friends! Pretty cool!

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  17. Very nice variety of birds in your backyard.I love the collage.

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  18. What a beautiful birdie mosaic!!! Amazing. Lovely.

    YOu are sooooo gooood, with your camera.

    Birdies are hard to "catch"! ,-)

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  19. This is a great collage Cheryl. You certainly have a lot of backyard bird visitors! I'm glad your snow is melting.

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  20. oh, i love the mosaic. so great. love all the wings. ( :

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  21. This is a fabulous collage, Cheryl.
    I had no idea there were so many different types of sparrows. I guess I have just lumped them into one big category as I find them the less desirable birds.
    Your post just inspired me to go out and fill up my feeder.

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  22. Cheryl
    Do you know how lucky you are to have so many birds to photograph?
    I'm jealous. But at least you're nice enough to share yours!

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  23. What a collection of birds and they are all so beautiful....I know they are so glad you are such a good caregiver to provide them food in all this nasty weather we have had.....Love the feeder dish on top of the flower pot...Great idea...

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  24. So beautiful!
    Glad your snow is melting - none for us. Just wind and rain...

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  25. beautiful. beautiful. beautiful. little birds!! Love that you are enjoying a variety of woodpeckers. They are so colorful! blessings ~ tanna

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  26. What a lovely crop of birds you have. I have a lot of those but am still hoping to see that redheaded woodpecker. Lucky them to have you and lucky you to enjoy them.

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  27. Good Morning Cheryl! We have enjoyed the birds too this winter. BUT I think we put the feeders too far away. I am ready to stop feeding them.. :) Take the Spring and Summer off. Love your collage of birds. Beautiful colors!

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  28. What a great collection of birds. Around here, I have seen some hummingbirds and of course sparrows.

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  29. You've had a wonderful variety of birds stop by your feeders. You captured some great portraits of Your feathered visitors.

    Thank you for the birthday greetings.

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  30. Love all of your beautiful birds! I do believe today might actually melt all of the snow, except maybe the big piles in parking lots and along the side of the road. Rain tomorrow, just in time for the weekend. That's ok, I'll take the warmer temperatures that are coming with it.

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  31. What marvelous pictures! I love them!

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  32. IT's always amazing to me that they're so tiny but still don't seem to mind standing in the snow for short periods of time.

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  33. You are so blessed to have so many beautiful birds in your area. You have taken some great pictures.
    I loved this one.
    Blessings!

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  34. This is my first year having bird feeders (not sure why we never did this before) and have had a grand time snapping photos and identifying the birdies. Love the collage idea!

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  35. What a neat collection!! I love bird watching! :)

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