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A flock of Twenty Two Turkey's visits regularly
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The Eastern Long Island Audubon Society (ELIAS) sponsors feeder surveys throughout the year..In the spring and summer I am often too busy gardening to participate..but in the depths of winter what better thing to do than watch the flights of fancy outside your window..or to be more exact..outside the deck and patio doors....
There are three Downy woodpeckers..two males and a female..Don't aske me how they sort that out..their whirring wings signal their arrival and their staccato chirps kep me company..
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| Hello! |
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| Who me? |
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| Can you find us in this tree? Look high and low! |
The little female flew into a door one day, despite our spider web decals..but she was rescued and flew away...to be seen again each and every day
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| Hurray! |
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| A femail Hairy Woodpecker visits too |
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| Sometimes she has some preening to do.. |
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| The two Red Bellied Woodpeckers are shy.. |
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A Northern Flicker occasionally comes by
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| There are a pair of White Breasted Nuthatches |
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| Three Red Breasted Nuthatches. |
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| Three Titmice |
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| Two Song Sparrows..isn't nature's camouflage grand? |
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Four Black Capped Chickadees.. they like the bare Buddleia
whilst they crack open sunflower seeds |
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| This is not a bird.. Baby it's cold outside! |
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We feed them too!
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Fluffed against the cold..
there are a pair of Carolina Wrens
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Of course there are Dark Eyed Juncos..
I counted 22 during the blizzard. |
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| We got 30" of snow February 8th |
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Female Junco in the snow..
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Have I mentioned Mourning Doves?
At least five regulars.. |
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| Sharing. |
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Song Sparrow..see my streaky breast
and center spot? |
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| In all my blue glory! Five of us come for peanuts! |
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| I am looking towards spring! |
Birds also surveyed, but who did not properly pose..A Pair of Northern Cardinals, a Cooper's Hawk and a Sharp Shinned Hawk ( no one was eaten ...).
The love for all living creatures is the most noble aspect of man~ Charles Darwin
What a wonderful group of yard birds, Cindy! Your titmouse photos are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tami, that means a lot coming from you!
DeleteThat was very nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by.. A long way from cozy Florida!
ReplyDeleteSnagged a lot of my favorites on this one! LOVE the nuthatches and the carolina wren with her slip showing!
ReplyDeleteHi Becky..glad you like the Wren..definitely my favorite..and what a great way of putting it.."with her slip showing"!
ReplyDeleteWow! All of them are new to me~ Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery cool that all my common birds are all new to you.. of course yours are all new to me to..but I never thought about it in reverse....From now on I'll name even the "common" birds. The pretty blue guy is a Bluejay.. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteWonderful photos of your birds Cindy, we rarely see the Red Breasted Nuthatch, it's one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much.. They started showing up two years ago..maybe their range is changing..Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteSome nice photos there Cindy! Spring has arrived even though it may not feel like it yet. Now you can head out for some more great photos!
ReplyDeleteHi Larry..thanks for the kind words.. Happy April birding in CT!
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