Saturday, January 10, 2009

At the feeder




Some of the less frequent visitors to the suet feeder: Downy Woodpecker, Western Scrub-Jay, and Northern Flicker. Birds we see daily or quite often are: the Red-breasted Nuthatch, European Starling, Oregon Junco, Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadee, and some of the finches (American Golden and Cassin's). Frequent visitors to the seed feeders are some of the above plus Spotted "Rufous" Towhees, sparrows (house, song, etc.), Steller's Jay, and once in a great while; the Varied Thrush and Mourning Dove. We also have a Pileated Woodpecker that visits the Holly tree in the yard once in a while, a few Hummingbirds that come by in the summer, and Turkey Vultures that hang out in the pine trees across the street during the summer.
I'm sure there are others, and spring brings the Evening Grosbeaks in large numbers, but these are what we've identified so far. Of course, down by the cove and the river is a WHOLE other story I'll have to post about later. :-)

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