Friday, December 4, 2020

First Snow and Birds Flying in for Dinner

Hey! Don't go hogging up the suet cake!


The snow is blowing and it's cold outside! So I decided to make a cup of Stash English Breakfast with local honey from Ligonier and watch birds. I was rocking back on my upholstered rocking chair by the bay window when a bird digging around the snow caught my attention. We were up to about 6 inches and it seemed to thoroughly enjoy rooting around and ruffling the snow from its feathers. I got a great shot and was like what beautiful bird is this with yellow stripes? Well, it's a White Throated Sparrow. According to the Audubon site it does indeed enjoy foraging the ground. https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/white-throated-sparrow?site=pa&section=search_results#



A rotund, sweet bird shows up every winter. It flies the whole way from Alaska to my feeder. It is a cute slate grey Dark Eyed Junco. It's bottom looks like a ruffled petticoat under a pageant dress! https://www.audubon.org/news/juncos-are-original-snowbirds

Beautiful slate grey!

The beautiful golden, tubby bird below is a Carolina Wren. We call it the Chipmunk bird. When it is on the ground in foliage or high grass you swear it's a chipmunk!


We love when the woodpeckers come to our tree. From young to old, we get them all!










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