Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
1/18/2011
the winter guild
A few Mourning Doves show up among the guild occasionally, especially if we put out cracked corn. These three sat together warming their feet in dim sunlight.
1/05/2011
the winter guild
We've been counting birds for FeederWatch every week. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/ The guild this winter in our wild woods includes black-capped chickadees like the one above. We offer black oil sunflower seeds, safflower seeds, thistle seeds, unsalted peanuts, suet, cranberries, and small pieces of fruit.
12/24/2010
Christmas of white
12/18/2010
hunting cat at the brush pile
This neighborhood cat, often seen scouting the edge of our woods, sat for a long time this afternoon staring at the holes in the snow beneath the bird seed feeder where the red squirrels come out from their tunnels under the brush pile. The cat finally stalked off, disappointed at the lack of activity. Soon after, a squirrel popped his head out to give the "all clear" . . .
. . . and later, another squirrel returned after enjoying seeds below the feeder.
. . . and later, another squirrel returned after enjoying seeds below the feeder.
11/26/2010
sharp shinned hawk on the brush pile
The usual birds at the edge of the woods were suddenly scarce when this hawk swooped in to survey his hunting possibilities.
11/15/2010
pumpkin lunch
2/05/2010
12/18/2009
12/05/2009
winter guild
10/24/2009
the winter "guild"
The birds are gathering into their winter "guild". Several of the woodpeckers are back again -- the Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens, the Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus, Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus, and the big Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus. This Red-bellied Woodpecker helped himself to sunflower and safflower seeds.
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