We had quite a bit of snow today, the ground is again covered. In a few days it will melt though. Yesterday there were quite a few birds at the feeders (and there probably will be today also); Purple Finches, Dark-eyed Juncos, Pine Siskin, of course chickadees, Hairy Woodpecker and even an American Tree Sparrow.
Here are some pictures I took over the last couple days. Enjoy!
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| Common Redpoll |
We discovered a chipmunk sticking around the house (and probably living under the garage) who comes to the bird feeders often. I used our Lone Pine Mammal book to identify it, it was between Least and Eastern Chipmunk. The Least has more stripes on it's face, so this was a Eastern.
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| Eastern Chipmunk |
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| Eastern Chipmunk |
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| Eastern Chipmunk |
There were many Purple Finches singing in the trees, mostly males actually.
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| female Purple Finch (male in the background) |
The juncos are here to stay now! There are about twenty maybe coming to our feeders.
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| Dark-eyed Junco kicking up snow. |
And, one of my favorite right now, the American Tree Sparrow! I love the rufous cap and back.
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| American Tree Sparrow |
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| American Tree Sparrow |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
A Hair Woodpecker came momentarily to the tree.
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| Hairy Woodpecker |
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| Purple Finch |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
I was able to get some video of this Purple Finch, the chickadee and juncos.
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| Purple Finch |
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