These days, the mixed nut feeder is getting a steady stream of customers: a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Gray Catbirds, Downy Woodpeckers, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers. I haven’t been able to figure out if more than one Ruby-crowned Kinglet visits the yard; I’ve never seen or heard two at once. But the other day, during a downpour, I had spectacular views of its ruby crown, which in the rain seemed to glow like a jewel.
Monthly Archives: February 2017
February 20, 2017
February 19, 2017
February 13, 2017
February 12, 2017
February 8, 2017
The American Goldfinches have re-discovered our back yard. They mob the feeder in the pergola and the feeder outside the kitchen window. The squirrels have also figured out how to jump on the feeder outside the kitchen window, so I’ve got to think on that. This morning as I was watching a Gray Catbird hit the mixed-nut feeder repeatedly, I saw what I thought was a Red-bellied Woodpecker (or two) in the woods behind my house. I took a few shots and was startled to see a red throat. It turns out they were two male Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. I went back outside and staked out the “sapsucker” tree (see entries dated March 15 and 17, 2015) drilled with neat lines of holes by a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker from a couple of years ago, but no luck.
This afternoon at Westminster Woods three Hooded Mergansers ventured close to the shore near Gram’s residence.
February 5, 2017
At Westminster Woods today, Gram and I saw lots of birds: two Anhingas, several Hooded Mergansers, a couple of Wood Ducks, three Wood Storks, a Great Egret, a Yellow-rumped Warbler, and a Great Blue Heron.
And here’s the moon, seen from Nathan Krestul Park this afternoon: