Sitting in my back room watching the feeders after Hercules arrives and dumps about 14" on Middleboro. So the feeders get lots of attention, including Red-wing Blackbirds, a rarity. All these photos were taken in about a 30' period this morning.
Bird count for 2014:Common Loon, Double-breasted Cormorant, Mute Swan, Brant, Canada Goose, Mallard, Common Eider, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild Turkey, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Northern Cardinal, Rufous-sided Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, American Goldfinch (27 species)
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| The Goldfinch, fighting for a perch on the sunflower hearts. |
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A flock of 12 or so Red-wing Blackbirds, not something I see very often
in the yard. And especially in January. |
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| Dark-eyed Junco and Cardinal discussing their "space" |
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| We've had as many as 15 in the yard at once. |
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| A single Starling claims the suet. |
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| But not for long, the Red-bellied doesn't hesitate to drive him off. |
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| One of my grandchild Oliver's favorite |
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| A young Chipping (?) Sparrow. |
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