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  • Everyone out of the way! I'm here, now!
  • I need some help here.
  • Much maligned because of its nesting habits.
  • This is my best guess. It arrived about the same time as the males, has the black beak, and a slightly lighter head than body.
  • The cardinals like to feed early and late.
  • In the winter, I get crowds of males. Other birders in the neighborhood say they see this year round.
  • One of our winter visitors. They've extended their winter range northward.
  • Here and gone, usually in a big crowd.
  • The official commentator on all things in your yard.
  • Be honest, now, do you think these seeds make my cheeks look fat?
  • This one was strolling with its family on the inter-urban trail, but they can be found in Burcham Park in the winter, and crossing Burcham from time to time. Not a friend of the gardener.
  • I have seen fewer Mourning Doves lately, but they prefer ground feeders. Sometimes in the winter they'll sleep in your feeder.
  • We have many varieties. When you look closely, they are just a little eerie.
  • She chose an unlikely spot right by the road for her nest, but things went quite well.
  • So very tiny, here getting some sun.
  • A garden visitor, as I turned over the soil.
  • In the process of switching from its drab winter colors to its bright summer yellow.
  • Every migration season I get a visit from 1 of these. Other birders see them regularly year-round. Sometimes they miss, but they are pretty good hunters. Yet when they aren't hunting I've seen a Chickadee and Blue Jay team up and harass 1 until it flies a
  • Well, it IS a picnic table, but I find it lacking in sensitivity to eat its kill right on my table.
  • A lot safer and easier to see in the winter.
  • We are supposed to get Purple Finches, too, and they are said to have even more color! Unfortunately for identification, the amount and brightness of color on regular house finches varies greatly.
  • Lots of different finches will come to window feeders.
  • Not much of a picture, but every time I try to take one, it gives me the evil eye, then darts away.
  • Our winter visitors. They are mainly ground feeders, noted for their 2-footed backward hop to push aside leaves on the ground.
  • This year's additional nuthatch: a nice surprise. After 3 years they did not show up the winter of 2014-15. Some say that the food supply recovered in their usual areas.
  • These are pretty common. They make a great sound when they are curious about something.
  • Did you know that they eat pests from mice to slugs? More teeth than any other American animal, but it's all bluff when they show them.
  • Some people see lots of these. I don't have the proper food for them, so this was a lucky day.
  • Always cute, sometimes nibbling on things more important to us than the sweet weeds.
  • This one apparently did not get the
  • l took this picture in Utah. We have lots of Ravens, but I haven't found any local Ravens this willing to be photographed.
  • The Crabapple trees draw lots of Robins in late summer.
  • Brilliant red patch on front of neck and upper breast. For me, 1st sighting ever, and a gloomy, dark day. Many reported sightings from here to Ohio this year (2014), but not a regular as far as I know.
  • Before June, the 1st hatch is already being fed and set loose.
  • I only see these as they are passing through, but others may have more sightings.
  • Even when they get chubby, they stay agile.
  • Friendly squirrel
  • Usually called a
  • Never underestimate their resourcefulness. This youngster found my feed bucket and dove right in.
  • These look like babies, but they are amazing athletes, and very articulate about their opinions.
  • When they come through, they bring all their friends.
  • There is a reason it's called a Butterfly Bush.
  • They are supposed to eat hundreds of mosquitos!
  • Zip in, grab, zip out. They are gourmets, so don't think everyday feed will be accepted.
  • Woodpecker of some kind. I don't see a red belly, but I think it's a Red Bellied Woodpecker.
  • The females look the same except for the red patch.

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