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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Shortsighted on January 02, 2023, 08:54:39 AM

Title: New Year's Assortment
Post by: Shortsighted on January 02, 2023, 08:54:39 AM

 My feeder has been out for a couple of weeks now without much visitation except for the odd cardinal, junco or chickadee. Since the recent rainy/snowy weather arrived there has been a considerable uptick in the number of visitors. Instead of one or two chickadees there may be a dozen of them at once. Both Downy and Hairy woodpeckers have visited. Even a female Red-bellied WP landed on the feeder a couple of times. I placed a suet cage near the seed stash but then finally hung it above the plastic feeder. Have not yet seen any finches yet. I mounted a branch next to the feeder to get some perching shots.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-8LkXcSV/1/dacf1ab5/M/Two%20Downy%20feeder-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-8LkXcSV/A)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-XwJD74p/0/442cf10b/M/M%20Dove-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-XwJD74p/A)
Mourning dove


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-tNBW5zV/0/2f5b4bf0/M/Downy-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-tNBW5zV/A)
Downy woodpecker


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-658k3bj/0/8d7ded35/M/Downy%2Chead%20turned-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-658k3bj/A)
Downy woodpecker


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-p2SHCD6/0/b8272b78/M/Haiiry%20on%20feeder-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-p2SHCD6/A)
Hairy woodpecker


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-FZJDgCQ/0/9f82e0ce/M/WBNH-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-FZJDgCQ/A)
White-breasted nuthatch


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-nvkbk5z/0/e5b31cf5/M/Chuckadee%2Cpose-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-nvkbk5z/A)
One of many Black-capped chickadees


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-vwCJnCp/0/c46e7a97/M/RBWP%2Cprofile-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-vwCJnCp/A)
Red-bellied woodpecker (female)


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-BfZW6Jg/0/dd351031/M/RBWP%2Chead%2C5-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-BfZW6Jg/A)


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-6hSFB3J/0/63415860/M/RBWP%2Chead-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-6hSFB3J/A)

Title: Re: New Year's Assortment
Post by: Ally on January 02, 2023, 03:56:51 PM

What rich colors and clarity!! Beautiful assorted birds too.


I only have flowers today.