So my penitence is this offering of a wide variety of birds, though not all the quality that I prefer. Enjoy.
Welcome back our winter regular at the office deck, the Myrtle Warbler, also known appropriately as the Yellow-rumped Warbler. We have this single visiting right now, and he is quite jealous of the feeding area, trying to chase any sparrows away.
He hangs pretty close to the edge, and will quickly disappear if he senses movement from my direction. This shot gives you a peak at the yellow rump.
It was pretty cold this day, thus the puffed-up version!
The Mockingbird has been curious lately at the office, and comes around fairly regularly to check the activity out. This one has also been fighting himself in the mirror image of the window closest to my desk. I think he picked this behavior up from the Cardinal that has been doing that for about 26 years in the front office.
One of our hit-and-run artists, the Black-crested Tufted Titmouse, Texas race. Caught him!
Does his beak look blunted? It's from beating himself silly in the window.
Does he wonder how that other cardinal is able to peck him head-on every time?
Joy on my porch. A group of Goldfinches showed up, and you can see they are not the typical female Lesser Goldfinch that we usually get. These are American Goldfinches, that don't have their complete color yet. Stay tuned for more developments.
Back at the office, the male Lesser Goldfinch is consistent as long as there is thistle in the feeder.
But then I started spying some different Goldfinches, just subtle color variations from the female Lesser Goldfinch.
Then one day, a whole slew of these came in for a feast. I am guessing male and female American Goldfinches, but the males have not developed the black cap that goes along with the brilliant yellow body.
Like I said, a slew of them. They were there one day, so I'm thinking some migration; just didn't seem like the right time of year.
I started back on my habit of putting out some nut and berry mix, and you can be assured that the Blue Jays will come around when it is there. They are also very skittish, so I am fortunate to have caught these shots.
You can see what pigs they are. Their gullets are full of peanuts by the time they leave.
A little blurry, but I was excited to catch this one. The Solitary Vireo. Another one of our winter visitors.
The House Finches are faithful and year-round regulars.
Even the Carolina Wren had to come check out the activity. It will hop around and pick up a few seeds before taking off.
One cold misty Saturday the Red-shouldered Hawk was spending a lot of time around the pond back at the home place. It seemed to be watching a duck on the pond, but never made a run for it.
Robins hanging out in the top of a tree near the pond.
The Great Blue Heron has been pretty steady around the pond, but won't hang around to visit.
We were excited to have this visiting single duck, an American Wigeon. We used to get quite a few, but not so in recent years.
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