Today in the Backyard: Goldfinch
I haven’t seen American goldfinches here for over a year. I thought of thousands of reasons for this – from global warming to the food we were giving them. And now, they came back…...
I haven’t seen American goldfinches here for over a year. I thought of thousands of reasons for this – from global warming to the food we were giving them. And now, they came back…...
Mr. Common Grackle picked a very uncommon place to get food in the backyard. Usually, places with smaller feeders are reserved for smaller birds. Go figure!
“We are b-a-a-a-c-k!” First, I thought I got confused when I heard this in the chorus line in our backyard opera house this morning. All birds were singing their happy songs and all of...
Our neighborhood turned into a little opera house this morning. Local birds are singing their songs all over the place. You can hear voices of robins, grackles, sparrows, cardinals, finches, blackbirds… The songs overlap...
Our backyard visitors are a little concerned. “Snow storm in Mid March, huh?” Mr. Cardinal is a little worried. These guys don’t watch TV or listen to weather forecast. Some already came back from...
“Oh no!!!!” Mr. Cardinal kept chirping in our backyard this morning. “It’s snow again!” The news about upcoming snow storm caught our little fellas off guard. Not only them, I guess.
Just a happy message with a happy chickadee fella on the photo. Don’t worry. Be happy. Good night!
Sparrow or not? This guy looks like a White-throated Sparrow. See the small yellow spot between the eyes and a white throat patch and a white stripes alternating with clack ones on the crown?...
Sparrow or not? One of the most challenging questions to me is to identify different kinds of sparrows. Sparrows ain’t corporate types. They don’t wear tags with the names. OK. This guy is a...
I know it. You know it. Ms. Cardinal knows it but won’t admit. Do we need to conduct official contests? 🙂