Bird Canada - A voice for the northern bird

Time 2020-06-23 08:10:45

Web Name: Bird Canada - A voice for the northern bird

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Hello again!Wow, I can t believe it s been 4 months since I released a blog post. I sincerely apologize for that but I do have a reason. Believe it or not, most of this winter has been absolutely dead quiet in my yard I ve really had nothing to talk about. If you ve watched the webcam here at all, you know what I mean. Until into January, there was virtually nothing to see here. I have NEVER seen a winter like this in all the years I ve been feeding the birds. I have had a high count of only 5 Pine Grosbeaks and a high count of only a dozen Common Redpolls where I would normally expect 100+. It would appear that there are good numbers of these birds in the woods . they are just not coming to feeders this season. What I ve been able to gather is that there is above average amounts of natural food available. Birds will always take natural sources over feeders at every opportunity.I was so excited to see this one lone male Common Redpoll come into the yard for a few minutes the other day.Male Common RedpollAs I said, I have not seen many Pine Grosbeaks (these ones are with a female Purple Finch) around but I did see one that I thought was quite interesting the one on the right in this photo. I believe that one was a hatch year bird from last year. Notice the colour of the rump. He has not completely developed his adult colouring yet.Adult juvenile male Pine Grosbeaks with a female Purple Finch.I have different birds coming to my feeders now and activity has really (finally!) picked up in the last couple of weeks. Some of these birds, I do not normally have at my feeders in winter, including:American GoldfinchesPurple Finches. I have between 20 40 coming around, more like springtime numbers!Pine Siskins (here with a female Hairy Woodpecker)I have barely seen any Evening Grosbeaks all winter until just recently. Now, I have a flock of about 25 that come around most mornings.Evening GrosbeaksMale (bottom right) female Evening GrosbeaksMale Evening Grosbeak with a small growth on its eye.I have 3 or 4 woodpeckers coming around daily. There is a pair of Hairies who are JUST beginning to tolerate each other for the season. This male Downy comes around a few times per week and sometimes a female Downy will come around but not too much just yet.Male Downy WoodpeckerCorvid time.

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