Saturday, August 6, 2016

Backyard Bonanza!

We recently installed new bird feeders in our backyard. We've already had lots of visitors!

A white-breasted nuthatch

Lots of house sparrows around


A grey catbird

Another house sparrow

There was a robin picking up the leftovers


A chickadee


We've had lots of non-bird visitors too!

This chipmunk couldn't pass up the offer of free seed


A house sparrow

We even had a groundhog!

Here's a juvenile robin

Until next time!

2 comments:

  1. I have never seen a catbird before--very nice! Chickadees: gotta love'm! Nuthatches are very cool--little compact birds that can travel down a tree trunk headfirst. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuthatch And that is one healthy rabbit! GREAT photos!

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  2. Nuthatches are the only tree climbers that make a habit of climbing head first down trees. They often cling to trees with their heads at a 90 degree angle to a tree. How does it do this? Well, it has long, strong hind claws that aids in its climb! http://www.birdinginformation.com/birds/nuthatches/white-breasted-nuthatch/

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