Showing posts with label Dark-eyed Junco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dark-eyed Junco. Show all posts

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Fox River, Saw Wee Kee Park

Decided to take a ride out to Saw Wee Kee Park on Tuesday.  It was a beautiful day, after all the snow we had had over the weekend.  There is one place just before the entrance to the park that was full of male and female Cardinals.  They were beautiful to watch

All the birds were in a posing mood.

Black-capped Chickadee.
There was another area in the park by one of the parking lots that I stayed at for over an hour.  There was a lot of activity, as someone had put bird seed on a park bench.  The birds were loving it.

Several Blue Jays came to visit.

White breasted  Nut-hatches were flying back and forth between trees.

Blue Jay's were into posing as well.

Red-bellied Woodpecker was flitting between two trees, and put on quite a show.

Caught him in flight.

Peek a boo!

Dark-eyed Junco's came to visit too.

A couple of Song Sparrows came to visit as well.

As well as Mourning Dove's

Blue Jay's and Cardinals

Blue Jay and female Cardinal

The gangs all here.

Female Cardinal posing

Blue Jay

Pair of Cardinals

Song Sparrow and Junco

Female Cardinal

Song Sparrow

Female Merganser

Canada Geese are on the move.

There was sun, and what seemed like a bit of warmth.
No new birds today, but all that I saw looked beautiful against the snow.
Chicago had it's 5th worst snow storm on Sunday.
More is coming.

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Let it snow, let it snow

This morning the birds and us woke up to a lot of snow
We are thinking we have about 10 inches at least and more coming.
This mourning dove seemed to be hunkered down on a branch waiting for the other birds to scratch seeds to the ground.

Junco's were checking out the suet.

Sparrows were not having a problem hanging on to the feeders.

What our little backyard looks like this morning.

Success, the Junco's are able to feed on the suet.
It is afternoon, and the windows are getting covered with snow. The pictures I took this morning are all through our kitchen sliding doors.
As you can see, there are pine trees all along our back, so the birds have plenty of protection from the blowing snow.
It is a winter wonderland out there.
Mary

Friday, January 10, 2014

The last of the birds of 2013

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco
Sparrow

Is it possible these are eagles nests?

We are thinking we may have found eagles nests down by the river.

Female Cardinal.

Cooper Hawk having a tasty meal in our backyard.

The Coopers Hawk does come through our yard on a regular basis looking for mourning doves.

Coopers Hawk

After he finished his meal, he flew into the tree in our back yard.  He was just on the other side of the tree trunk.  It was like he was watching us.

"Should I go back and have more?"

He stayed in the tree for at least 10 minutes while I watched.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Backyard birds on the 7th of December

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco

Black-capped Chickadee



House Finch


Black-capped Chickadee

House Finch