I put some bread out every morning for a pair of Crows that hang out in our horse pastures and in the trees across the road. I was a bit late this morning, so they were impatiently walking around the driveway giving me the hurry up body language.
This Red-shouldered Hawk had been perched on a utility wire scanning a large grassy field. He took off when I stopped to take his picture, flew down the road a few poles and perched on the wire again.
Today I saw our first male Bluebird early in the morning (the one that arrived yesterday). He is eating the mealworms I put out several times today and seems content to stay.
We also had a male Purple Finch landed in a tree briefly just after the Bluebird. He quickly moved into the bushes where I could not see him. My guess is he will be at the feeders tomorrow once he has time to check the place out.
Over the next few weeks, we should see our first Cowbirds and Killdeer.
Male Bluebird - 1st of Year
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March 16, 2010
Our first male Bluebird of the year was in our backyard again this morning. I went out and put mealworms on the feeder box and called to him. As soon as I got inside the porch door, he was gobbling them up. During the day I heard him singing in the trees around our horse pastures, calling for a mate.
With the warm weather arriving, the Dark-eyed Juncos have gone into courtship mode. The males are zooming after the females at high speed all over the yard. This one was taking a break from the chase.
This was one of about twelve Rock Doves gathering seed droppings at a feeder in front of the Wild Birds Unlimited store in Johnson City, NY. My 3 year old grandson enjoyed watching them with me.
The Downy Woodpeckers treat the dried sunflower stalks like little tree trunks. They scoot up, down and around them and peck at them just like they would a tree trunk.
After the recent heat wave, the snowman that Colin and I built is only a memory now. Just after he was made, one of our Tufted Titmice perched on his carrot nose and grabbed the un-shelled peanut on the front of the hat.
When our daughter Sarah brought 5 month old Camille through the barn, our oldest horse Sapphire reached out to sniff her face. Camille, who adores all animals, had a look of amazement and reached out with both hands to touch Sapphire's lips.
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