Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker #2 - September 10, 2018
Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker #3 - September 10, 2018
Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker #1 - September 10, 2018 Waiting to be fed in an adjacent tree. Light was fading so the trees look gray. But the bird was light black, gray and white as shown; no hint of red.
Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker #4 - September 10, 2018
Male Hairy Woodpecker at Hummingbird Feeder #4 - September 10, 2018 He stayed on the feeder for several minutes.
Male Hairy Woodpecker at Hummingbird Feeder #3 - September 10, 2018 He hopped from the stick perch onto the feeder making it easier to balance while sipping.
Male Hairy Woodpecker at Hummingbird Feeder #2 - September 10, 2018 From the hanging perch, the Hairy Woodpecker could easily reached down to the sugar water port and extend his tongue into the sugar water.
Male Hairy Woodpecker at Hummingbird Feeder #1 - September 10, 2018 One of our Hairy Woodpeckers landed on the stick perch that I put up above the feeder for the Hummingbirds. With his weight, it swung way down right to where he could get at the sugar water port.
Male Baltimore Oriole Arrives for Breakfast - August 19, 2018 Scoping out the menu before diving in.
Male Baltimore Oriole First Bite - August 19, 2018 Just a small nibble of grape jelly to start.
Male Baltimore Oriole Second Bite - August 19, 2018 Balancing a bite on the beak before swallowing. He and the young Orioles dine periodically all day long until both orange halves are empty and most of the flesh is gone. The Chipmunks and Catbirds get some too.
Female Ruby Crowned Kinglet Looking Right - October 6, 2018 These little bug eaters are smaller than a Chickadee. She must be migrating alone, I never saw the male.
Female Ruby Crowned Kinglet Regaining Balance - October 6, 2018 Looks like she is waving at me. Actually she lost her balance and spread one wing to regain it.
Female Ruby Crowned Kinglet Looking for Bugs - October 6, 2018 Just by chance, I noticed motion in our red-twig dogwood bush. It turned out to be a female Ruby Crowned Kinglet moving among the twigs and leaves eating bugs. I could only get a shot when it landed on a dead branch.
Immature White-Crowned Sparrow Ground Feeding - October 6, 2018 This cutie was hopping around on our brick walkway looking for white millet seeds.
Immature White-Crowned Sparrow Guarding Space - October 6, 2018 When a Chipping Sparrow started moving into his space, he warned it off with a full wing spread display.
Immature White-Crowned Sparrow on Perch - October 6, 2018 The migrating immature White-crowned Sparrows always arrive before the adults do. We have two of them hanging around.
Female Red-bellied Woodpecker Eating Suet - August 24, 2018 We now have the male and female Red-bellied Woodpeckers coming in together. Normally it has been one or the other.
Male Red-bellied Woodpecker Arrives at Feeder Log - August 24, 2018 When he first arrives, he is often mostly hiding behind the log giving him time to check things out.