DAILY PICS VOL. 27

wallaby1......when I'm cutting fire wood I peel the bark off some of the smaller dead fir rounds and use this to make the feeders.

Thanks to the great comparison photos pelle put on another thread and the descriptions by someone, maybe kennedy, we now know we have had a visit from a Sharp-shinned and a Cooper's Hawk!!!! Just wish I had pics!

Thats great nanny!


Downy Woodpecker (female) on the old suet feeder.

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Oh, Pelle, she's gorgeous!!
Everyone always has such great pictures!!

female Red-bellied Woodpecker Wow this came out looking way worse than on computer,oh well.

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Something tore down the feeding station around the pond, so I moved everything to the winter feeding station. The third day this Pine Siskin ? joined with the piglets at the new station.

I have missed a visit here for awhile. You all have been busy! Great shots by everybody and some good info too.

My favorite so far is the Halloween Hummer posted by Indiana_Lily. Looks sinister! LOL Post #4125040

Here's a Red-bellied WP and Squirrel shot from a few days ago.

How do we link back to a post? Resin does it all the time.

Wow..... to all the shots!

Help with ID. This little bird is all alone at the thistle feeder. If I didn't know better, I would say it is a female goldfinch, Given that it is Oct. 28 in central MN - not likely to be a goldfinch. Anybody know who it is?

I will post a second photo because it's just the cutest ever!

Second shot.

Hi sybil, It looks like a Goldfinch to me. I don't see striping on the breast (that might make it a Pine Sisken) so I'll stick w/ Goldfinch.

Anyone else?

And then I heard it singing. Now I'm worried. We had our first hard freeze last night. Anybody know what will happen to this little guy?

Just looked at the map in Sibley - American Goldfinch is normally resident north to central MN, so you're right on the edge of where they will normally spend the winter. Obviously that far north only small numbers will do so, but survival should be no particular problem.

Resin

Well, imagine that! Thanks for checking on it. I have never seen them winter over. I will most certainly keep ample food available. It will be quite remarkable to hear her singing in the dead of winter.

Red-winged Blackbird

Nice pics guys!

female House Finch

Well, they are predicting our first frost tonight, so who did I spot? Sorry so fuzzy! Oh, and he hardly had any fear of me at all!

Very good! I love the Junco!

Take a left at the hard frost and go directly to May?

3 of them and more outside the fence.

Nice!

I'm seeing alot of them too!

I see some robins that overwinter here every year.

I put this in the wrong thread.

My wife took a pic of some swans at an old quarry the other day.

All our robins are gone here where I live.

Beautiful swan pic Al! Thanks for posting it here! Pelle ;-)

indianan_lily........................sure a difference (color wise) in the Juncos here as compared to the the ones in your neck of the wods.

It was so dark and gloomy here today, this Horned Grebe in winter plumage almost looks like a B&W shot.

At least the eagle has a yellow beak and eyes to add a little color to this shot.

Nice pic. Seems a bit concerned about you down there.

I was thinking the very same thing Al. Great shot Gary!

Great shot!

Awesome picture, Gary!!
Adelbertcat, it is interesting to see the difference in colors of the same birds, yet on different coasts.
And, Pelle, I just am not ready for frosts, winter, etc. :( Pretty bird, though. :)

bigcityal - have you noticed a difference in color on the robins that winter over in WI? The bird on the right has the red breast I'm used to seeing. The bird on the left - the one that was in my yard yesterday - has a deep rusty colored breast. Also, even though it doesn't show in this picture, the "summer" robin has a yellow ring around its eye. These "winter" robins have a white ring around the eye. Have we got two kinds of robins?

We call those the "Ghost Robins" or the Northern Robins. They're much lighter in color and also much more "flighty" or "spooky". I believe they come from places not as suburban as the brighter robins we're used to seeing so not as accustomed to people. Different diet maybe. It's the same robin as the city robins--just country cousins!
Jimbo

Breakfast

That's a mouthful!

I know that bird!! It's the one that throws acorns at me when I'm standing underneath my Oak!! ;)

He does get around.