Birds at MY feeder
One of the reasons I love the Sutro Birdcam is because a lot of the birds that go to the feeders are ones I never get to see (since I live on the East Coast). Western Scrub Jay, Steller’s Jay, Pygmy Nuthatch, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Black-headed Grosbeak, Allen’s Hummingbird, Anna’s Hummingbird, Hooded Oriole, Golden-crowned Sparrow and Lesser Goldfinch are ones that I never get to see. But with the cam, I feel like I know them as well as the birds at my feeders.
Anyway, I thought I’d share some of my photos of the birds that come to my feeders. I’m not going to tell you what they are - isn’t part of the fun of bird watching trying to identify birds?
June 8th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Thank-you for sharing those amazing photos of the birds at your feeders. The only one I knew was the Red cardinal. That bottom one must be a relative of the pygmy nuthatch. The next to the bottom one is so beautiful and looks like he has make-up on. The yellow one is from the finch family and I have no idea what the rest of them are. I better start studying. Anyway you make me want to go out and buy some feeders. I did put up two hummingbird feeders yesterday and they are already feeing out of it. Thanks again noho_bird_club for those beautiful pictures.
June 9th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Love those photos - nice birds for yard birds… You are very fortunate. The picts are
wonderful too!- good shots.
I like your Tufted Timouse. In the S.F. Bay area, we have the Oak Titmouse, which
sometimes nests in a nest box in my back yard. Black capped chicadees are common
in the Sierras. I have the Chestnut backed chicadee at my back yard feeders,
especially at the _hummer_ feeder.
The White Breasted nuthatch is also common, but not in back yards - I’ve seen it in
the SAnta Cruz Mts., and in the Sierras.
Is that a Red-bellied woodpecker? We don’t get those on the west coast. It’s quite beautiful as is your Rose-breasted grosbeak. We don’t get those either!
We do get American goldfinch, and Downey’s, both of which have been in my back yard.
And of course, we don’t get Blue Jays or Cardinals here either.
So, we get some of your birds. But, that grosbeak and woodpecker are certainly treats. Thanks for sharing your pictures.
June 9th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Oh, noho_bird_club -please continue to share your picts. It’s so nice to drool over the birds we don’t get on the west coast. Now, if you get warbler picts, please share too, but
not too much — we’ll be so sad because we don’t get all of those in the west. — just
kidding — we’d love to see those too.
June 9th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
That’s awesome. Professor Ken: I know where the next birdcam needs to go!
June 9th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Oh, IDs:
* Tufted Titmouse
* American Goldfinch
* Downy Woodpecker
* Black-capped Chickadee
* Cardinal
* Blue Jay
* Rose-breasted Grosbeak
* Red-bellied Woodpecker
* White-breasted Nuthatch
Vireo — did you mean Mountain Chickadee, rather than Black-capped, in the Sierras?
June 9th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
WE get both Black-capped and Mountain Chickadees in the west. I think you are
right about the Sierras being home to Mt. chickadee. I spend lots of time
in the Cascades of Northern California where I see both - Black capped at
lower elevations, and Mt. Chickadee higher up. Been a while since I’ve
been in the Sierras - time to go back. — I sometimes conflate the two moutain ranges even though they are very very different in both geology and habitat. thanks.
June 9th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Yes to the next bird cam . I second the vote. In noho_bird_club’s back yard. Then I get to
learn the eastern birds.