Yard birds this morning

[Jeff Parks]

Hey-o

I have my feeder up, and there is a regular bunch of birds that visit.  There is a family of Blue Jays in the neighborhood, there are usually two or three that visit on a daily basis.  House Finches, Black Capped Chickadees and House Sparrows are pretty common, as well as a flock of Dark-Eyed Juncos.  The Junco flock mix changes from time to time, but I regularly see all four of the common ones - Pink Sided, Oregon, Grey Headed and Slate Colored.  This morning, I was surprised to see a White-Winged Junco in the mix!  I had to look twice to make sure, and when it flew, it had larger white tail edges than the rest of them.  Yes!  New Yard Bird!  A Mountain Chickadee has been here for about a week, and I saw a White-Crowned Sparrow in the mix with the other Sparrows as well.  I thought I saw an American Tree Sparrow, but didn't get a good enough look at that one to be sure.

good birding -

Jeff Parks
Boulder

[Jeff Parks]

After my earlier post, I continued to work in my home office.  A few other birds have shown up in the meantime - a couple of Red-breasted Nuthatches, a Downy Woodpecker, and a Spotted Towhee.  The White-Winged Junco was around for about a half-hour, but I haven't seen it in awhile.  One of the House Finches has a yellow-orange coloring instead of the red coloring that the others have, I have seen this one before.  I had to chase a flock of Red-Winged Blackbirds and Grackles off of the feeder a couple of times, they can empty it in short order.  Now if that Brown Creeper would show up, I could call it a day!

Cheers -

Jeff