I have started keeping my big camera (just a Canon point-and-shoot) on my kitchen table, so if anybody shows up in the back yard, I can capture him. Well, yesterday I got a good one! My favorite little Townsend's Warbler showed up, and I got in a couple of great shots of him on the …
Tag: Townsend’s Warbler
New Years Day at the suet feeder
In our backyard, we have two suet feeders. One has an extension on the bottom for large birds like woodpeckers to rest their tails while feeding; the other is a standard cage feeder with no extension. At both feeders, we get numerous different species, including flickers, a Bewick's wren, juncos, nuthatches, chickadees, and a Townsend's …
Backyard Glory-beautiful birds
This week has been bountiful for our back yard going into the winter season. We have had a profusion of birds coming to our seed and suet feeders. Birds that we rarely see in the yard have visited more frequently than before, and birds that we normally see in winter are around now. These birds …
Happy Bird-days!
Our yard this week has been a bird madhouse. We have had flocks of bushtits, a rufous-sided towhee, black-capped and chestnut-backed chickadees, a Bewick's wren, red-breasted nuthatch, and juncos. And who should put in an early appearance? Our Townsend's Warbler! He usually doesn't arrive until late December. Sorry for the reflections, but the picture was …
Photo Challenge: Yellow
Here's a little guy I captured through my kitchen window in January of 2011. He is a Townsend's Warbler and he comes around most winters. I love the black mask on the yellow background.
