Friday, January 27, 2012

What a superb birdwatching day!

Who is it? A Warbler?  I see the yellow spot and the white wing bars, but I just don't know...
Ok, awesome birds, but many of them I cannot positively identify.  So, after the kids and I pouring through the Birds of Georgia Field Guide by Stan Tekiela, we are stumped on the following.  So, send your comments and help if you can!!!
As soon as we saw it we raced to catch our bunnies!

Vulture or Hawk???
Woodpecker chillin' after having a bit of suet.
So, we are really enjoying our backyard experience this winter.  But, with the temperatures in the high 60s and low 70s the last few days, you can hardly call it winter.  We've had the windows open at night for fresh air!
But, the birds are happy, the squirrels are fighting, the bunnies are romping, so it seems like Spring.  I worry, though, about a remaining chance for a winter blast in February that might shock all of this.  The daffodils have already sprouted and I've seen buds on the trees.
The first time seeing the mockingbird going for the suet!

Caught with a seed in its mouth!
Mourning Dove outside the diningroom window.
This silly Mourning Dove apparently did not like all the Nyger seed I mixed into the birdseed.  So he/she flicked out almost all of the seed in the process of finding all the tasty tidbits.  It was funny for the kids and I and made us all giggle because it almost sounded like rain with all the seed flying down to a plastic tarp below.  Silly, lazy, bird!

Angry squirrel waiting for me to move so he can steal seed & suet.
House finch male, taking a drink.
Love the male woodpecker's red head!
So, again, let me know if you can identify this little guy with the yellow streaks!

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