H.J. Ruiz – Avian101 – Page 354 – "My Backyard Visitors" – All about birds

Here Birdie! Photo Gallery

Here Birdie! – Photo Gallery

“I’ll be posting a Photo Gallery every Thursday. The gallery will show a variety of birds doing what they do in my backyard. Just pretend this backyard is yours and these scenes are what you would see daily! I hope you will like my idea for a post”. ~ H. J.

Chipping Sparrow

House Finch (F)

Carolina Chickadee

House Finch (M)

Eastern Bluebird

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird (M)

European Starling

American Robin

Red-winged Blackbird (F)

Mourning Dove

Blue Grosbeak

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V.I.B. Gallery – House Finch

V.I.B. (VERY IMPORTANT BIRDS) GALLERY

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What’s Up? – Golden Opportunity

Golden Opportunity

The Spring’s breeding time is in full force, couples of birds are obvious in their hormonal activity. The air is full of love…and pollen!

There’s a Swallow trying to get in my open window! Most likely to be a Rough-winged Swallow. A few years ago I had a nest of these swallows in my dryer’s vent, they had pulled a veneer of it and built a nest in it, we actually didn’t know this until we had problems with the dryer because when the vent is clogged the hot air backs up and the machine has a device to automatically shuts off the when temperature reaches certain limit. The device has to be replaced every time it trips. We finally solved the problem. However, I never got a picture of them!

Among my visitors, I have had the pleasure to have a group of American Goldfinches, flitting around the backyard and partaking meals with the rest of local birds.

I also should mention that we are enjoying admiring our flowers, our grass lawns are getting green and trees are almost filled with new leaves.