H.J. Ruiz – Avian101 – Page 722 – "My Backyard Visitors" – All about birds

Allergies Start

On Monday morning I drove Tyler to the Doctor’s office because a recurrent head cold and earache that kept him up all night . The Doctor said that Tyler has an ear inflammation of the ear canal and the head cold might be an allergy instead. She said he has more of the allergy symptoms of the time of the year in between seasons, allergies are very common in this area where we have quite a bit of vegetation and grasses.

I’ve picked some pictures for today’s post that I shot last Sunday. I hope you like them.

Red-winged Blackbird (M)

Song Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Mourning Doves

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Show and Tail

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Wren

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Happy to See a Cowbird?

Friday morning I had the pleasure to shoot close to 250 pictures in my backyard, after having a lot of rain for a while, dried up and lots of birds were lining up to get to the feeders. I simply set up my camera and waited for birds to come for their meals. They weren’t shy at all, they were all over the backyard, specially the deck trying to get their share of seeds. I had the visit of a male Brown-headed Cowbird, bird that is featured in today’s post. The presence of this birds tells me that Spring is here and soon the rest of Blackbirds will be in town!

To think that I was happy to see this bird is weird because the Cowbirds are like a pest and they devour all the seeds in no time!…