H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

The past few days have been warm and we had sporadic rain but not so intense. One thing I noticed was the amount of birds visiting my feeders, it has increased considerably. Bird traffic is continuous, I can see lots of fledgling of different species, e.g. House Finch, Common Grackle, Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove etc.

I had short visits also which didn’t give me the opportunity to photograph as much as I’d have liked, birds such as: Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Towhee, Brown-headed Nuthatch etc.

One thing is sure, the seed consumption has increased and rain sometimes makes things worse because it washes away seeds.

N. Cardinal fledgling (M)

H. Finch fledgling

N. Cardinal molting

Blue Grosbeak

N. Cardinal fledgling (F)

Brown-headed Nuthatch

E. Towhee (M)

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