Cardinals in the snow are always a delight!
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Cardinals in the snow are always a delight!
This cold weather has usher in several flocks of evening grosbeaks across NC. I counted six at my feeders today, gorging on sunflower seeds.
I am currently reading The Snow Geese by William Fiennes. It’s a travelogue/memoire about the author after he recovers from a major illness and decides to follow the snow goose migration from Texas to the Arctic.
So far so good.
Here's a White Crowned Sparrow looking to score some seeds in the snow this morning...
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On the river recently:
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(sorry they are sideways)
Love the anhinga.
Nice catch! The cardinals have been out in force the past week or two. It is not uncommon for me to see a dozen at a time at and around the feeders these days.
Also saw this Pine Warbler yesterday...
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Wednesday during my lunch walk, before the cold front came in.
Got this Cooper's Hawk after it tried to terrorize the birds at my feeder earlier this week.
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Y'all might enjoy some of the HD On Tap wildlife livestreams.
https://hdontap.com/
There are a couple trained on eagles' nests in Pennsylvania. Eagle is on the nest in the one below as of this posting.
https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/...eagle-live-cam
They've also got some in owl boxes, at feeders, in migratory destinations for snow geese, sand hill cranes and other species. Obviously, some of these are only interesting and active during certain times of year.
They also have mammal stuff. Pffft.
I've been seeing bluebirds again recently, after we failed to get them to nest in our yard last year because we put up two houses too close together.
I took down the oldest of the feeders last fall, so now we have only one, and it's a nice one. Really hoping that the bluebirds will choose our yard!