Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Random Scenes From A June Yard

From my yard in Alberta, Canada



















Cast of characters in order of appearance: House Finch and Pine Siskins, Juvenile "Tufty" House Finches, American Goldfinches, White-crowned Sparrows, House Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Mourning Dove, Cedar Waxwing, European Starling, American Robin, Downy Woodpecker, Juvenile Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds (and House Sparrow), Brown-headed Cowbirds.

And if you're wondering, the answer is 5 pounds of sunflower hearts per day, plus black oil & niger seed.

As a bonus shot, I just had to include this photo of this 'tummy-tanning' juvenile grackle. His feet are facing towards the left of the picture, his tail is on the right but his stomach is facing the sun. He sat there with his head thrown back and his beak open for over 3 minutes, then shook himself straight and did it again. And there were four of them doing this - have we had a lot of rain this month or what?!

11 comments:

  1. Wow, that is lots of fun and it looks a lot like the birds I am seeing in my yard minus the siskins and the White-crowned sparrows!

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  2. Que variedad de especies acuden a la comida facil,muy bonitas todas por cierto.Saludos

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    1. Translation: What a variety of species that accumulate at the easy-food. They certainly are beautiful. Salutations!

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  3. Backyard birds are awesome and you have one of the greatest varieties I've seen. Very nice Pat!

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  4. I am so jealous!! The birdies are scarce in my new yard here. Send some up my way Pat! ;-)

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  5. You have a beautiful selection of visiting birds, Pat. Lucky you and them.

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  6. Terrific collection of backyard birds! I bet you are getting a lot of joy from watching them. I had to take my feeders down and feel bereft.

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  7. Wow beautiful and very impressive garden collection... What a diversity, incredible! and Well done for all these nice pictures!

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  8. My goodness your backyard is busy! So many beautiful visitors! I especially love the youngsters. I very much enjoyed this fun post!

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  9. Thanks for all you kind comments! It is very, very birdy around here in the summer - good thing the neighbors enjoy them as much as we do.

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  10. What a fun post Pat. I especially enjoy the sunbathing juvenile Grackle, what fascinating behavior!

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