Some new visitors to my feeder!

A Blue Jay grabbing a peanut from my feeder! I think this is the first time I've actually seen a Blue Jay although I've heard their unmistakable call my whole life:)


Now this bird I had to research to identify. Turns out it is a Red-breasted Nuthatch! I only saw it at my feeder two times one day and luckily the second time I had my camera! In the picture below, I like how the finch is peeking around the corner watching the other bird with interest :)

All summer long the only birds I saw at my feeder were house finches and the occasional house sparrow so I was thrilled to have a chance to photograph some birds with a little color for a change! I recently bought some bird food with peanuts in it so that may be the reason for the new visitors. I hope to see more but with winter approaching I really have no idea what kind of birds I'll see as I never watched birds in the winter before :)

Update on the baby birds!

I just realized I forgot to come back on here to update my last post! Well, all wen well with the babies at least until they were out of my sight, lol! I took this first photo as they started peeking their heads up This photo I took just minutes before the 3rd one flew out of the nest! 2 had already left when I wasn't around and the final one left about a day after this one after constant coaxing and fly-by's from mama bird!

That will be about it for the nests this season and I'm already looking forward to next spring!