Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Dark-Eyed Junco (pink-sided)




It's only October 28th and we our in the midst of our first major snowstorm here in Colorado! With the snow came a new species to my feeder today! I happened to glance out my window and had to take a double-take at these incredibly fat birds (like little Robins on steroids!). I grabbed my camera and didn't get the most colorful pictures but I'm glad I at least got these as they didn't stay long.
This evening I tried to identify the bird type but wasn't having much luck. Suddenly, I received a comment from Cynthia on an older post stating that she saw two Black-eyed Juncos at her feeder just after the snow started. Being rather new to all this bird identification, I did a search to see what Juncos looked like. Low and behold there was my bird! Thanks Cynthia for helping me out! :) They are cute little things, that's for sure!

Friday, October 23, 2009

Finch at the Feeder!

I thought my house finches all left for the winter but now I'm starting to see a few of them at my feeder again. I don't know much about their migration patterns but maybe they stay around through the winter in Colorado. I guess I shall see! I didn't realize until I zoomed in on the photo after I took it that I captured the sunflower seed mid flight! Cool!