Birds!

Wow. I've just realized how long it's been since I posted any bird shots! So, here: have some birds!

It's kind of a motley collection, from the past few months, and probably I should ration them out, but I hope to get more as the days grow longer. So: a robin, juncos, a titmouse, white-throated sparrows, house and gold finches, a jay, a downy woodpecker, flickers, geese and ducks, the red-shouldered hawks, and a logcock (pileated woodpecker).

mallards

blue jay

passing through - the resident pair was on the side of the pond, watching suspiciously

blue jay

redwing in full cry

pair of flickers - maybe they can get the nesthole this year

the female red-shouldered hawk

cranes nest on roofs - but geese?

a tufted titmouse

a junco probably contemplating heading back north

a robin

a little downy


a blurry mating shot
I've never seen a pileated woodpecker in such a slender tree-top

resident gander and mallards

a male flicker

house finch

red-shouldered hawk

chickadee

the resident pair of geese

house finch

redwinged blackbird

white-throated sparros

chickadee

goldfinch