Morning Feed...

By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
January 17, 2018 8:51am CST
Spent a few minutes at the window trying to see what all I could see...there's a titmouse that keeps showing up long enough to grab ONE seed and immediately flying off so I keep missing it. But here are a few of the visitors today: A) Common Grackle B) Male House Sparrow C) Female Cardinal D) Junco (also known as a Snowbird) E) Goldfinch (winter plummage) F) White-Throated Sparrow G) Male Cardinal H) Female House Sparrow I had a few doves earlier, and I heard a bluejay hollering but never saw him. Haven't seen any of the woodpeckers or flickers today (yet) but of course the squirrels are out there being...well...squirrely.
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April
@thislittlepennyearns (64196)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
17 Jan 18
Well at least you're never bored, or should I say Scar isn't. lol
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (74777)
• United States
17 Jan 18
I'm sorry, but D doesn't look anything like Anne Murray. Lovely collection. I think all I have in the back 40 are doves, cardinals, and squirrels.
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Ricki Dillane
@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
17 Jan 18
Yummy snacks for scar
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Jan 18
Scar sees a smorgasbord of taste treats.
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Robin
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
17 Jan 18
I so want to show this to my husband when he gets home! he doesnt believe me that female cardinals are not red!
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Jan 18
Here's one for him
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Robin
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
17 Jan 18
@JolietJake I love it! Thank you!
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Starla N
@Starla_9 (256)
• United Kingdom
17 Jan 18
The goldfinch is beautiful. What a colour!
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Jan 18
They lose their yellow coloring during the winter, it returns again in the spring
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Jan 18
@Starla_9 Here's both house finches (red) and gold finches as their color is coming back
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Starla N
@Starla_9 (256)
• United Kingdom
17 Jan 18
@JolietJake I should know this, but I didn’t! My dad is obsessed with birds.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (53367)
• Canada
17 Jan 18
They are so nice to watch aren't they? I love the shot of the male cardinal.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (474497)
• Italy
17 Jan 18
From the window of my kitchen I also observe all the little birds coming to my feeders. You got great shots, I was only able to capture a few doves, the sparrows and a goldfinch.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64350)
• United Kingdom
17 Jan 18
You do well to recognise all those birds, I'd only know the sparrows.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64350)
• United Kingdom
18 Jan 18
@JolietJake All I seem to get in my garden are sparrows, blackbirds, pigeons and robins. These latter are not what you call robins, they are a lot smaller.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (353594)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jan 18
Thanks for naming them all. I like knowing what's what. I can recognise a male cardinal now so I must be learning something.
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jan 18
I love learning more about birds, at your discussions! It helps me to recognize more birds, that come around our front yard. Birds don't dare come around Kobe's back-yard! He hikes them out in about two seconds Do you ever get barn swallows?
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Jan 18
Nope, no barn. And no place for them to really fly to swoop on insects with all the tree cover on the property
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jan 18
@JolietJake My grandma got barn swallows, every spring. They'd build a mud nest, beneath the barn's overhang. Their nests were so enclosed, I doubt if any other birds could bother their young.
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