Showing posts with label winter bird feeding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter bird feeding. Show all posts

Doughheads

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Blue jay. The birds at our feeders LOVE the homemade suet dough we provide. We feed it to them in moderation, so there's no concern abo...

The Rarest of Blackbirds

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On a recent Monday morning that was so snowy that school was canceled and the county roads were undisturbed by any moving vehicles, I went o...

Winter Ritual: Building the Brush Pile

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It was a combination of factors that got me rolling on this outside project on a recent Saturday. Bad weather was headed our way. The bird f...

Bad Weather Birds

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Bad winter weather here in southeastern Ohio often brings an unusual bird to the feeding station. This winter we've had a handful of unc...

Here Kitty!

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The feeder birds all love our suet dough. The northern cardinals are especially loyal customers. But I'm not sure they appreciate the bo...

Clever Junco!

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Male dark-eyed junco eating sunflower bits on the hopper feeder. When the weather gets tough, it's fascinating to see how birds will cha...

Snow, Stimulus, and Response

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Male dark-eyed junco. We don't often get lake-effect snow way down in southeastern Ohio, but we surely are getting it now. We've got...

More Snowy Feeder Scenes

thumbnail Carolina wrens don't do well in winters that have long cold spells and lots of snow and ice. "The recent unpleasantness" is ho...

Then Came the Snow

thumbnail This male bluebird has some scapular feathers that are always out of place. We call him "Shoulders." After the ice storm on Januar...

The Ice Storm Cometh

thumbnail A tree sparrow waits for the feeders to be refilled the morning after our ice storm. On the night of January 27, 2009, southeastern Ohio (an...

More Death Rocket

thumbnail Another image of the intense look on the sharpie's face as he waited for breakfast to show up.

Starting the Year Off Right

thumbnail For the past 20 years of my birding life I've tried to start each new year off with a good bird, an exciting field trip, or at least SOM...

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