Tag Archives: House Finch

Saturday’s Critters – Flag Day Critters

A collage of some of the birds visiting our camera feeder.

Clockwise from top left:

A house sparrow feeding a chick right on the feeder.

What google lens tells me is a northern mockingbird.

A brown thrasher.

A house finch

A great tailed grackle

A northern cardinal.

Literally 90% or more of the birds at the feeder are mourning doves. Sorry I didn’t include a photo of one of them.

I’m using habanero flavored bird food supplemented with dried meal worms. Squirrels do hate the habanero flavor but strangely enough there is the odd squirrel that just gobbles it up.

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Backyard Critters – Trailcam Energized

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I got my trailcam going lately. On windy days I aim it at stationary objects like this bird squirrel bath.

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iNaturalist tells me this is a house finch.

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A Blue Jay showing up for the party.

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And here we have birds coming and going!!

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INaturalist says this is a downy woodpecker.

And a goose whom I encountered on a walk at a local park.

(If you disagree with any ID’s please say something!!)

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And a selfie with our Pomeranian puppy, Kodi.

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Saturday’s Critters – In the Darkness of Night, and More

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I’ve been putting the trailcam out at night. Most nights I don’t get anything but I got this cat one time. I think it is somebody’s pet. It doesn’t have that lean hungry look of a feral cat.

I’ve caught him a few times stalking birds near our feeders during the day.

And we had a bunny one evening. I hope they don’t have a nest in the yard as it is quite sad when our dogs find the nest.

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I captured this house finch the other day. I am thinking the bird right next to it is a sparrow.

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And a dove scavenging seeds on the ground. They are not as skittish as other birds. They are not too smart with their nesting sites.

And our Lizzy chilling out with us in the living room.

Peace for Ukraine!

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