Yesterday was cool (it never reached 60 deg. F), cloudy and damp (there were sporadic showers in the morning)… in other words the odes were not flying. Thus, I turned my attention (and lens) to birds and I staked out the feeders for a few hours in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
The damp weather brings out the red efts and yesterday was no exception. There were half a dozen in the small patch of lawn behind the house. \u00a0As usual there were chipmunks and squirrels scavenging what they could from the bird feeders.<\/p>\n
The usual feeder birds were present, among them were a female rose-breasted grosbeak, a male goldfinch and a number of tufted titmice. None of which presented themselves well for photography.<\/p>\n
Also present (and photographed) were what seem to be a pair of downy woodpeckers, a hairy woodpecker, at least one male ruby-throated hummingbird and a lone turkey.<\/p>\n
The turkey has been a regular visitor to our yard for the past few weeks. I’m no expert, but I would hazard a guess that it is either a female that did not nest or a immature male looking for a territory.<\/p>\n
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