Emily's Birdservations

I've migrated my birds to their new home.... http://emilysbirdservations.blogspot.com/

As we enjoy the last few weeks of summer on our new patio and still-new deck, we've also made a pretty nice place for my birds to hang o...

This morning, a Cooper's Hawk... In the evening, the Common Nighthawk...

Found on the grass near some pine trees at the YMCA. Cardinal? Cowbird? Not sure who it might belong to.

I was surprised to see this cowbird baby and its chipping sparrow mama since I had seen very few cowbirds this spring and summer. In years ...

This is the robin nest from under our deck. I took it down after the second brood successfully fledged and the family moved out into the wi...

Catbirds are so secretive that this was the first year I've been able to get a decent picture of them. Earlier in the spring they were ...

We have a full-on thistle farm waiting to be destroyed by the landscaper later this month. In the meantime the weeds are an eyesore and I...

This three-eared bunny likes to eat the bird seed under our feeder, so I'll include him on this blog. I don't actually think he has ...

We got a new deck last fall and the robins have once again made a nest under it this spring. We like to sit out on there in the evenings but...

Several birds have brought their babies out to feed recently, and here are some of them in the act...

I tried a new birdseed the last couple weeks, a berry and nut mix, hoping to attract more cardinals, grosbeaks, and orioles. So far it has ...

From a few weeks ago, another white-throated sparrow.

Seen (for the first time!) swimming through our wet birch tree.

The tree next to my kitchen window is a house finch condo so I hear them sing a lot. When they do, they puff their feathers out and extend t...

Nature's highlighter.

It's mating season and the cardinals do up romance the best by feeding each other. Looks like kissing.

There are a couple of male red-winged blackbirds that visit my feeder. One has a very thin, pale line along his shoulders where the "r...

The oriole returned a few times since I first saw him. I even had a female stop by briefly. They still haven't found the sweet stuff I ...

I haven't seen an indigo bunting since July of 2010 , so I was very excited to see this one today (and to be able to photograph him with...

For being so tiny, wrens sure are fast and noisy! They chitter so much as they bounce here and there. It's like watching in fast-forwar...

Every summer growing up I remember hearing a strange "mew" as part of the regular neighborhood ambient noise. Though I never saw ...

I'm surprised at the number of birds that have just happened to stop in my yard or nearby during their seasonal migration. Is my yard a...

Almost a year to the date of my last Oriole sighting, another one stopped by. I've since put a ripe peach out there in case he returns....

I love it when I just happen to look out the window and just the right time and see something I've never seen before. Last night a littl...

This flicker has been in our backyard a few times this week, pulling bugs or something out of the ground. He blends in so well with the brow...

I've been keeping track of the fox sparrows since I first noticed them last week. I can't be certain as to how many I have in the pr...

Was it the weight on its branches, or the disheartening sight of more spring-time snow that caused our poor birch tree to bend far enough t...

I love my song birds but identifying hawks and falcons and such are not my strong point. I think this may be a broad-winged hawk?

 This sparrow came to the feeder with some nesting material, then dropped it to eat.

Is this junco not the prettiest? I love his charcoal color and contrasting tummy. His tail feathers fan out black and white to look like a r...