Recap of the Seed and Insect Eating Birds
This post is going to be a little different then what I usually do, why? Just because! This is going to be a recap of the blog posts with photographs of the Birds who are primarily seed and insect eaters. Keep in mind I have been doing this since 2010! In that time I had a host shut down, close their doors, so I took a break from doing this for I was not sure what I was going to do? I have not gotten all the old post at this spot (mrsroadrunner.com).... not sure I will?
"Up in the apple tree, as snow is on the ground here in the high desert of Oregon, we see this."
"The Black-headed Grosbeak is the monarch butterflies worst enemy!"
"This is a young White-Crowned Sparrow. This species of sparrow winter here in our part of the high desert with us."
"This Warbler stopped in to check out what was here to eat and to get a drink."
"As I was sitting in my spot watching the birds,butterflies,bees just enjoying the nice weather we have here in the High Desert"
"Thought I would spend a little time with this hummingbird on this day.
Showing up with his/her click click lets me know this one or the others are around. Typically in the apple tree and coming out during the day. Fortunately for me, they all get hungry about the time I am outside doing my chores then doing my photography!"
"We went to a marsh Sunday where I found this Mountain Bluebird.
The bird was acting rather funny, when seeing the Northern Harrier I instantly understood! "
"Honeysuckle is very popular with the hummingbirds!"
"We had yet another visitor to the garden just the other day!"
"Folks who keep up with my photography know home is where the heart is and I spend a lot of my time just watching the visitors show up."
"Meet the Downy Woodpecker. The smallest woodpecker in North America."
"This is the Golden-Crowned Sparrow. Biggest sparrow we have here and we have big flocks of them at times here at the house. Beautiful song comes from these song birds!!
The Golden-Crowned Sparrows are also a smart species, like all sparrows I guess? Seen at bird feeders, or gardens looking for that something to eat as the one in the photograph is doing at one of our little ponds. I watch these sparrows quite a lot for they are one of the common birds here at the house."
"The White Crowned Sparrow can be found for some time here in our gardens and our wild bird area."
"Some shots I caught of this hummingbird feeding on the foxglove flowers!"
"This is the natural environment for the Spotted Towhee. The species blends in very well to it's environment which is their way to survive."
"This Northern Shrike was photographed on one of my walks here in our rural town back in January of 2014, High Desert of Oregon"
"This is the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Very small and quick bird!"
"These are the White Crowned Sparrows that winter with us here in our part of the High Desert of Oregon."
"This is the Lewis's Woodpecker I photographed here in our part of Oregon perched on a old fencepost."
"The Dipper is a great bird to find around unpolluted fast moving waters. I happened to catch this one along the Metolius River."
"Meet the Mountain Chickadee! Unlike the other chickadee bird species this one has white stripes upon its small head."
"Meet one of the most hated birds in our area, the European Starling, or just plain old Common Starling."
"I want to introduce you to a new bird, for me as well! Meet the Harris's Sparrow!"
"Meet the Junco Bird who spends time here at the house."
"Meet the Western Meadowlark."
"Meet the Pheasant, a common game bird who is found in Oregon as well as many states here in the USA."
"Meet the Cedar Waxwing! A very pretty bird in my opinion and when a flock of these fruit loving birds show up they have a very distinctive call! They sometimes arrive in good sized flocks of a dozen or more to the fruit trees! The Cedar Waxwings seam to like our honeysuckle we grow here as well."
"Meet this baby Robin Bird! I have several posts about different Robin bird fledgelings that are waiting for their meal"
"Meet the Spotted Towhee! The Spotted Towhee has been a constant resident here in our garden in winter clear into spring!"
This all for now! I still feel as if I missed some posts.... however as I said I have been doing this for a while (where has the time gone?). Keep in mind, all my posts are my observations and photographs. I am a HUGE believer in thinking for yourself. Researching yourself! I am only human and do make mistakes, really haha!
I am thrilled when folks link to my blog, photographs etc.! Doing this for a while now, I have seen folks come and go... some days coming up with something to write about is a interesting process! I thank you for coming by and checking this out!
Coralie
PS now that I looked this over I know I missed some posts.... oh well hope you enjoyed this recap!
