“Use your eyes. Use them and have faith in them. Use your eyes and trust them. And go out and listen to the birds. Oh, if we would listen more often to the singing of the birds!” H.R. Sass, On the Wings of a Bird 1928
Red-headed Woodpecker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
Tufted Titmouse
White-throated Sparrow
Brown Creeper
Eastern Painted Turtle (Yes, this is a reptile, but you don’t see them out sunning in February very often).
Eastern Bluebird
Dark-eyed Junco
Brown-headed Cowbird
Our snowy morning brought many birds to the feeders. They didn’t all like to share as you can see by this sparrow’s greeting to the bluebird.
Goldfinches and brown-headed nuthatch
Pair of Barred Owls high in a pine tree.
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
“I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 119:14
“For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6
“It can be difficult to accept the fact that a lot of birds have to be identified as “possible” or “probable.” ― David Allen Sibley, Sibley’s Birding Basics
Green Heron
Green Heron (sporting his mohawk)
Red-headed Woodpeckers–Parent showing the newbie the ropes or how to find the best bugs
Little Blue Heron
Barn Swallow
White-eyed Vireo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird–one of my white spotted ones
White Ibis (juvenile)
Summer Tanager (female)
Great Egret
Great Crested Flycatcher
Downy Woodpecker (male)
Northern Flicker Woodpecker
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Young Duck–Mottled or Wood?
Mottled Duck
Acknowledge that Yahweh is God. He made us, and we are His–His people, the sheep of His pasture. Psalm 100:3