Winter Wren

Out yesterday with Brian doing a section of the Christmas Bird Count. This little Winter Wren was quite vocal.

Our cats......

Our cats are so poor they have to live in a shoe box.

Rascal

Oliver

Nutkin

Goldeneye

Rascal has really pretty golden eyes and she's so soft, the best little roller in the house.

Rascal

While recovering from a stinking cold I did a bit of photography out of the window overlooking the bird feeder. These pair were regular visitors to my homemade bird cake concoction. Peanut butter, lard, corn meal, peanuts, mixed bird seed, nyger seed and dried mealworms. They appear to like it.

Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

I got set up this morning to take some bird photographs out of the window. The light was superb but the birds didn't get the message. I gave up after an hour of nothing. Later this afternoon there was a fair bit of activity. 

Brown Creeper

Chickadee Sp.

One from yesterday up on the mountain.

Cold afternoon up on the mountain.

As Hawkwatch season is coming to an end I popped up to have last fling to see what I might see.  Certainly not a lot in the way of raptors. A few Black Vultures and an immature Bald Eagle and an adult Bald Eagle going the wrong way. There was lots of activity on the sun flower seed on the tree stump however.

Female Dark-eyed Junco

One from last year in Maine

Regular readers (all 3 of you) will know we love Maine, particularly Acadia National Park. Heres one from last year of Ravens Nest on the Schoodic Peninsula looking towards the main park on Mt Desert Island.

Ravens Nest