Monday Morning and it's quiet out there.

When I got set up it was very quiet, I suspect the Cooper's hawk was on the prowl looking for breakfast. I persevered and was patient and eventually I started hearing birds. I set the Merlin Sound ID listening  and it heard Blue Jay, American Robin, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-bellied and DownyWoodpeckers, Carolina Wren, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrow and even a Hermit Thrush. Eventually a Downy Woodpecker showed up, first a female then a male, the extremely noisy Carolina Wren started pecking around and I managed to get it in full chirp. Several Junco's got close and I managed not just one but two together, one darker than the other, they do come in all shades of grey, not as many as 50 though. 

Carolina Wren

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco

Downy Woodpecker

Cold Sunday Morning

I got about an hour in this morning before a Raven flew over and a Coopers Hawk started screeching which made the birds vanish in an instant.

Black-capped Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Starling

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

First Frost and first Snowbirds

Last night we had the first frost of the Fall and the Dark-eyed Junco's arrived with the lower temperatures.

Black-capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Starling

Starlings

White-breasted Nuthatch 

 

And so it begins

 The Winter Finch Forecast for this coming winter certainly looks promising. I'm keeping my Black Oil Sunflower platform feeder well topped up but no Evening Grosbeaks as yet. Must get more Nyger Seed though.

Pine Siskin

Winter Finch Forecast 

Autumn Leaves Start to Fall

 A nice bright sunny day after 3 days of rain, overcast skies and drizzle. Today is colder with a stiff Northerly wind blowing the leaves off the trees. 

Spicebush

Black-capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Blue Jay 

Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

More Flashing

 Still murky outside so I used flash again.

Black-capped Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Cardinal

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Starling

Starling

Tufted Ti

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

I'm a Flasher

 Sorry, not the rain mac wearing flasher but the photographic type of flasher. Monday was heavy overcast and more or less continuous rain. Not a day for getting out on the yard and doing stuff. I did a bit of vacuuming over the weekend, nothing to stop me taking a few photographs from the comfort of a nice armchair and a cup of English Breakfast tea. Too dark for normal photography so I got the tripod set up outside with the remote flash and voila, perches + birds = photographs.

American Robin

American Robin

American Robin

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal

this years male I think

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Starling

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse