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Chickadees, Juncos, and Jays Oh My!
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Backyard Bird Watching in Northern California
- Added on: Feb 3rd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Breasted Nuthatch Have you seen the white-breasted nuthatch crawling up, down, and around a tree? They are searching for insects, larvae, and seeds hidden in the bark. These birds visit our backyard and feeders often. Scientific Name: Sitta c...
Red Dragonfly
Once in a while I am very lucky and get a close up photo that I wow over. This large red dragonfly was flying around in our front yard and landed on the car antenna. According to Wikipedia a dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order Odon...
Pink and Blue Evening Sky
These photos are of our sunset last evening. I looked outside and saw the beautiful pink sky. ...
Black-Shouldered Kite
One of the Sequoia trees in our backyard has become the favorite spotting perch for several local birds of prey. Everyday a hawk or other bird of prey sits at the top of this tree for several minutes, looking for a meal I suppose. I believe this bird...
Another Cooper’s Hawk?
Cooper’s Hawk is the light-colored bird at the top of the tree Closer look at the hawk. You can see the long tail. Yesterday and today there was another Cooper’s Hawk perched up at the top of the Sequoia tree in our backyard. The tree is...
Cooper’s Hawk – A Brown Paper Bag?
Saturday afternoon we had a huge Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) sitting at the very top of one of the Sequoia trees in our backyard. When I looked out the sliding glass door from our kitchen to the backyard it looked like the wind had blow...
