Harris's Sparrow, a rare visitor to Pennyslvania, breeds in Canada and winters from Nebraska to Texas. |
Pine Siskins breed in Canada and will winter in US. |
Hungry Pine Siskins will feed from your hand. |
Pine Siskins are called 'an irruptive species' as they move unpredictably, based availability of their food sources. |
Pine Siskins show bright yellow under the wings in flight. |
Pine Siskins at the nyjer feeder: this year I've observed up to 200 birds at my backyard feeders at one time! |
Pine Siskins and an American Goldfinch at the feeder. |
Pine Siskins are full of energy and move about constantly while feeding. |
Female Northern Cardinal is a year 'round resident of PA. |
Male Northern Cardinal. |
American Tree Sparrow is a winter visitor; here in a northern hemlock tree. |
White-throated Sparrow is a winter visitor related to Harris's Sparrow. |
Tufted Titmouse: a PA breeding bird and resident. |
This bird was startled by my flash and dropped its prize. |
Titmice eat black oil sunflower seeds and really like peanuts. |
Titmouse and peanut. |
Tufted Titmouse with crest raised! |
Black-capped Chickadees are PA breeding birds and also stay through winter. |
Chickadees are very acrobatic and often feed upside down. |
They just hang out and eat..... |
... in this case the food of choice is poison ivy berries. |
Ring-billed Gulls are often seen at Bald Eagle State Park until the lake freezes. |
Herring Gulls (a juvenile in photo) are larger birds, and go for larger fish. |
A Great Blue Heron robbed the fish from the Herring Gull. It is a very large fish! |
The Northern Shrike is a song bird that eats small song birds and over-winters at BESP. |
Coopere's Hawl, a large accipter, winters in PA. |
Sharpshin Hawk |
A smaller cousin of the Cooper's, is the Sharp-shinned Hawk; often seen around bird feeders. |
Red-tail Hawks are here year 'round in PA. This hawk is being harrassed by an American Crow. |
This is one member of the resident pair of Bald Eagles at Bald Eagle State Park |
Bald Eagles are large birds, but graceful in flight. |
Bald Eagle coming in for a landing. |
Wild Turkeys can be found in open fields next to wooded areas. |
This flock was photographed in a corn field near Bellefonte, PA. |
Here are 7 females, that decided to leave as I approached. |
However, it took the two males a little longer to notice me, since they were having a dispute over the females. |