26-Apr-2021
Northern cardinal, female
A really nice shot of the female cardinal who sometimes gets overlooked and ignored in favour of her strikingly red male counterpart, but I think the females are every bit as pretty.
26-Apr-2021
Red-winged blackbird, male
With the return of the females, these male blackbirds are busy defending territory and engaging in standoffs with other males!
26-Apr-2021
Red-winged blackbird, female
The females are so different from the males it is little wonder that people find it hard to believe they are the same species. The females are very sparrow like in their colouration, which offers protective colouration to blend in with the dry cattails where they'll be sitting on eggs.
26-April-2021
White-throated sparrow
In spring these birds return to their breeding grounds, both locally and further north, and we generally see them in small flocks as they feed awhile before pushing further north. In auturmn, the whole process takes place again, but in reverse as they head south. Koby said she saw about 4 which is more than I have seen anywhere this spring so far.
23-Apr-2021
Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
These animals are engaging and cute, no doubt about that, and Koby caught some of that adorable cuteness in these shots.
14-Apr-2021
House finch pair
A pair of house finches at the feeder, always nice to see these birds which for a while were much more common.
Birds at FWG
Koby photographed these birds in the Backyard Garden area. From top left, cardinal, top right, female downy woodpecker. bottom left, male downy woodpecker, bottom right, mourning dove.
23-Apr-2021
Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
Red squirrels are either universally adored or universally disliked, but I find them adorable. This is pretty, soft shot of one at the garden by Koby.
19-Apr-2021
Eastern Phoebe
Very present around the ravine the day I was at the garden. One year a pair nested on top of one of the security lights!
