Birds of Winter

When I begin my outings each day I never know what I might find.  The one constant is almost always an encounter with a bird.  They brighten our landscape with their presence and entertain us with their antics.  Even when they can't be seen, their calls and songs add the promise of a sighting and a photographic opportunity.  What a boring place the world would be without birds.

Over the past couple of days I have found nightshade fruits and wild grapes attracting a wide variety of birds.  Some of which were:

Eastern bluebirds...

American robins...

Cedar waxwings...

Downy woodpeckers...

Yellow-bellied sapsucker...

Female cardinal...

Brown creeper...

Dark-eyed junco...

Carolina wren...

Black-capped chickadee...

American goldfinch...

House or purple finch...

Song sparrow...

In a field where a deer carcass lay were two bald eagles...

Take a young person or newbie into the field with you, be well, thanks for visiting, and come back soon.