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Thursday, January 17, 2019

A bit of this and that

It is raining now, but we've had a few really nice days.  Of course in this area, when the weather turns nice in winter it usually means outflow winds coming down the Harrison River and that tends to keep birds hidden....


some that weren't effected by the weather were this growing flock of European Starlings over at Harrison Bay.  The whole time they were either on the ground feeding, or flying about or.....


perched, singing away.

Another species found in large numbers....


House Sparrows!  These were just a few of them.  I couldn't get to the other side without disturbing them.  These guys were in an area near bird feeders....seems this was where most of the song birds where hanging out....


like the Spotted  Towhee......


and Dark-eyed Junco.  There were also Song Sparrows, Steller's Jay, Doves, and even some Gold-crowned Sparrows.

The pair of Pileated Woodpecker were flying around but didn't stop for a picture.  Saw a Downy Woodpecker as well.


not a great photo but don't often see a male Common Goldeneye in close enough for a picture.  One of the very few waterfowl seen.


this fellow was also over at Harrison Bay.  A 'Gray Squirrel' this is the black variant.  Not a native species but I guess you would call them 'naturalized'.


up the other way there have been most of the usual species....including the Anna's Hummingbirds.  This guy was busy singing away this morning, even though it was pretty cool and gloomy out there!

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