feathered friends

[sjMagoo]

Well, this weekend we finally had a bit of sunshine - still in between the clouds and rain sprinkles, but enough to bring the birds out in droves! They are such a joy to watch

Here are just a few party participants:

[Gin]

Beautiful pictures I guess spring did not forget us, I saw a female Robin today , The males have been here for quite awhile some stay all winter . Gin

[Tindomul]

Beautiful birds you get there. Around here we are seeing alot of singing male cardinals. Gorgeous, but always to far away to photograph.

[Marty]

Very nice...I took a few myself on a snowy day

[Tindomul]

Nice pics Marty. Are the last two female Cardinals?? Color says yes, but my first instinct says no. Beautiful Cardinal in the first pic though.

[Marty]

Yes those are the females. The little woodpecker is a downey woodpecker I belive

[Barbara]

I love the pictures of your birds, they look similar to many of our species around here, but very different too. The thrush is so sweet and the jay is just gorgeous, it must be such a treat to look out the window to see such striking birds.

Marty, we have cardinals around here too, they used to nest here until our backyard got too busy with all the wildlife.
They do still bring their young to the feeders when they're old enough, they are so cute.
Those woodpeckers will get pretty spunky if the feed starts running out. They even managed to save our Robinia(black locust) from a borer investation, which would have killed it, so they are heroes in the bird realm.