Sunday, May 13, 2007

Busy Birding (pictures)

This Brown-headed Cowbird was very tame and let me take a good picture of it (the one below). It was eating out of my wood hopper feeder, but made a big mess underneath

of seed. As it threw the seed it didn't want on the ground but also knocked some of its preferred seed. It later realised this and ate it.

If you look carefully, you will see that its beak is slightly wavy and crocked. It has that because it is a seed-eater. Also it has black incrediscence body with a dark brown head. Pointy wings, long tail and scaly feet.




Here is two Brown-headed Cowbirds, a House Sparrow and a White-throated Sparrow. They were eating the seed I put out for them.
Jesse my little brother wanted me to take a picture of him on the trampoline and I got a fairly good picture of him jumping on the trampoline.



Here is a Common Grackle looking mysteriously at me. It was just about to eat out of the wood hopper feeder. I wonder why the birds prefer the wood hopper feeder than the plastic one?
Here, also is a Common Grackle but it is bathing in our pond.


I would like to know if this is a House Finch or a Purple Finch. Can mon@rch tell me please?