This little Carolina Wren has been hanging out at our house for a while. I see it at the feeder and the bird bath and then as it darts under the deck and about the garden. Its call is just beautiful. Have you ever heard the Carolina Wren sing?
Cute little guy, don’t you think? I love its white eyebrows.
This little Down Woodpecker sticks his head out of the bird house each morning when we get up. He is just the cutest thing. He stays there for quite a while and looks around. Eventually he will fly to the suet feeder for breakfast and then he is off for the day!
Such a fun thing to wake up to each morning! Isn’t he adorable?
(I took this photograph through the window and the screen as he was getting spooked when I went outside.)
I posted a blog about this Hermit Thrush that I saw in our yard a couple of weeks ago. Well, it kept hanging out in our backyard and was trying desperately to get the mealworms from the Bluebird feeder. I tried raising the cover of the Bluebird feeder, but it was still too big to get at them.
I remembered a glass jelly feeder that we had for the Baltimore Orioles that I thought might be just perfect. I filled it with mealworms and have had a faithful visitor every day since then.
It’s so much fun to see him every day, many times a day, and know that he really likes our yard… and our food!
(Did you see the”surprise” bird in the tree in the background? It showed up just as I was taking the photograph. It looks like a Song Sparrow.)
I saw a splash of bright yellow at our feeder and quickly got my camera. I have learned that it is better to get my camera first and get my binoculars second, as the bird might fly away quickly. (Click on blog link to see other photo.)
There, at my feeder, was a beautiful Yellow-rumped Warbler. I have never seen one this time of the year. But I looked in my Sibley’s and learned that they sometimes winter in this area. According to my Cape Cod Checklist, they are uncommon this time of year and seen only in small numbers. I guess I was lucky.
What a treat! Have you ever seen a Yellow-rumped Warbler this time of year? What a beautiful little bird!
This Great Blue Heron was fishing for lunch the other day as we walked by on the boardwalk between Doane Rock Trail and Coast Guard Beach. (Click on blog link for other photo.) You can see he has already caught his lunch in the first photograph, while in the 2nd photograph he is trying to catch his meal.
What a great hike! You never know what you will see. There is always something going on by Nauset Marsh. Make sure you look on both sides of the bridge as you walk by. You might even see a Great Blue Heron catching his lunch!.
