Sunday, March 4, 2007

A few Pine Grosbeaks again



Here is a photo of a pine grosbeak. The males have more rosy red colours on them.
There was also a downy woodpecker again today. As usual the red polls predominate at the feeder. The red polls are very common this winter and they are at the feeder in much larger numbers than the common house sparrows who in past years have been far the most common visitors. I saw no sparrows today. There were a few chickadees as usual. Before long some of the spring birds should appear except that it is turning colder tonight! Also, some birds such as the juncos begin to appear on their way north but I guess it will be a while yet. I had to visit a shed in the yard and the snow went almost up to my knees.

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