Yesterday I saw two starlings the first I have seen this season although a flock of birds we saw a while back in the country may have been starlings. The starling is actually a remarkably pretty bird when viewed in bright light because the colours are iridescent.
Juncos are the most numerous birds at and around the feeder. They seem to prefer to eat seeds on the ground. The snow melt revealed piles of old seed under the feeder. The juncos seem to enjoy it. There are sometimes house sparrows mixed in with the juncos and there are also a few redpolls as well. The odd chickadee still visits and also red breasted nuthatches, but they are outnumbered by the juncos.
Depending on how the light strikes their back some of the juncos appear to have brown parts on their backs.
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