Our backyard borders on some bush / woods / forest – whatever you want to call it. When I looked out the window a week ago, I spotted a larger bird in one of the trees. It was a partridge, or a ruffed grouse as it is also known. The proper name is Bonasa Umbellus. […]
We are seeing some American Goldfinches at our bird feeders. They have their winter plumage, which is not as bright as in the summer. In the summer the males are quite bright yellow, but in the winter they are similar in colour to the females. Goldfinches eat seeds from weeds, shrubs, trees, and especially like […]
Our backyard has been busy since the snow and cold have come. We are seeing several different kinds of birds, so I thought I would do a series of those birds that we see in our backyard at feeders and in the bush. The first one is the dark-eyed junco. It is a small sparrow […]