Today we saw seven swans swimming in the west end of our lake where it empties into the river. A friend told me about them so we drove over to see them. Six of them are trumpeter swans. These swans are the largest in the world. Their black bill stretches up to the eyes, and […]
Category: Birds
Birds In Our Backyard – Partridge
Birds In Our Backyard – American Goldfinch
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 […]
Birds In Our Backyard – Dark-eyed Juncos
American Robins
I normally don’t pay a lot of attention to the robins that we see around here, so haven’t taken too many photos of them. However, this fall they were in our burning bush eating the berries. This provided some interesting opportunities for taking their pictures. Robins are common in our area, and in almost all […]