Two birds I saw at the park and woods this morning. The pictures aren’t good but you can see what they are: an eastern bluebird and a yellow-bellied sapsucker. The sapsucker’s head is blurred because not was making a hole in the bark so it could get to the sap.

Mockingbird at the suet.

geopsych:

A phoebe at the park this morning. Welcome, friend!

Edit: people are saying how round it is. Phoebes aren’t typically round but it was 20°F this morning and like all birds they fluff out their feathers to keep out the cold.

Going to the park this morning around sunrise to listen for whether any of these friends have returned from the south. It’s time for spring migration to step things up.

2 Years ago today a bluebird visited for some suet.

Fox sparrow! I rarely see them. Welcome, friend.

This morning’s visitor to the back garden. I’m thinking Cooper’s hawk.

Calling all birders in the mid-Atlantic to New England: is this a snipe? Saw it in eastern Pennsylvania an hour ago.

O hai

Forgot to post this garden visitor from a couple days ago. Looked fierce but also fluffy.

Juvenile male Coopers or female sharpshin hawk judging from size.

Sending you a bluebird of happiness! I saw a lot of today so I may as well share.