These little cuties come to the back porch to eat the black oil sunflower seeds in the new feeder. YAY for new birds! =) (Don’t worry, we are still feed the crows!) There are two types here: the Black-Capped Chickadees and Chestnut-Backed Chickadees.
Aren’t they adorable?
“Mixed flocks stay together because the chickadees call out whenever they [...]

American Robin (male)
Originally uploaded by Wayne Weber
The bird of the day today is the American Robin, (Turdus migratorius), what a strange scientific name. =/
It is found all over the U.S. and happens to be the state bird of three states (Michigan, Connecticut and Wisconsin)! I think it has earned that popularity. It is an attractive, [...]

Poecile sclateri.

Originally uploaded by Pablo Lèautaud.

I found the Mexican Chickadee (Poecile sclateri) in my National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Birds of North America. I was looking for a hummingbird we wanted to identify. We feed some crows everyday and when we put out the peanuts for them the other day we noticed a hummingbird [...]

I picked the Lyre Bird for the bird of the day today because I saw this video…what an interesting bird!

He can imitate the calls/songs of at least 20 different birds and even the sounds around him (like in the video he imitates a chainsaw, a camera and a car alarm)! He is fascinating. This bird [...]