Yesterday I stopped by to check on the feeder I put up on Wednesday
at the Salem Audubon Society Nature Preserve. I wasn’t sure it would even be there as
we have quite a bit of vandalism that goes on from time to time. I also wasn’t sure how much bird activity I
would find. No need to worry, the feeder
was still hanging and a lot of bird activity going on. I was excepting to see some Black-capped
Chickadees, which I did, but to my surprise the most aggressive bird at the
feeder was a male Red-breasted Nuthatch.
He was busy feeding, plus throwing out seed as fast as he could, and carrying
off seed to cache away in the moss.
Additionally a male House Sparrow was at the feeder, only the second
time I had seen this common species in the year that I have been counting birds at the Reserve. Juncos were taken advantage of spillage on the ground. For some reason Robins were hanging
around. A Northern Flicker watched with
interest, a male Downey Woodpecker stopped by, and a couple of Western Scrub
Jays kept making noisy passes.
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Great photos! Look at all that happiness you created.
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