Thursday, 3 April 2014

The other guy....nearly lost.

So along with the Cardinals, another one of our year round birds is the Bluejay, and one of our Bluejays has a wing that looks broken, though he can still fly.    The other day I missed it , but as Kitt says.."oh , you missed the murder."  I had a bath, then came out and there were feathers all over the ground, and from the window they looked alittle like Bluejay feathers, but up close it ended up being grayer, and I think it was likely Mourning Dove.    So we are happy to still have our crooked winged friend here still.
    So here are pics of him, of the likely Dove that went missing, and some others who visit , like the American Tree Sparrow with his two toned beak, and the Song Sparrow who is a migrant arrival, and the Junco's another year round resident just as are the CheeseBurger Birds....the Black Capped Chickadee, along with the purple finch, gold finch, downy woodpecker and starlings.

Blue Jay with crooked wing

Blue Jay



American Tree Sparrows

They have a red cap, black dot on breast 

But the most distinguished feature is the two toned Beak

Mourning Dove - was killed day this was taken by a Raptor

Song Sparrow

Dark Spot on Breast, Mustache, and striping

Purple Finch -Male and Female, plus rear shot of Gold Finch

Crooked Winged Blue Jay

Male and Female Purple Finch- Married couple bickering ?

Top - Dark Eyed Junco, you tell me what the bottom bird is?

American Gold Finch

Black Capped Chickadee- NB Prov Bird

Crow

Crow checking out feeders


I think this is a Hairy Woodpecker, going by the size

but downy looks almost the same except smaller, and shorter beak

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