Seven of which are in the image below. Along with an American Goldfinch, a Pine Siskin, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, and a White-throated Sparrow. As noted previously, it can get busy at the feeders.
Not long after we moved here we were walking about the neighborhood, such as it is, and spotted a small flock of Bluebirds near a farm field. They'd be a nice yard bird we thought, but our habitat isn't quite right as they prefer move open areas.
Seems they like food as well. And water.
And have been regular winter visitors to our yard.
The adult males are bright blue.
While the females and young males, like the bird drinking above, and the center bird shown below, are more muted and grayish.
A wonderful bird to have visit our yard. And one we are always happy to see. Well almost.
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I mentioned above that we don't quite have the right habitat for Bluebirds as they prefer a bit more open space than our mostly wooded lot provides. But that didn't stop us from putting up some bird boxen, which you can read about here. And while we didn't have any Bluebirds use them last spring we did have a pair of Carolina Chickadees successfully fledge five chicks. But we've seen Bluebirds in much higher numbers at our feeders this year. And we were somewhat late in putting up the boxen last year. So maybe, just maybe this year ...
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