On the way into the woods, a male Townsend stopped over. His jaw is all dark in comparison with a female with a small dark spot which used to come here everyday during the cold months.
The wetland has spring blossoms.
Against the blue sky, there came a big bird. First it looked like a goose, but it turned out to be an Bald Eagle.
Another big bird was the Great Blue Heron, perched like a sentinel on a stump.
Have you ever seen a Purple Finch? They look like House Finch, but they have a prominent eyebrow and the male has deep purple pink.
Guess what!
A Rufous Hummingbird arrived here a bit earlier this year on March 6. I used to see one around March 14 or after.
When I was outside watching birds, something orangish caught my eye. That was a male Rufous Hummingbird that just landed on the branch.
Then he came down to my sugar water feeder, gulping a lot.
March has a fluctuation in temperature: one day it can be very cold and the other day it can be warm. From my recent trip to the wetland, I know many waterfowls have already left for the north; the land is waiting for summer birds ' arrival.
Beautiful birds on a snowy day:
The suet cakes are popular among winter birds. When Varied Thrush came here on a snowy day, he/she found the suet crumbs on the ground after a squirrel had been munching on it.
