A selection of images of some of our backyard parents and their kids. The bluebirds had three clutches in a new house I built just for them after I noticed them interested in (but not buying) an older house I’d put up. The Tanagers were summer-long visitors to our feeders, which was a real treat, and the Broad-winged Hawk was one of three fledglings who seemed unafraid to use our birdbath during the summer heat.
A hungry Brown-headed Cowbird fledgling begs for food from Carolina Wren in my backyard.
This appears to be a copulating pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers, but if you look closely at the bird on the bottom in the third photo, it looks like its red crown is solid without a patch of gray like a female would have. Is this just a trick on the lighting? What do you think?
Photos taken on April 11
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7
I was able to witness a pair of Downy/Hairy Woodpeckers copulating. I’m unsure of where they nested or if they had any successful broods. Sorry for the bad photo quality.
Photos taken on April 13, 2022
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7
I was lucky enough to witness a pair of Mourning Doves copulating on a fallen tree. I was never able to locate the nest but this was still a special experience. The doves rubbed heads before breeding, afterwards, the male fanned his tail feathers in the direction of the female for a few minutes, why did he do that?
Photos taken on April 14, 2022
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7
Taken from the window on August 15, 2022
I was on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania collecting data for the Maryland-DC Breeding Bird Atlas when I discovered this family of Willow Flycatchers. (Too bad I was in Pennsylvania and not Maryland!) I first discovered the parents communicating with each other and bringing food into a tree. I stood under the tree peering through the thick leaves and was delighted to find these three fledglings patiently waiting for lunch to arrive
Various capture of young birds with parents from the past summer.
The cardinals had 3 eggs in the first brood(in June 2022), & they didn’t hatch(they only had one brood)Hoping that they would nest in 2023!
Here is a Blue Bird Dad feeding his baby. It seems he is not feeding him enough worms because is he always hungry.
While on vacation with my family I was at my grandmother’s house sitting in the grass watching all the different birds going to and from the feeder. When this adorable juvenile Dark-eyed Junco appeared in the grass in front of me. This was the first time I’ve seen a younger Junco.
At first seeing this bird I was Ooo it’s a Summer Tanager. But with some more research I discovered this is a non breeding male Scarlet Tanager! A couple years back I was able to see the bright red one in the yard, this year a yellow one appeared!
We saw a osprey but we did not get a picture of it.
Rufous is back!
See more pictures of Rufous on eBird:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S117446941
https://ebird.org/checklist/S117392750
these cute titmice come in this tree every morning.
The baby is on the left and the adult on the right.while we were driving by the great lakes,in michigan.
House Finches!!
ID please!!
Most likely a breeding pair of American Goldfinches, as they are late breeders ~ July, August, September.
Mother Grackle feeding baby grackle, Sorry for the bad photo! Here is another time we saw Great-tailed Grackles and took pictures ~ https://ebird.org/checklist/S113698000
Lots of dove pictures I found.
Goosey and Geesey the Canada Geese enjoying the lake. Goosey is the gander and Geesey is the goose.
Blue Jays!!!
Blue Jay in grass
After months of waiting for the cardinals, there finally here! There are at least 5.
They are at a blueberry farm.
there is a scarlet tanager out there in this tree in may.
The Black-Bellied Whistling Duck was also seen with a female Black-Bellied Whistling Duck watching Spoonbills the day after.
A male and female Mottled duck wadding off. 🦆
While out for birding along the Matchedash Wetland Trail in Matchedash Bay, Ontario (Nearby Coldwater, Ontario) this morning I accidentally flushed a mature bird off of a nest that was located in a derelict Milk truck from the 60’s or 70’s (If my guess is right) unfortunately I was unable to get a clear look at the matter individual before it flew off out of a broken window. I
I took a quick cell phone pic of the nest to see if there was any eggs or young in it; The photo revealed 2 Eggs and 2 Hatchlings.
My research so far has turned up the possibility that the egg on the left is that of a Black-Capped Chickadee, But I am unsure. (My knowledge on nesting/identifying eggs is weak).
I am also unsure about the egg on the right, and the hatchlings.
any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance,
Jack
Male and female Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks on Island
The male of my Bluebird pair is very protective of his nest box.
Mate died and now he’s lonely.. Singing many different calls, heartbreaking to listen to him.
This pair of house finches vist the feeder almost daily together. Think this is the pair eyeing my Christmas wreath as a potential nesting spot.
Northern Flicker and Cardinal visitors
This Loggerhead Shrike presented a Brown Anole to its mate!
I just spotted this pair of Mourning Doves in my Maple tree bobbing their heads up and down at each other.
I read this is a ritual they do prior to mating Ah ~ spring is in the air!
This male House Finch has been visiting my Christmas wreath with a female. I expect to see the beginnings of a nest soon.
House finch checking out wreath for nest. The finch nested in my wreath last year and had four or five broods.
Wreath is on a window tucked under our small covered front porch. When they arrive we use the back entrance!
Cute chicks
Mating Mississippi Kites. A rare visitor to the northeast.
Indigo bunting during breeding season
Purple Sunbird during mating ritual
This little bluebird fledgling just left the nest and is looking around, taking it all in, and looking for mom and dad!
Costa’s hummingbird nest in a dead chaparral yucca stalk
Installed January 12/2022
The seagull is doing a call called The long call which they use in there complex social Hierarchy to keep the colony under control and try to keep fights to a minimum.
Blake and Emma are the Red Tailed Hawks that live next to our house. They have a nest in a pine tree, where this past year they successfully raised 3 chicks, Olive, Jessie, and Whiz. I can’t wait to see what the next season will bring!
Waiting patiently as their brothers and sisters hog the mealworm dish.
A robin built her nest on top of a light fixture outside a stairwell at our school in 2018. This location gave our students a first-hand view of the babies from eggs to fledglings.
This is one of three juvenile red-shouldered hawks from a nest in our yard this summer. Video was taken through a monocular attached to an iPhone SE.
Two great horned owlets give me the eye, but one wanted a different perspective!
Red-winged Blackbird feeding fledgling at Huffman Prairie Flying Field 7/25/21
These two Brown-crested Flycatcher were using a nestbox (19) at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, TX. The nestboxes were part of my son’s Hornaday Project for Boy Scouts.
This year I have seen more Eastern Bluebirds in my backyard. I counted a number of four one day. These birds are such a delight to see. Their blue feathers are so beautiful, makes you want to get a glimpse or try not miss an opportunity to capture a shot of. I was thrilled after I put a nest box up they started becoming regulars. Though they never used the new box, they however nested in my martin apartment I have up, which was different but a wonderful experience none the less.