Tuesday, April 29, 2008

C is for Catbird, Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow, and Cowbird....and a Contortionist Red-Bellied Woodpecker

My Catibird was ready to pose for me today...actually I have two!














I haven't had a good Chickadee picture for a long time, so I wanted to post one!



The Chipping Sparrow found our brand new feeder and seems to like it despite that "strange" bird in the center.


I believe this is a female Cowbird. Whatever she is, she was willing to pose for me quite a bit.


I had to include this Red-Bellied Woodpecker because he was into strange contortions at the suet feeder....first he was all scrunched (couldn't figure what he was doing) and then he went into weird upside down head twists.





14 comments:

Sandpiper (Lin) said...

How cute! I love the title of this post! Great pictures, as always, Mary. I noticed that you placed the purple and house finches next to each other on the side bar. Sometimes it can be confusing when looking at them, but seeing them together like you have them, shows how different they really are. Your blog is looking great!

Mary said...

Sandpiper: Thanks! I've always had trouble knowing if I had a Purple finch, and this year I actually had a good picture and could tell the difference. I get plenty of House finches.

John Theberge said...

Wonderful photos, I got a kick out of that contorting woodpecker.

Mary said...

John: Thanks! I don't know what the scrunch position meant...it was like he dropped some food on his belly and was trying to get it :-) And the head twist...he could have just backed down a few inches!

sandy said...

Wonderful photos today! Love that woodpecker's positions...haha.

sandy

me ann my camera said...

C is also for congratulations on such a fine post. :-) The alphabet theme would be a fun posting idea. Maybe I could do "D' is for duck.

I really like the Catbird photos!

Mary said...

Sandy: thanks! He was pretty funny.

Me and My Camera: Thanks! You would just the right person to do D is for Duck! I've never seen so many ducks as you see! I'm going to have to figure out where the nearest place to see some good ducks is around here so I can post some :-)

Mike said...

I like your Woodpecker series. Very interesting looking bird.

Mary said...

Mike: Thanks! I think all woodpeckers are beautiful! I'm glad I get to see at least a couple of them regularly.

Mike said...

Stunning photos Mary, the Woodpecker in the final few shots is stunning as are the others.

abb said...

your chickadee looks like one angry little bird. ;-)

Mary said...

Mike: Thank you! He was very cooperative.

Tsannis: He does, doesn't he. Actually, I think it was extreme concentration on the seed between his toes that he was pecking on. I guess I interrupted him :-)

JB's Big and Small Worlds said...

Such great woodpecker photos!
--JB

Mary said...

JB: Woodpeckers love to pose :-)