Spring birds in the yard....

I've been enjoying the mild weather and sitting in the yard a lot so here are a few spring visiting birds at my feeders.

The most noticeable spring time visitor is always the Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.  They come through for about a month and them move on northward. 

 The male is so strikingly beautiful.

The female is less colorful but still a beautiful bird.

Another summer visitor is the Indigo Bunting.  There are times when my driveway is filled with red birds, blue birds and yellow birds....making a really colorful array!

This one was a wonderful surprise because I have not seen one in my yard before!  I believe this is the Great Crested Flycatcher and God sent him on my birthday, so I thought that was a pretty nice present!

 The Chipping Sparrow is one of my favorites.  Very small and quiet.  It just hops around in the drive looking for food.

 I've had a lovely male Towhee showing up occasionally.

 The Goldfinch male is in his summer bright yellow.

We had a swarm of bees pass through the neighborhood!  Mike was out walking and spotted them just as they landed on this tree.  So he came home for the camera and went back for photos.  They stayed for a couple of days and them moved on.

 We have had two pair of Wood Ducks on the lake this year.  I can't seem to get good photos of them.

One of my year round favorites....the Downy woodpeckers

 A White-throated Sparrow.  

 The female Red-Wing Blackbird is a daily visitor.

A pair of the male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.

And back at the wetlands checking on my Eastern Phoebe, I watched it finding bugs to take to its nest, which seems to be under the old iron bridge where I stand to watch turtles.  I need to go back this week and see if there are any little birds flying around yet.  I hope I get to see them.