Snow Birds
A few snaps of my backyard daily snow birds enjoying scattered bird seed.
Dark-eyed Junco (male)
Dark-eyed Junco (female or immature)
Northern Cardinal (male)
Northern Cardinal (female)
Blue Jay
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)
Eastern Towhee
Eatin’s good here!
And someone trying to pretend to be a bird…..
Eastern Gray Squirrel
More squirrel photos next!
Bay Photos by Donna 
These birds are in such stark contrast to the white of the snow that each detail shows. The red is wonderful but then white picks out white on the others. Your backyard is a theatre of joy.
Thank you, Sandy! We love our backyard, we spend lots of time watching the wildlife through our big windows. Past few days, we saw deer and fox running across the back yard, different days thank goodness!
Bird photos look extremely good against the blank whiteness of snow. The bright background may be hard to handle, but you’ve got that wonderful pop of colour for each bird.
Thank you, IJ! I took lots of photos in hopes of getting the right contrast and lighting in some of the birds, snow isn’t easy as a background.
Brill
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Fantastic photo series, Donna, I really enjoyed this. I lol at your comment and then the squirrel photo. Really fun, thank you.
Thank you, Jet!
Wonderful!
Thank you, Pepper!
Wonderful! You’re lucky, you have top models in your own backyard. 😀
Thank you, Aura! I love my backyard, behind the tree line is a marsh and pond. I feel blessed to have a little slice of wildlife heaven in my backyard,
These are so fun and pretty, too. That last cardinal picture says it all!
Thank you!
Another showcase of beautiful birds Donna, and snow birds to boot ! I am always amazed how they tolerate the cold conditions and how the Lord has given them the ability to do life in those conditions. I love your colourful sparrows, we have colourful finches here which are similar in speciation features. Of course I always love that you include my fav it looks gorgeous that Blue Jay. Enjoy your weekend my friend!
Thank you, Ashley! Boy, I have seen some really plumped up birds, spreading their feathers to keep warm. I have worried much about them the past couple weeks with our extreme weather conditions, and have kept the feeders and bird bath filled daily to help them. They do seem to do alright, the good Lord provides their abilities for sure!
Lovely pics of these winter birds, Donna! We get the juncos here and house finches and just saw robins and northern Flickers. I adore the cardinals, we dont have them here!
Thank you, Terri! Cardinals are one of my faves, I’m disappointed you don’t have them!
Maybe I’ll smuggle a cardinal home from Arizona when were there next month. Weird they live there 🤔
Ha ha – yes those squirrels are opportunists when I toss out sunflower seeds and chipped peanuts to the birds at the Park. The squirrels do get miffed when the Blue Jays beat them to the punch though. 🙂 All your birds look happy Donna!
Thank you, Linda, my birds all do seem happy, and are waiting for me every morning on my back porch. Pooping everywhere, HA! I am moving my feeders back to the trees today, we’ve finally started a big meltdown and I can get out there now without falling on my butt. Those squirrels, ugh! I see my jays outsmarting the squirrels too, it is all quite entertaining!
We are having a big meltdown as well – it was treacherous all around the house for weeks on end. I made a path for the mailman and for me to get to the garage using Prestone Driveway Heat. I’m on the shady side of the street – the sun doesn’t hit there until really late in the day.
how fab! they almost appear to float on the snow! (cheeky squirrel!)
Thank you! My feet feel cold seeing them stand on the ice, lol.
Yes! tough little critters – but the seeds make it worth their while I guess! xx
Got to love them! One was at our bird feeder yesterday when the sun hit it. Wow!
Sure do, thank you, Curt!
A sweet set, Donna! That squirrel has to work on its disguise😊
Thank you, Belinda! Yes, he does! 😊
Great collection!
I was going to post some of our snowbirds here in Florida, but one of them hit me with her cane, so I’ll wait for Spring.
Thank you Wally! Ya gotta watch out for those canes! 😅
Fantastic shots! I love the colours of the birds and how they pop off the snow! Inspiring to toss some seed over the ice covered snow in our back yard!
Thank you! Snow is an awesome background, I wish you success on your bird seed toss! 😊