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JoyceSollway Location
St. Albert, Alberta
Enjoy backyard bird watching and photographing them for painting.
| Joined Geobirds | April 11, 2009 |
| Clubs | none yet |
Sightings by JoyceSollway
| 383 sightings |
52 species |
141 pictures |
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Flew into a Mayday tree in Grandin, chirpng softly and hanging out
Flew by but did not land where I could see them.
Sitting in Mountain Ash tree but not feeding, then flew off.
Only 2 Redpolls for the last 3 days, maybe it is too warm for them and they have moved on ??
Sitting in Mountain Ash tree just before daylight then they flew away.
In trees in Grandin area
Feeding on seed feeders. Not many birds today
Bath day again, nine in the bowl at one time, lots of splashing.
Mixed with House Sparrows,House Finches, one Downy Woodpecker,and one Chickadee
All over the tree tops in Grandin Lots of Mayday berries on the ground from where they had visited
Common Redpolls
How much cold can we take?
American Goldfinch
Came in with the Redolls and Sparrows.
Hiding in neighbors tree then flew by, must have seen me watching him.
Circling the neighborhood, just as the snow started falling, usually see them on a blustery day. Probably more than 80 as two groups joined together
Common Redpolls
Coming in to feed again, usual several times a day
Eating and hanging out in the trees
Eating and hanging out in the trees
Eating and hanging out in the trees
Eating and hanging out in the trees
Guess it is cold enough now since he came in to eat first visit that I have seen in a long while
Coming in between showers of rain and snow,eating frenzy.
Frightening the Red Polls but did not stay very long.
House Finch
Just noticed this bird is banded
House Finch
This banding could be on the same bird ? not sure if this is the same bird as the other picture
House Finches
Two of these guys are very red thought it was a Purple finch but the Purple finch pictures do not look like him
Hoary Redpoll
Okay so he's not a Red poll :0)
Common Redpolls
all over finch feeders.
removing shingles from my old feeder and pecking under some
eating from suet
Common Redpolls
Filled feeder and they are being well used, also eating from ground.
Common Redpolls
Filled feeder and they are being well used, also eating from ground.
Blue Jays
Fresh out of the bath, very quick shot as I banged the window and scared it off.
Common Redpolls
Feeding happily on feeders
Common Redpolls
More male Redpolls today, did not see them yesterday. Did not see the Hoary today.
Common Redpolls
mixed variety
Hoary Redpolls
only a few stripes ? right name
House Finches
House Finches
4 males 2 females
House Finches
Mixed in with the Common Redpolls, all returning several times today eating from feeders and pecking around the bricks for fallen seeds
Flying around,looking for trouble :0)
Common Redpolls
flew in to eat then flew off together, returned many times
Came in at dusk,eating but mostly flying from tree to tree
Checking the trees
Eating off the ground today, drinking water
Picking shelled peanuts and flying off Drinking water
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Picking shelled peanuts and flying off Drinking water
Picking shelled peanuts and flying off
Eating nuts and drinking water
Eating nuts and hanging around trees
Eating seeds, sitting in trees
Eating seeds
Eating suet
Saw it flying over the yard, may have landed but probably spotted me in the window
Picking through the nuts. Usual pair.
Heard the throaty call, then he came in for a shelled nut. Quite different from the red breasted and yet the same.
looking for food,hiding in a spruce tree
Trying to eat with extreme wind conditions.Flying to the safety of trees and ground eating instead of from feeders.
Eating suet and checking the pear tree
Black-capped Chickadees
Eating seeds and singing
Black-capped Chickadees
Eating seeds and singing
Hanging around the yard, checking feeders and fences
Busy eating and flying around playing.
checking out the pear tree and feeder
Common Redpolls
Red-breasted Nuthatches
a pair visiting today.
Common Redpolls
Blew in with a gust of wind, looking for food.
usual visitors, eating and drnking, a couple bathers
usual visitor
usual visitors
3 males,1 female
Flying just outside Morinville by First Choice Tree Farm sometimes sitting in tree tops.
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)
New guy on the block, feeding from suet feeders and eating snow
Blue Jays
Standing tall
ground feeding, waiting for a turn to eat at a feeder
feeding here and there,and eating suet.
Eating on the ground a lot today maybe because of the wind
Trying to eat, feathers blowing
Flying by alone
Hanging in the trees, eating
very bright colors on this male, grabbed a shelled peanut and left
Came to the feeder but it was very windy so did not see them later
First time seeing a Blue Jay take a bath. Bathing in the heated dog bowl.
Busy eating
Eatng suet, looking for bugs
Busy eating, and drinkig water
House Sparrows
It's a little crowded in here today everyone needed a bath.
Drinking water many times today, eating shelled peanuts
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)
Flew in while the sparrows were bathing first visit this fall that I have seen
In the garden, on the bricks and in the spruce tree
Heard it in the bush near by, waiting for it to come to the yard
2 females 0ne male
Eating suet
4 at the feeders and one standing guard high in a tree
Back and forth feeding and singing
Back and forth feeding and stealing peanuts that the Bluejays hide
Back and forth feeding and storing peanuts
Back and forth feeding and singing
White-breasted Nuthatch
This handsome fellow is back and forth feeding from the feeders along with a Red Breasted Nuthatch
Common Yellowthroat
Another view
Common Yellowthroats
Busy everywhere from the garden to the pear tree and water features or is it a Yellowcrowned Warbler?
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
quick view of this little bird, it's been here since the 7th of Sept
a pair flying in for a quick bite
More bathing and some were eating here and there in the yard. They sure are muted in color compared to Spring