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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
| 428 sightings |
55 species |
147 pictures |
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Hermit Thrushes
This bird and it's partner spent quite a while in the yard going here and there eating. Not too shy as it came to the patio door a couple of times
First sighting this season,eating sunflower seeds and sitting on a branch looking around
Flying in and out of the yard looked like it was catching insects
quickly grabbing food and flying off
2 males, 1 female eating at feeders
eating and flying here and there
Pecking around the bricks, spotted a few days in a row.
They seem to be talking to all their friends as more and more keep coming. The feeders are empty in no time but the activity is great, they don't stop feeding for more than a quick fly off then a quick return.
Appeared again today so was able to make a positive Ident.
Feeding off the snow
Asking for peanuts, they sure look skinny when not fluffed up from the cold.
Flying and landing for a short time then leaving in one huge group. Saw a hawk chasing after them and they broke into two groups leaving the hawk without lunch.
hanging out in all the berry trees looking for berries after the Waxwings cleaned up. One Robin had a bath in the water bowl
After cleaning off the feeders they came in with a flurry and stayed all day.
Landed in the trees and flew away quick, maybe too many other birds in the yard.
Eating sunflower seeds
Female had a branch in her mouth then they both flew off together
Today they are everywhere also hitting the windows frequently even though I have put detergents Mostly females with only one or two males
Eating all day in every feeder and on the ground, food is going down quickly
Hanging in trees,singing,eating, drinking,chasing each other and one had a bath in the water bowl later in the day
Flying everywhere eating
Fighting for peanuts Checking out Robin
First of the season
Common Redpolls
One breaking branches and dropping them to the ground the other picking them up and building a nest in a tall spruce tree.
Common Redpolls
Feeding everywhere making lots of buzzing sounds.
Bohemian Waxwings
must be over a thousand birds circling and feeding on mountain ash tree, no more berries they cleaned them all. Amazing sound from so many birds.
Bohemian Waxwings
Coming and going every few minutes, hundreds at a time
Bohemian Waxwings
Every inch of the tree was covered with birds, finally came in to eat the fruit
Eating peanuts.
Flying in the trees checking the tree trunks
Flying around neighborhood eating
Sitting and flying in trees making buzzing sounds and singing
Flew out of the woods on our walk close to home
Sitting in tall trees singing and chirping.
Sitting on neighbors chimney scouting for prey
Quick grab of shelled peanuts.
Quick grab of shelled peanuts.
Quick grab of shelled peanuts.
In for a morning feed, strange sounds, not their usual calls.
Quick pick and flies away
one lone Junco eating from a bird feeder
eating on finch feeders
On all the finch feeders and in the mountain ash tree
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
Guess it is cold enough now since he came in to eat first visit that I have seen in a long while
Eating and hanging out in the trees