A few feeder birds.

Cool and rainy today, and for some reason the feeders attracted quite a diverse crowd. We have black-oil sunflower seed in the big feeder and a suet cake hanging nearby. Eventually we'll get thistle seed and some "ground seed", which is a mixture of millet, corn, sunflower and other seed, favored by sparrows and the like.

Birders at the window: Jorge and Sue
Birds at the feeder:
Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus
White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis

photo: J. de Leon, Dec. 2007
Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
Tufted Titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor
House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus

Birds on the ground under the feeder:
Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus
Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis

Sebastian's View.
Today when I was at school and I heard someone say "a bird a bird" I looked outside to identify the bird. I knew exactly what it was. It was a crow. Then I blurted out "It's a crow!!" My teacher Mrs. Hodge asked me "Where did you learn that from Sebastian?" "I learned it from my dad," I replied. He knows almost everything there is to know about birds. The crow was still there still as a statue and beautiful. When I heard my teacher say that it was time to start learning again I took one last peek at the crow and decided to tell Papa about the whole story.