Mother Starling takes a rest from feeding young

In this second part we can see how hard the Starling parents work at feeding their young.  Notice how hard they are breathing.  Fortunately, there is nice cool water in the birdbath!

Early Bird Gets The Worm

Robins enjoying our organic backyard with plenty of earthworms coming to the surface after recent rain. It is amazing how these birds, which hunt by sight, find the areas with worms surfacing and come to feed. I think they thought they found paradise with the abundance of earthworms, hackberries and fresh water!

Winter Robins

We woke today to find our backyard filled with robins, many that have come down from the northern states for winter.  While we do see robins year round, the majority do migrate. 

Young starlings and bluejays 7-15-11

One young starling explores the hollow of the stump holding our elevated bird bath and bird feeder, the second is content to drink deeply.  Next is a visit from a couple young bluejays, most likely siblings.  One of the bluejays looks like it would like to eat some of the suet cake but then joins his/her sibing at the water.  Their visit is ended abrubtly, probably by me coming out to check on the camera (doh)

Bluejay and woodpecker birds at bird feeder 7-11-11

Observation of morning activities at the elevated bird feeder in our back yard. Visitors include bluejays and woodpecker. 

Then we had some adolescent starling, grackles and dove come join us

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Hummingbird enjoying fresh food

Hummingbird enjoys the new sugar water so much that he sits on the perch and takes 5 long drinks.  On his third trip back he is disrupted from visiting by the intrusion of a hairy woodpecker who has a sweet tooth.

Robin drinking at birdbath

Robin stopped by for a drink but never cooled off with a bath. 

Bluejay Taking Bath 7-3-11

Finally caught a bluejay on camera while taking a bath.