Birds of a feather...

It seems that the three things I post most often on this blog would be

1. grandchildren 2. food and 3. .... birds.

It's been a while since I posted some of my feathered friends.

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Today, as it was snowing, the birds were really feeding and I couldn't get far without stopping to take a quick picture.

Here are a few from today.

Mr. Bluejay, above picture, was really all fluffed up. Perhaps he noticed I had the camera...

There is no contest - Mr. Cardinal is my favorite and it is a treat every single time he stops by!

Cardinals are not plentiful here but we have been so fortunate that a few cardinals have established themselves in our woods for a number of years now.

Against the snow, they are sooo photogenic... but also...

quite skittish about being photographed.

You have to have the camera ready to go before they do!


Ah ha, haven't seen one of these for a while - a shrike.
While they are attractive, they are nasty little fellas, going after other smaller birds.
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They look sort of menacing, do they not?
Right after this picture, he flew down and tried to eat a little bird.
Not sure how that turned out....