My finally finished bird feeder complex!

Well, I finally finished my feeder complex today!

From left to right: Platform with sunflower and millet, suet and sunflower bell, hopper with Sunflower mix, and finally a thistle/nyger feeder.

Today I saw these species:

Northern Cardinal

House Sparrow

House Finch

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Mourning Dove

Downy Woodpecker

White-breasted Nuthatch

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina Wren

Here are some shots:

House Finch female

Downy Woodpecker female

Northern Cardinal pair

Northern Cardinal female

A bit overexposed Dark-eyed Junco

A better Dark-eyed Junco shot

Early morning House Finch male

Northern Cardinal male

Please comment and give advice on my feeder!

Happy birding!

-Owen

Tommy Thompson park - negative 4 degrees celsius, snow, and 45km/h winds.

Today I went birding at Tommy Thompson Park. It was -4 degrees, was pelting snow, and there was 45km/h winds. Yeah, what a great day. That didn't stop me from getting 7 new species though!

Here's what I saw:

1 American Kestrel
1 Great Horned Owl
600 Long-tailed Duck
200 Common Goldeneye
100 Greater Scaup
50 Bufflehead
10 Redhead
20 Mallard
10 American Wigeon
50 Gadwall
10 Red-breasted Merganser
8 Trumpeter Swan
3 American Black Duck
10 Black-capped Chickadees

Here are some shots:

Mallards

Hooded Mergansers 

Common Goldeneye - 6 males, 1 female

Common Goldeneye flying through the snow - 3 males, 1 female

American Black Duck (left) and Mallard (right) 

Long-tailed Duck

Long-tailed Ducks, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Gadwall, and Redhead

Toronto skyline

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Red-breasted Merganser

Great Horned Owl - my first owl I've ever seen!

Long-tailed Ducks

Please comment!

Happy birding!

-Owen

Local ravine and my new bird feeder - a great photo day!

I would like to start off by saying sorry that I haven't been posting anything lately.

I made a birdfeeder complex last weekend:

I have seen 11 species eating on it this past week!

- Northern Cardinal
- Blue Jay
- House Finch
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Mourning Dove
- Carolina Wren
- House Sparrow
- Downy Woodpecker
- Dark-eyed Junco
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-breasted Nuthatch

Here are some shots from my yard:

Mourning Dove closeup

Downy Woodpecker closeup

Dark-eyed Junco - my personal best shot!

 House Finch male on my feeder!

Carolina Wren - my personal best shot!

Black-capped Chickadee - my personal best shot!

Carolina Wren enjoying my suet

Mourning Dove

I can even hand-feed the Chickadees!

Now... I went to my local ravine today to see if there was anything left there.

Here's what I saw:

2 Dark-eyed Juncos

4 Winter Wrens

1 Cooper's Hawk

2 House Finches

6 White-throated Sparrows

2 Downy Woodpeckers

2 White-breasted Nuthatches

3 Northern Cardinals

and that's about it. 

Here are some shots:

Scenery - there is even a rainbow in the bottom middle/left!

Winter Wren! My personal best shot!

Downy Woodpecker female

Hope you enjoyed my shots!

Please comment!

Happy birding

-Owen