New Stash New Birds

I've Got New Stash!

I placed this order back in early April, and it just arrived.

Bunny charts, and snowmen charts, and springtime gardening charts!

I've had lots of visitors to the backyard.

Lots of Evening Grosbeaks - seven in this photo.

Here's a series of three photos showing all the Evening Grosbeaks at the feeders. 

One, two, three...

four, five, six, seven...

eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen birds total!

Nine guys and six gals.

Don't worry there are lots of Goldfinches too.

Here's my headless Mystery Bird.  Darn that leaf anyway. I saw this one while walking around the property and I have no idea what it is.

I do know who this Big Guy is!  A Pileated Woodpecker.  Interestingly he never spoke.  I heard the deep "thunk, thunk, thunk" of him working away and finally spotted him in a Big Leaf Maple.

Such a striking bird.

It made my day to see him.

I've even got a Pileated Woodpecker as part of my Garden Art on the Front Porch.

And here's Treat Number Two. 

Out of the blue a female Hairy Woodpecker came to one of the feeder in the backyard.

While I've had several of the smaller Downy Woodpeckers, I haven't had any Hairy Woodpeckers in well over a year.  I have a theory that the Acorn Woodpeckers are in competition with them.  I do hope she becomes a 'regular'. 

And here's Cool Bird Number Three!

A New Bird.  This is a Western Wood-Pewee.  It is a Flycatcher so not one I'll see at my feeder.

And if all that weren't enough...

...out of the blue four Ceder Waxwings flew in for a few minutes one morning.

I saw them fly in and thought they were House Finches.  I decided it would make a nice photo, and it was only when I zoomed my lens that I realized I had Waxwings.

They were nice enough to fly back again the same evening. They are berry eaters and glean ornamental cherries, cascara, and plants like beauty berries.

They are very serious looking birds. I need to plant some things to attract them with ripe berries and fruit. 

Was that a Cool Bird Week or what?!?!?

One year ago today Mom and I visited the Louvre and took a boat ride on the Seine.