Today's snow storm bird and critter pix

[Omaha Steve]

Last edited Mon Dec 28, 2015, 11:09 PM - Edit history (2)

The Christmas Eve storm pix are here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027472788


This storm wasn't as bad as the one on Christmas Eve. So we could put food on the ground as well as in the feeders. The third photo down is a Red-bellied Woodpecker with bread in HER beak: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-bellied_Woodpecker/id

In the second photo down you can clearly see the heater that keeps the bird bath heated so it doesn't freeze.

OS

[MH1]

1. Great pics, Steve!

Thanks for sharing. I love your feeder setup, it's practically bird paradise!

[malaise]

2. Lovely

Thanks Omaha Steve

[WhiteTara]

3. Your red bellied woodpecker is female

the male head is fully red, while the female has a gray patch. Great pics.

[Omaha Steve]

14. I changed the text

Should have caught it myself.

[WhiteTara]

15. No worries. We have a pair

named Woody and Winnifred...only reason I know the difference.

[Triana]

4. Beautiful critters!

Thank you for feeding them - and photographing them!

[niyad]

5. awwwww. thanks for the beautiful pics!

[nenagh]

6. Thank you so much...

just love your photos...

[Skittles]

7. love, love, love these pics

[roguevalley]

8. wonderful as usual. :D

[lovemydog]

9. Thank OS. Gorgeous photos.

Happy new year to you and your loved ones.

[MissDeeds]

10. Beautiful pictures, OS

Thanks for sharing them with us.

[Greybnk48]

11. Steve, what is the bird in the first pic on the

shepard's hook opposite the woodpecker? It's so pretty.

[Omaha Steve]

12. Tufted Titmouse`

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tufted_Titmouse/id




A little gray bird with an echoing voice, the Tufted Titmouse is common in eastern deciduous forests and a frequent visitor to feeders. The large black eyes, small, round bill, and brushy crest gives these birds a quiet but eager expression that matches the way they flit through canopies, hang from twig-ends, and drop in to bird feeders. When a titmouse finds a large seed, you’ll see it carry the prize to a perch and crack it with sharp whacks of its stout bill.

[Scuba]

13. Love the pics! Thanks, Steve!

[shenmue]

16. OMG squeeeee

[joeybee12]

17. Those birds are gorgeous

And I always love seeing squirrels...knr

[Omaha Steve]

18. From late 2014 squirrel pix

The sad news. The neighbor cut down his tree this past June that the squirrel is using for an escape route. We lost a lot of shade.


Broad daylight we just caught a thief-vandal on our deck with photos: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025687152

[MBS]

19. wonderful photos, thanks! n/t