Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Deceptively cute squirrell, who is costing me 8 bucks in bird seed every week.
Close upof male painted bunting -- no Sean Penn here.
Female painted bunting
Young male painted bunting
Mourning dove
Butterbutt
Sparrow
Great Crested Flycatcher
The squirrel is a terribly sloppy eater and gets a lot on the ground. The peacocks have discovered this, so now they come to eat the leftovers every evening.
The boy cardinal -- I think him and the girl are having marital relations -- I saw him carrying nesting materials this week.
Placid looking female cardinal
The blue jays are here every day, but don't photograph well. They are very skittish, and seem more afriad of the squirrels than the cards or the bunting.
I must say, this was a somewhat unexpected feeder bird -- he sat up in the pine watching everyone at the feeder. I know that Black Vultures will occassionally go after living things, and was afraid that he might, but he just watched for a bit and left. Maybe I should put out a hamburger feeder for him!
Another unexpected feeder visitor -- a Cooper's Hawk who showed up shortly after the doves started coming round. There is a connection, as there was a pile of dove feathers out there the morning that I noticed him sitting there.
Female painted bunting
Sparrow and Painted Bunting
Slightly evil looking male painted bunting
Dinner at Chez Simpson
Young male painted bunting -- see his grown up feathers starting to come in,
Young male cardinal
Female Cardinal
Male painted bunting
Male paninted bunting
Smiling squirrel
This guys' been here every day for 2 weeks now.
My girl cardinal.
I've named the bunting Joseph (as in amazing technicolor dream coat)
Joseph at the feeder
So now, this girl is into acrobatics, she hangs from her toes and eats the corn block!
Eating the corn upside down
Going back for more
Bunting, cardinal, and squirrel, one big happy family.
Male painted bunting eating
