Snow and birds

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Photos from yesterday and today.


Sparrow hiding under the bush.


Sparrow venturing out to try for the seed we periodically scattered on the porch and the snow under the feeder. I think it's a Lincoln's sparrow.


Evidence that our efforts to feed them were appreciated.


Dark-eyed junco. There had been several others, but they flew off when I approached the window. This guy didn't see me, being more focused on finding seeds.


Mourning dove with snow on its tail, being very wary of me.

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[yhlee]

Birds!

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A lot of them sheltered on our porch--Toby scared them off when he opened the door to put food out, but given how quickly the seed vanished, I think they came back!

[umadoshi]

You know, I don't think I'd ever actually seen a mourning dove before! So pretty! ^_^

[viridian5.livejournal.com]

Locally, we have a different kind of sparrow. There's a much drabber kind of dove I see around here and I'm not sure what it is.

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We have more house sparrows--I've only seen these guys a few times. Unless I'm mistaking them for female house sparrows, which is possible!

The doves around here are mostly these guys and white-winged doves. Maybe Inca doves, too, which are smaller than these, but I'm not sure. I've certainly seen the Incas south of here.