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Downy Woodpecker with Chipping Sparrow
A female Downy Woodpecker keeps an eye on her competition, a Chipping Sparrow in flight.
Downy Woodpecker, Male, with Chipping Sparrow
A male Downy Woodpecker shares a suet cage with a Chipping Sparrow.
Feeder Fracas with Chipping Sparrows
It's three against one as the stationary Chipping Sparrows tell one in flight to buzz off.
Female Baltimore Oriole Calling Her Mate
A female Baltimore Oriole calls for its absent mate, bringing to my mind Walt Whitman's heartbreaking poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."
Purple Finch Male
A male Purple Finch guards an orange slice in mid-May on Ontario's Manitoulin Island.
Baltimore Oriole Male Branching Out
Tired of waiting for this skittish male Oriole to land on the orange slice I had left out, I caught him high up in a tree branch, no doubt laughing at me.
Common Grackle Female
A female Grackle sits in a nearby tree deciding whether to bully the birds at my feeder, no doubt.
White-crowned Sparrow
A widely recognized and widely studied sparrow, this White-crowned version treats itself to suet in late May on Manitoulin Island.
Windy Blue Jay
A gust of wind tosses the cap feathers of this posing Blue Jay.
Baltimore Oriole Female
A female Baltimore Oriole enjoys an orange slice in mid-May on Ontario's Manitoulin Island.
Hairy woodpecker
It's quite fun when you succeed at taking good pictures of birds in flight.
Look at me ladies!
Sharp tailed grouse at a Lek in Central BC
Hairy woodpecker
By standing close to the feeder and not moving at all, they are really use to my presence.
Don’t jump!
Sharp-tailed grouse at a Lek in Central BC area of 100 Mile House.
Male Red-winged Blackbird In Flight 1
A male Red-winged Blackbird flies from a cattail in early Spring.
Hairy woodpecker
Having some fun with my friends behind my house while the sun is out!
Male Red-winged Blackbird Calling 6
A male Red-winged Blackbird calls to attract a mate in early morning.
Sugar Rush
Baltimore Oriole foraging for nectar at sunrise. Shot with a Nikon Z8 and a Nikon 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 lens.
Shoreline Prowler
A mink pauses for a moment during a sunrise prowl along the banks of the Grand River. Shot with a Nikon Z8 and a Nikon 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 lens.
Bird Buddies 1
A female Downy Woodpecker and a male Pileated Woodpecker share the same dead tree.
