Next candidate for Weight Watchers....

Seriously, how much birdseed has this fellow been eating?! :-)

Winter Visitors

There are many reasons why I love winter but one of the biggest ones is the birding opportunities it brings. I see an increase of some of my regular visitors and I have some winter ones to look forward to. Hoping the Redpolls and Pine Siskins come back and eat out of my hand this year. I am also hoping to see the elusive Snowy Owl this winter.....a girl can dream....

Here are some of my feeder regulars. What are you seeing right now?

My nutty White-breasted nuthatch. I love watching him store suet on the trees around our cabin property.





My chickadees are much loved and are very sassy, I can't tell you how many times they scold me when the feeder is empty. Some of them will even land on my shoulder and head as I'm refilling the feeders as if to say hurry up!




My sweet goldfinches are so shy. I love listening to their pretty chirps.





The purple finches are starting to come around more and may rival the chickadees in being a feeder hog.

A good investment...

Nutty Birds

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

~Channing Pollock

The early bird gets the nut!

Angry Downy Woodpecker

"No! This is all mine Mr. Nuthatch!"

Feeling nutty...

I love how the huthatches hang out with the Chickadees at the bird feeders. The chickadees have been quite bold and like to land on my head as I fill the feeders.



The leaves are at about 75%. Fall has been slow in coming. I'm looking forward to my winter bird arrivals!

Look out below!

End of the line buddy...

CRAP! No where to go!

Full Mouths

Cranky Nuthatch

More peanuts please!

I am headed to the Michigan Audubon Society's 105th conference this weekend in Lansing where I'll be speaking about Birding & Blogging. Hopefully they think I'm funny! Wait - hopefully they think I'm INFORMATIVE! (But some of you know, I like to add humor to my birds....) Wish me luck!

It's nice to share!

This photo made me laugh because the Downy was looking around like he knew someone else was on the feeder and there was the Nuthatch peeking from the other side.

The joy of the Nuthatch

What is joy?
It is a bird
That we all want to catch.
It is the same bird
That we all love to see flying

- Sri Chinmoy

Curiousity of the Nuthatch

'Curiousity is the cure for boredom. There is no cure for curiousity. '

Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)

Go Blue!

At one point yesterday, our bird feeders were a flurry of blue between the Blue Jays and the White breasted Nuthatches. The jays can sometimes be bullies on the feeders but I was glad to see the Nuthatches were persistent. Now that I'm back home it's time to catch up with all my bloggy friends!

Friendly Visitors

It has been close to 70 degrees the past few days up at our log cabin in northern Michigan. The bird activity has been wonderful. I think one of the nuthatches is considering eating out of my hand - he keeps buzzing around my hand but hasn't landed...yet!

Here were a few friendly visitors....

Nuthatch with a nut!

Visitors I've had today - Cardinals, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch and White-Breasted Nuthatch.

Bird that allowed me to grab my camera in time to snap one photo:

White-Breasted Nuthatch!

Upside down Nuthatch for Eve

Eve at Sunny Side Up was right yesterday, I forgot the upside down shot of my White-breasted Nuthatch. If you look closely at the bottom of the photo, you can see the seed that the nuthatch has wedged into the crevice of the tree.

The 3 sides of the White-breasted Nuthatch

Here is my front side where you can see my beautiful white chest!

Here is my side view, don't you love the blue on my wings?

And here is the back view. No further comment needed!