Bird feeders are bustin' with fun!

I continue to feed them beside the house. It is wonderful to see the pairs, I can't find the nests, but I know they are raising babies. Somewhere!

This red-winged has some issues. We had one like this last year.

Purple finch pair

Mr. Rose-breasted grosbeak

Grackle

Oh, Canada!

Of course, there is Dratted Red Squirrel!

Poor little red-wing blackbird! It's bald!

Red-wing blackbird from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
This red-wing seemed to have a health issue.

The one that got away!

Our backyard bear visitor April, 2013

Travelling about Lanark County yesterday, on a delightful back road that left the car covered in clay/mud, hubby was driving too fast, as always, and I spotted a momma bear and her two cubs galloping into the forest. There was a car behind us, and we couldn't suddenly brake, as I tend to demand. By the time we found a place to stop, they had been long gone into the forest.

What might this be? Pine siskin?

I cannot be greedy! Yes, I have fun photos of a bear cub in our backyard. There are lots of lovely birds about!

Red-winged blackbird on my Catalpa tree.

windy day!

    And we spotted a painted turtle on the road. I sent it off into the ditch, in the direction in which it was headed.

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