New Visitors

Here's one of the few squirrels that try so very hard to eat the birdseed. Because it's Winter and oh so cold out, Momma filled the birdbath with cracked corn since the water would freeze over. Now, the squirrels have their own food and haven't bothered the birdfeeders as much. Who knew!? Well, they do still bother me. One came on the window sill this morning and I showed him who's boss around these here parts. I pawed and drummed on the window so loud! He stood up and looked right at me...so I gave him the evil eyes and he took off runnin!

New to our feeders this year are the White-Throated Sparrows! At a quick glance, they look very much like our usual sparrows. But if you squint real hard, you'll see a little patch of lellow feathers right above their eyes. What a neat little song they sing too!

Now my last recording doesn't have a picture (yet) because they're "too fast" so says my photographer (such a lame excuse!) I always see them scratchin' around on the ground for food. They usually come whenever the White-Throated Sparrow does and from my research, I've read that sometimes they mate with the sparrows and create hybrids! Wouldn't that be cool? Oh wait. I didn't tell you who they are yet! It's the Dark-Eyed Junco! Grammie has heard that they've lived in Mew Jersey for a long time now, but it's just recently that we've seen them at the feeders. Here's a sampling of their song: Junco