I knew there was a family of Red-bellied Woodpeckers living in the tree on the edge of our lot. I hadn’t seen any of the babies yet, but knew there were some in there.
And then mom and one baby flew down to get a bite to eat in our yard. Mom was getting seed off of the ground and feeding the little one, who looks almost as big as her! It was almost dusk, so the lighting was not the best.
So cute, don’t you think?
I saw this yellow bird with a black throat and mask at our feeder the other day and said, “What kind of bird is that?” It was beautiful and one that I had never seen before. In doing some research, it is an immature male Orchard Oriole.
Have you ever seen an immature male Baltimore Oriole? Very cool… it even has a bit of jelly in its beak.
We saw quite a few Least Terns on Coast Guard Beach the other day. They are New England’s smallest tern at 9.” They nest in small colonies and make their nests in the sand by scraping it. (Click link for another photograph.)
Beautiful bird, don’t you think? Love the food in his bill! Have you ever seen a Least Tern?
I was out in the yard yesterday when I kept hearing a little bird crying. There in a tree a little ways away was a Hairy Woodpecker chick clinging to the bark while crying away. He was so cute and so vocal! (Click on link to see more photos of the chick.)
The 2nd photo shows him crying in the tree. He looks like a little fluff ball! The 3rd photo shows him staring at me. He must’ve seen me taking his photograph. So cute!!
The next thing I knew, he flew to another tree and mom flew right over to feed him as you can see in the first photograph. It was precious!
There is never a dull moment in our yard here on Cape Cod! The other morning Phil called out, “There’s another turkey in the yard!” Sometimes they like to dig up the fallen bird seed which really makes a mess of the yard. So Phil went outside to gently nudge her into the woods when… (Click on link to see other photo.)
This gorgeous male Wild Turkey came strutting into our yard, his feathers displayed in regalia. He was following the female everywhere and he was magnificent!
“Male Ritual: The male Wild Turkey has a conspicuously bright coloring of plumage. In the way of attracting females, they are very much like peacocks. They have fan-like fancy tails and a cocky strut.”
After about 15 minutes of watching him follow her all around the yard, they both sauntered into the woods.
Wow! What a show!
