Eastern Bluebird | Birds In Your Backyard

This week was one of the coldest weeks Atlanta has had in a few years. The birds were eating seed like crazy. They also discovered our heated bird bath in large numbers as well as the little feeder we stuck to the sliding door to the deck. I tried to take pictures of as many birds as I could but they were always the same birds! Here are a few of the better ones I got:

Our recent invasion of Pine Siskin is a little unusual from what I understand. I guess they don’t usually appear down here in such large numbers. Here they are on our thistle feeder:

Here’s one of my favorite pictures to date. I got lucky with this guy who was sitting on the bird bath.

Here’s one of the Pine Siskin eating in our “stick on” window feeder.

This Eastern Bluebird was very interested in what was going on in the house.

I’m getting better at this bird picture thing but I still take a bunch in order to get a few keepers. Hopefully you enjoy the pictures as well

The first day of 2009 was a nice relaxing day with a little bit of birding and exercise tossed in for good measure. Both Pam and I rode our bikes to get our exercise. Then we refueled and did a bit of birding along the Chattahoochee River and came home to find some Bluebirds in our new bird bath. An action packed day all around

Birding On The River

After we got our New Years bike rides in and ate some lunch we drove a few miles to where Peachtree Parkway (aka Medlock Bridge) crosses over the Chattahoochee River and parked at one of the many sections of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area to do some quick birdwatching. We walked along the trail for about 45 minutes or so and saw a lot of the same birds that visit our feeders.

: Image via Wikipedia

But we also saw a new bird that we can add to the life list and that was the Yellow-rumped Warbler. Pam and I saw a few of these flitting about in the trees next to the river. We forgot our Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America so we noted the colors, etc. and checked as soon as we got home. We’re getting a little better at least in identifying birds. Both of us narrowed it down to either a warbler or sparrow without the guide.

Activity At The “Bird Hot Tub”

When we got home, around 4PM, we noticed some visitors to our new “Bird Hot Tub” (as my co-workers called it when they saw I was getting Pam a heated bird bath for Christmas). There was a pair of Eastern Bluebirds hopping along the edge of the bird bath. I had the camera nearby and snapped a couple of pictures:

They seemed to be enjoying the fresh water. It was neat that the first birds I saw at the bird bath were the same as the 1st bird I saw for 2009 earlier in the day. It’s funny how things work sometimes.

A Nice Start To The Year

It was a nice way to start the New Year. We are hoping to see many more birds this year and we are looking forward to sharing our experiences with you through this blog.

We hope all of you have had a good start to 2009!

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