Mountain Chickadee
Previous Next Meet the Mountain Chickadee! Unlike the other chickadee bird species this one has white stripes upon its small head. This is where I typically photographed these Mountain Chickadee’s in our winter time here in the High Desert of Oregon. It is said these Mountain Chickadee’s flock with the Kinglets. My observations is, when […]
American Dipper or Water Ouzel by Coralie
Previous Next The Dipper is a great bird to find around unpolluted fast moving waters. I happened to catch this one along the Metolius River. When these dippers blink their eyes it looks funky with the white feathers, turns their eyes white! These dippers have a extra eye lid to allow them to see underwater. […]
Western Kingbird of Jefferson County Oregon
Previous Next The Crooked River National Grasslands is rather close to where we live here in Jefferson County Oregon , so we spend a lot of time on this 112,357 acres of land. This Grassland is part of the Ochoco National Forest consisting of 850,000 acres and for those who have kept up with my […]
Hanging Out With A Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Previous Next This is the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Very small and quick bird! I do get a good archive of photographs going of one species of wildlife. This Ruby-crowned Kinglet is no different. Na you can not tell he knows I am here photographing him in this shot! HA I named the shot below “flying”, however […]
Northern Shrike High Desert of Oregon
Previous Next This Northern Shrike was photographed on one of my walks here in our rural town back in January of 2014, High Desert of Oregon. I see these masked birds on this walk every winter. They are typically screaming at me as I walk this rout which by the way since the tree the […]
Female Spotted Towhee in Her Natural Environment
Previous Next This is the natural environment for the Spotted Towhee. The species blends in very well to it’s environment which is their way to survive. We have been having the Spotted Towhee winter with us for several years. The flock tends to grow every year which is logical when finding the right environment why […]
The Golden-Crowned Sparrow in Need
Previous Next This is the Golden-Crowned Sparrow. Biggest sparrow we have here and we have big flocks of them at times here at the house. Beautiful song comes from these song birds!! The Golden-Crowned Sparrows are also a smart species, like all sparrows I guess? Seen at bird feeders, or gardens looking for that something […]
Downy Woodpecker Catching a Meal
Previous Next Meet the Downy Woodpecker. The smallest woodpecker in North America. Like all woodpeckers who can be found in trees, woody bushes, or even at the backyard bird feeder. This small woodpecker has a nice disposition, well as far as wild birds go! Not afraid of humans or does not appear to be! They […]
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Washing Himself
Previous Next One of the small birds who have been here before showed up, the only difference this time is….. the little bird perched not far from me! Folks who keep up with my photography know home is where the heart is and I spend a lot of my time just watching the visitors show […]
Red-breasted Nuthatch by Coralie
Previous Next We had yet another visitor to the garden just the other day! I do not believe I have seen this little one here before in Jefferson Count Oregon? We are a small town here and not exactly a spot to find such a bird. However we did have another species of woodpecker show […]