White Wing Dove In Tree

Photographed this morning.

Snow is gone and the temperature is up.  The tree is what is called a cedar in Texas, but is really a juniper.

Two Birds In A Tree

I photographed these birds yesterday.

It's been very cold these last couple of days (in the 20s, F).  The birds have been hanging out around the birdfeeders, eating and eating and eating.

Rainy Morning Bird

Photographed this morning. 

It's raining gently, and the birds are still showing up at the feeder.

This little bird posed obligingly on a rock.

Red Bird At Feeder In December

Even though the local Costco thinks that birds don't need to be fed in the late fall and winter (we can tell, because it stops selling bird seed),  we have found an alternate source for bird seed (the local Lowe's).

It's hard to get a good photo of the birds at the feeders, because the feeders move when the birds are on them.

So here's a somewhat blurry, but enthusiastic, bird, chowing down on oiled sunflower seed.

Merry Christmas, from the Austin suburbia.

Two Birds Meet On A Tree . . . .

The first bird says to the second bird, . . . [fill in the rest]

Photographed this morning, in the wildlife habitat.

Red Bird . . .

In Tree.  This particular tree is dead, so its branches are always bare, excellent for bird perches and for photographing those birds.

Red, Blue And Grey

The view from my bedroom.

The birds have no problem hanging out together, interspecies.  But birds of the same feather, especially the white wing doves, often chase each other off.  I have grease spots on my window, from where the doves thud, trying to chase away that reflection interloper.  (Luckily, so far, the only thing damaged is my window.)

Red Bird

Drinking water, yesterday.

The amount of energy this bird devotes to checking out surroundings while trying to get a drink is amazing.  And this is in an area well sheltered from predator birds.

Of course, I have seen a cat visiting the yard.

One Blue Bird

Blue jay at the water dish, this morning.