Thursday, January 22, 2009

Pictures of Some Backyard Birds

I put out seeds every day and make sure there's always water. As a result, we're visited by a lot of native birds. The Gila Woodpeckers are very noisy and colorful, and they enjoy using the hummingbird feeder:
Goldfinches come occasionally, but house finches are more common:
Curve-billed thrashers like to eat millet that I put out for the sparrows, and this one is fearless:

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