Here’s a Stellar’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) having a bad hair day, thanks to the wind! It’s sitting in our Empress tree. The brown objects are flower buds which have been on the tree all winter and will soon bloom in lovely purple flowers!
2018/04/17 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Stellar's Jay | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Cyanocitta stelleri, Empress tree, Nature, Outdoor, Stellar's Jay, Tree | 2 Comments
A male Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) enjoying the suet in one of our feeders.
2018/03/02 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Downy Woodpecker, Woodpecker | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Downy Woodpecker, Empress tree, Nature, Outdoor, Suet, Woodpecker | 1 Comment
A pair of House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) perced on a branch of the Empress tree.
2018/02/10 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, House Finch | Tags: Aldergrove, Animal, Backyard, Bird, Carpodacus mexicanus, Empress tree, Finch, House Finch, Nature, Outdoor, Tree | 1 Comment
Here’s the resident Stellar’s Jay giving me what for because the peanuts are all gone! It’s already taken them all and hidden them all around the yard. This is an immature bird and has become a regular in the yard. It has a sibling that tags along!
2016/08/27 | Categories: B.C., Birds | Tags: Backyard, Corvids, Empress tree, garden, Stellar's Jay | 2 Comments
A female Downy Woodpecker on our Empress tree
2015/11/15 | Categories: Birds | Tags: Aldergrove, B.C., Downy Woodpecker, Empress tree, Woodpecker | 6 Comments
You can’t see me, I’m hiding behind this branch!
So says this Golden-crowned Sparrow, a rare visitor to our yard.
2015/10/27 | Categories: Birds | Tags: Aldergrove, B.C., Branch, Empress tree, garden, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Sparrow | 4 Comments
This little brown job (LBJ) is a juvenile White-crowned Sparrow.
2015/10/09 | Categories: Birds | Tags: Aldergrove, B.C., Backyard, Empress tree, Juvenile, LBJ, Little Brown Job, Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow | 6 Comments
