I got to see two interesting warblers in our yard on this icy day.
Orange-crowned warbles: Male eating mealworms, female eating suet.
Male orange-crowned warbler
Female orange-crowned warbler. You can see the faint streaking on her breast.
My shutter speed wasn't set correctly, but I did mange to capture the streak of the orange crown on the male.
Male yellow-rumped warbler. He doesn't have the dark cheeks so I think he's a non-breeding/first winter one.
Confirmation this is the male: the yellow crown
Aptly named yellow-rumped warbler.
Two days ago when the weather was much warmer this American goldfinch visited. I've set up our nyjer seed feeder in hopes of attracting his friends and hopefully the black-back lesser goldfinches too.
In addition to these special winter residents, we also had our usual residents: Carolina wren,
Cardinals, Blue jays, White-wing dove, Mockingbird, Golden-fronted
woodpecker, English sparrows and squirrels – all
happy to have an easy, high fat meal on a cold day.
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