March 6, 2022 - Yard Birds

We again stayed on St. George Island, Florida, for two months this winter. Here are the birds I photographed at the house we rented.

I put out some seed to attract birds to the yard. This male Northern Cardinal was the only bird who consistently ate the seed. Other birds showed up, but they didn’t seem interested in feeding.

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This female Northern Cardinal accompanied the male several times so I’m assuming they are a mated pair. However, she didn’t seem interested in eating any seed.

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Here’s a Northern Mockingbird that did eat some seed a couple of times. Most of the time it was a bully, chasing the other birds away.

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I like Brown Thrashers, so I was pleasantly surprised when this one showed up.

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Eastern Towhees were heard calling from several places in the neighborhood. They are secretive birds and mostly stayed hidden, but a pair of them eventually came out in the open. Here’s the female.

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Here’s the male Eastern Towhee.

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I could hear this House Wren calling from the bushes around the yard, but it was very shy, and this was the best photo I could get of it.

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Carolina Wrens are small birds, but they have a very loud call. I could hear several of them calling to each other around the yard. This one was not shy about showing up and loudly proclaimed that this was its territory.

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