We had a late spring snow and that seemed to stimulate a lot of birds coming into the back yard. The chickadees and pine siskins were especially friendly in going for the seeds, but I got a couple of other species as well.
This Mountain Chickadee is usually the first to come. If he sees me outside, he will buzz by me asking for some seeds
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The Black Grosbeaks come close but have stopped short of coming to my hand.
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I had a pair of Evening Grosbeaks come to my hand. The male flew off rather quickly but the female stayed for a while.
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The Pine Siskins were the most numerous and aggressive with getting at the seeds.
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I wonder how many times a Black Grosbeak and Lazuli Bunting have been in the same photo.
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"I like your side better." "OK, let's switch."
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This goldfinch came to my hand and fed for a while.
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We started putting out some oranges and we had a male Bullocks Oriole for the first time in our yard. Notice the legs doing the splits.
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This Gray Jay was along a trail we were hiking.
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This was one fat (Spruce???) Grouse also along the trail.
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This guy was strutting his stuff along side a mountain road in Tennessee last spring just before we headed back out to Idaho.
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We are looking forward to getting back out to our birds in a couple months.