I enjoy bird watching while out in nature, especially during the winter months after the trees have shed their leaves and their branches are bare. The exposed landscape enhances visibility, allowing for a clearer view of the birds as well as the intricate designs formed by the branches, adding a unique beauty to the scenery.
“Winter perches like a bird. Wings tucked in so the soul is heard.” ~Angie Weiland-Crosby
walking on a country road 
Great shots Rebecca!
Thanks, Wayne.
Nice collection 😁😁😁
Thanks, Ted.
Hello — for some reason, I tried twice to leave a comment on your blog post and it wouldn’t let me. Anyways, I loved seeing all the birds in your area, especially the photo of all the red cardinals! I grew up in the east and I miss them now since we don’t have them in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks for sharing! Karen
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The cardinals are my favorite. They fly over to the feeder and greet me when I go out. They help brighten up this winter weather.
Thanks for the avian smiles.
Thanks, Frank! 🙂
A lot of beauties here Rebecca, especially those four male Cardinals that really grabbed my attention. That is one good thing about the bare trees making for nice photo opportunities (unless you get a big stick in the way which often happens to me). Are the Cedar Waxwings still feeding on your Holly bush?
(The “like” button is not working for me the last two days, so please know I’d give this post a like.)
There is a pair of cardinals in my backyard year-round. In the winter, several couples seem to come together, I guess for safety and warmth. They do make for a colorful show when they are in the same place. Last night I looked out my window just before sundown and counted about 20 American Robins that were all huddled closely together in the holly bushes. Disappointedly, they were gone this morning when I looked out. I have heard the cedar waxwings but haven’t gotten a good view of them yet. I’m still waiting and watching.
You are lucky to have a window onto the world to do birdwatching. I live in a small house and there are rolling metal shutters. I closed the shutters down (done from the inside) one Summer when we had a lot of volatile weather. I did it to protect the windows and to cool the house. I left them like that all Summer, then Fall/Winter. In the Spring I could not open the blinds. I have one that works, the rest do not. That window only looks to the neighbor’s house, so nothing to see. We (neighbor/I) can’t feed the birds anymore as there is a big Cooper’s Hawk around and it perches nearby to attack the birds and squirrels.
I hate to hear that. Hawks can be quite troublesome to little creatures. One time a hawk built a nest in one of our back trees. The squirrels waited until it flew off and went up and raided the nest (and perhaps ate the eggs?). The hawk abandoned the nest site. Very smart squirrels.
Yes, I hate having hawks around Rebecca. Those squirrels were very smart. Today I finally got to the Park after two weeks’ time due to ice/snow and if I didn’t see a hawk cruising overhead. Luckily no squirrels were out, as it was later in the day than usual. Finally the ice there has melted, but the ground is frozen and the rapid ice and snow melt has caused massive amounts of ponding. Today we got to 57 degrees – unusual for us.
71 here today. The little daffodils are all confused. 🙂
The daffocils will open too quickly now! We had 57 yesterday and today it is 20 degrees colder and big fluffy snowflakes all afternoon. It’s snowing now. We’re all confused. 🙂
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I wanted to add that when I see our first Red-winged Blackbirds at the Park I know Spring can’t be far off. I hope to get to the Park soon, but those beauties don’t arrive until early March. They should probably hang out in the warmer weather for a while longer.
I’ve seen several the past week or so. Our temperatures have been fairly moderate except for this week when we are in the single digits. Next week we are supposed to be in the 60s. You just don’t know what you’re going to get from week to week.
Yes, that’s true with the weather. We are turning a corner and 40 on Monday, but who knows how long it lasts. I’ve seen Red-winged Blackbirds singing in March and their breath comes out as vapor as it’s so cold.
Lots of variety! Nice captures!
They brighten up the winter days. Thanks!
A fun collection, Rebecca, and so true about the bare limbs. Imagine what we miss seeing when they are all leafed out! I love those perky Nuthatches, we hear them more than see them.
Thanks, Ellen. It was fun to catch this Nuthatch just as it peeked around the trunk of the tree.
Soulful! I love the pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much, Shreya!