Mid April Birds

Well, I'm still waiting for some new visitors, but no luck yet.  Should be seeing some Rose-Breasted Grosbeak soon and maybe some Blue Grosbeak and Buntings to follow.  You'll be the first to know and see! Here are some faithful visitors for now....

A female Bluebird came closer than usual.  This was taken right before she grabbed a peanut and took off again.

Here's a Robin taking a break on my custom copper "feeder tree".

Here, a female Cardinal gave me the stink eye to make sure I wasn't getting too close.

Here's our resident older rabbit as of lately.  This one along with four small rabbit babies that just left picked our backyard as a residence.

This Mockingbird looks a little thick in the mid-section.  Might be pregnant.  The Mockingbirds have really been running the other larger birds off and showing some dominance.  I think they want the suet all to themselves.

Here's another first for me -- a male House Finch with orange plumage instead of the typical red.  The pigments which can range from yellow to orange to red all has to do with their diet and their carotenoid pigment intake.