Winter Bird Thread 2025

She looks like an old lady sitting on her front porch scowling at the neighborhood kids for playing in the street

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She looks like an old lady sitting on her front porch scowling at the neighborhood kids for playing in the street

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When I pulled it up I couldn't help but think her inner monologue is "This snow is some bullshite".

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Dark Eyed Junco

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Pretty apt that the "snow bird" is present. That's what my Pops and all the old folks around here called them.

I can see how bird watching would be fun. Probably more fun while sipping on some Irish Whiskey on the rocks.

I've seen almost all those on my feeder

The Dark Eyed Junco is also an interesting one to pay close attention to. There are many subspecies and color variations, and the species is one of the better examples of micro evolution in the bird kingdom. Because the ranges of various color variations/subspecies can overlap some hybridization is fairly common.

Just another reason to pay them more attention when they show up at the feeders every Winter. Ya never know, you might spot an oddball.

Pale-Skinned Northern Snow Birds

I’m definitely a bird man.

it really is - my wife's WFH desk is in our library with a view of the back yard. she can see the birds, Squirrels and the baby chipmunk we have.

a few weeks ago, we had about 300 cowbirds land int he front and back ray - looked like a Hitchcock scene - and then then flew about 5 houses down, grazed those yards, and then kept going - was amazing to see that ,any birds at 1 time