Sunday, February 9, 2014

Winter Birds

Birds out & about in early February

True there are no flowers in my Ontario gardens right now but,  I have bird feeders so there are tons of birds.

Largest square: female Northern Cardinal.

Moving clockwise: White-breasted Nuthatch, Mourning Dove, male Northern Cardinal, Tree Sparrow, and Dark-eyed junco

I am Linking to Mosaic Monday HERE.

Please visit Michelle at Rambling Woods for more NATURE NOTES.
  
at

44 comments:

  1. TexWisGirlFebruary 9, 2014 at 11:23 AM

    a beautiful array. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Taken For GrantedFebruary 9, 2014 at 11:45 AM

    Lovely see the birds of winter. Especially enjoy your cardinal photos.

    ReplyDelete
  3. ElaFebruary 9, 2014 at 11:55 AM

    Beautiful photos of the birds
    Greetings

    ReplyDelete
  4. StephanieFebruary 9, 2014 at 12:03 PM

    A very beautiful assortment of birds.

    ReplyDelete
  5. MadSnapperFebruary 9, 2014 at 12:50 PM

    that momma cardinal is beautiful, she is even outshining the male in this shot

    ReplyDelete
  6. JenFebruary 9, 2014 at 1:20 PM

    I love cardinals. Nice shots.

    ReplyDelete
  7. RedPatFebruary 9, 2014 at 1:30 PM

    A lovely group, EG!

    ReplyDelete
  8. HalcyonFebruary 9, 2014 at 1:35 PM

    So pretty! I miss North American birds. All you get around here are crows and pigeons. :(

    ReplyDelete
  9. LowellFebruary 9, 2014 at 1:37 PM

    That's wonderful. We probably should put out a bird feeder but when we've tried the squirrels have defeated all attempts to provide sustenance for the avians.

    We do have cardinals in the bushes around the house, though. The cats watch them very carefully through the windows. Wonder what they're thinking?

    ReplyDelete
  10. eileeninmdFebruary 9, 2014 at 1:39 PM

    You do see a nice variety there. They are colorful too, a pretty replacement for the flowers to come later. Beautiful mosaic! Have a happy week!

    ReplyDelete
  11. aspiritofsimplicityFebruary 9, 2014 at 1:40 PM

    very nice and in some ways better than flowers.

    ReplyDelete
  12. DanFebruary 9, 2014 at 2:17 PM

    Nice series, highlighting that winter isn't bland at all. It is full of life and colours.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Small City ScenesFebruary 9, 2014 at 3:01 PM

    Nice collage of sweet birds. I am so glad we have a lot of feeders around. We have lots of different birds here too. MB

    ReplyDelete
  14. cedarmerefarmFebruary 9, 2014 at 3:03 PM

    Gorgeous pictures, as usual! Your female cardinal is so much prettier than the ones I have seen in Virginia.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Pamela GordonFebruary 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM

    These pretty birds make a great mosaic. I guess they are winter's blooms. :)

    ReplyDelete
  16. Lois EvensenFebruary 9, 2014 at 3:22 PM

    How pretty!

    ReplyDelete
  17. A Garden of ThreadsFebruary 9, 2014 at 3:56 PM

    Awesome visitors. It has been very quite here, not much happening. Enjoy the week:)

    ReplyDelete
  18. Linda W.February 9, 2014 at 4:10 PM

    Nice variety of birds. And I love how you've displayed your photos.

    ReplyDelete
  19. LindaFebruary 9, 2014 at 5:19 PM

    We have the same birds here in Virginia. Guess they are fairly adaptable.

    ReplyDelete
  20. MichelleFebruary 9, 2014 at 6:15 PM

    I always love seeing those bright, red Cardinals.

    ReplyDelete
  21. William KendallFebruary 9, 2014 at 7:38 PM

    The female cardinal looks quite lovely from this set.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Coloring Outside the LinesFebruary 9, 2014 at 7:49 PM

    Nice shots- I really love the cardinals.

    ReplyDelete
  23. JackFebruary 9, 2014 at 8:22 PM

    I'm a particular fan of cardinals. We see them occasionally down here, but more often see them up north.

    ReplyDelete
  24. LONDONLULUFebruary 9, 2014 at 8:47 PM

    Aw, they look so sweet! The colors show up so brilliantly against the winterscape (I laughed out loud at your comment re: seeing smiles/frowns in my chapel ceiling shot:)

    ReplyDelete
  25. Cheryl @ TFDFebruary 9, 2014 at 9:08 PM

    Beautiful shots of your winter birds. We have all of these at our feeders this winter and they sure have been a hungry bunch!

    ReplyDelete
  26. Krishna/കൃഷ്ണFebruary 9, 2014 at 11:23 PM

    nice birds...

    thanks

    ReplyDelete
  27. John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"February 10, 2014 at 2:01 AM

    The male cardinal is amazing seen against the snow. Around here garden centres seem to sell more bird seed than seeds for planting.

    ReplyDelete
  28. StuartFebruary 10, 2014 at 4:50 AM

    Just fabulous !

    ReplyDelete
  29. Jenn JilksFebruary 10, 2014 at 5:18 AM

    what a coincidence! I'm doing a winter birds post today. I've had enough of funerals, sickness. cheery photos!
    (ツ) from Cottage Country Ontario , ON, Canada!

    ReplyDelete
  30. RamakrishnanFebruary 10, 2014 at 6:08 AM

    Beautiful photo collage of lovely birds. You are really kind to provide feed for the poor critters !

    ReplyDelete
  31. DarlaFebruary 10, 2014 at 7:45 AM

    You have such colorful birds it almost makes up for having no flowers.

    Darla

    ReplyDelete
  32. •°°• IcyBC •°°•February 10, 2014 at 7:56 AM

    These are beautiful winter birds! Fantastic shots!

    ReplyDelete
  33. RoseFebruary 10, 2014 at 8:29 AM

    A very nice collage...aren't the female cardinals so beautiful? Of course I love the males, but when you look at the female, they are just as beautiful.

    ReplyDelete
  34. CarverFebruary 10, 2014 at 11:23 AM

    Great shots of the beautiful birds.

    ReplyDelete
  35. abriannaFebruary 10, 2014 at 1:35 PM

    Lovely shots. Every so often I will have 2 cardinal pairs visiting my yard.

    ReplyDelete
  36. Lisa GordonFebruary 10, 2014 at 4:00 PM

    Your feathered friends are beautiful!
    I am noticing that a few birds are beginning to return here. Spring can't be too far behind! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  37. Deb @ Frugal Little BungalowFebruary 10, 2014 at 6:08 PM

    I don't know why but I have no juncos nor nuthatches here ( and you'd think with the amount of food that I put out some would come to visit! :)

    Lovely photos / If I can't have some of these birds visit ME I'll enjoy them visiting YOU :)

    ReplyDelete
  38. Beyond the Dog DishFebruary 11, 2014 at 1:11 AM

    What a colourful array of birds you have found! Your so brave venturing out in the weather here.

    ReplyDelete
  39. KarenFebruary 11, 2014 at 11:51 AM

    Beauties!

    ReplyDelete
  40. LauraFebruary 11, 2014 at 2:55 PM

    Such lovely winter friends:-)

    ReplyDelete
  41. AndreaFebruary 11, 2014 at 9:50 PM

    While we are already in transition from less hot to more hot to our dry season, you are still deep in your snow. Oh how i pity the birds! They really look cold, if only they can come here this time! haha

    ReplyDelete
  42. Rambling WoodsFebruary 14, 2014 at 4:48 PM

    Wonderful selection of some of my favorite birds Tina.. Happy Valentine's Day....Michelle

    ReplyDelete
  43. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2014 at 7:28 PM

    I love the cardinal. I haven't seen one of those in a long time.

    ReplyDelete
  44. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2014 at 9:16 PM

    Beautiful! I haven't had the variety of birds I usually do this winter. I'm glad you're sharing yours.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for visiting my little corner of the world. I hope you enjoyed your stay here. Please leave a comment before you leave so I can visit your blog.