Misc Backyard Birding

Goldfinches have been showing up in great numbers this year! I didn't have any last year. So nice to see their plumage slowly change for breeding season. 💛😍💛
Another new visitor, the indigo bunting - I've only ever seen one twice in my life!
Carolina wren strikes the same pose twice.
Slightly activated tufted titmouse (tuft half up): Deactivated tufted titmouse (tuft down):
The bit of orange on this house finch's forehead is cute, it's not often that I see this color variation around my home. A more "standard" house finch, all red.
Excited-looking blue jay.
Lady bluebird watching the action below the feeders.
This mealworm suet has been really popular with the bluebirds and Carolina wrens.
Mourning doves enjoy a pile of peanuts.
Cute confused Cardinal.
Bonus non-birds

Alabama Snow Day :)

This little yellow-rumped warbler has been mingling with the pine siskins a lot recently. Yellow-bellied sapsucker (juvenile, I think) investigates the peanut situation. Tufted titmouse with a peanut. It decided to take the peanut to-go instead. Eastern phoebe finally discovered my window feeders today while taking refuge from the snow. Dark-eyed junco watches the snow fall. Red-winged blackbird (female). Carolina wren. Eastern bluebird. Showing off his plumage, posed on my lamp post (photo taken through a window, so it's kinda blurry).

Miscellaneous December Photos

Red-winged Blackbirds stopped by for a rare visit due to migration. We don't normally see them here at my house. A stunning female red-winged blackbird! A very cute chipping sparrow. ❤️ Strrrrretch up! A poofed pine siskin enjoys a banquet of blanched peanuts on a very chilly Christmas morning. They sure do squabble a lot. And they LOVE eating chipped sunflower seeds at my window feeders. I've finally made regular visitors of the blue jays. Yellow-rumped warbler investigates buffet options. My backyard birds are not too keen on this red-shouldered hawk hanging around lately. I found what I suspect was one of its kills in my back yard a couple of days ago, the remains of a pine siskin. Only the head, wing feathers, and tail feathers remained. Eastern phoebe at Moss Rock Preserve. Activating borb mode.