Winter Birds on LI

Winter Birds

 Long Island, NY

White-throated Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Downy Woodpecker female

Black-capped Chickadee

House Sparrow female

White-breasted Nuthatch

Ring-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Winter Visitors To Bird Feeder

Dark-eyed Junco

 Song Sparrow

 White-throated Sparrow

Kaler's Pond Audubon Center Feeder Station

January 9, 2013

Dark-eyed Junco (These birds are winter visitors)

Mourning Dove (They are ground feeders and live here all year round)

Song Sparrow (Usually feed on the ground. Has a brown spot on its chest)

Red-bellied Woodpecker - male (As the name implies, this large woodpecker has a red patch on its belly.

Birds @ Kaler's Pond Audubon Center

There was a good number of Fall Birds at the Kaler's Pond Audubon Center's Feeding Station. Below are some of them.

White-throated Sparrow & House Sparrow (female)

House Sparrow (female)

House Sparrow (male)

Blue Jay

Blue Jay

Black-capped Chickadee

Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

American Robin (winter visitor) 

American Robin (winter visitor)

House Finch (female)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (female)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (female)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)

Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove

LI Birds in Winter: Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow & White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

 Dark-eyed Junco - Slate colored, sparrow-sized bird. visits Long Island in winter and migrates back up north in the spring. Will visit bird feeders but prefers to feed on the ground.

Dark-eyed Junco

Song Sparrow

The Song Sparrow is a year-round resident of Long Island.

Chipping Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow in non-breeding plumage. 

Chipping Sparrow

  

White-throated Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

The White-throated Sparrow is easily identified by their white throat. They visit Long Island in the winter and migrate back up north to their breeding territory in the spring.