Showing posts with label junco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label junco. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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.

Friday, January 21, 2011

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.