I poked around, but wasn't sure where best to put this. This is possibly as good a place as any.
Since purchasing our acreage in 2008, I've always enjoyed the variety of birds we see and have been prompted into purchasing ID guides and poking around to learn more.
Here are some photos from Thursday, May 9. All were shot with a Nikon D3500 using a 70-300 mm lens. Photos have just been cropped and resized.
I didn't get shots of common grackle, mourning dove, nor American goldfinch that day, but they are regularly around. The last couple years, we've had a Canada goose couple attempt to nest near our dugout, but the nest was predated. I also heard killdeer.
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Savannah Sparrow
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Red-winged blackbird and his reflection
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Thirteen-lined ground squirrel...pretty, but I'm not a fan
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A pair of gray partridge I spooked for the second or third time that day
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Another attempt at the partridge
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Western meadowlark in flight
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Meadowlark found a place to land
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7-spotted lady beetle
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White-tailed jackrabbit...bane of my young trees
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Savannah sparrow
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Brown thrasher - we've always had a pair around for the summer
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Mourning cloak
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Brown thrasher
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Clay-colored sparrow I believe
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Another look
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American robin - a real harbinger of spring
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Harris' sparrow - shot through a window from inside the house, below the feeder
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Refuelling for continued northward journey
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One last shot
Working toward a permaculture-strong retirement near sunny Sperling.
Brad Hengen wrote:I'm in Central Saskatchewan, we have robins all year 'round
Give them feed and they stay
crabapple varieties that don't drop, and certain berry trees.... that's all they need
I grew up about halfway between Saskatoon and PA. Back in the day I'm not aware of any staying year round, but do recall hearing about geese staying in Regina with open water.
Working toward a permaculture-strong retirement near sunny Sperling.
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