Do you feed the birds? This winter has been such a fun one for seeing all sorts of fun birds….such as this little red breasted nuthatch. They are all over the place this winter but believe it or not, they are unusual visitors here on the Cape, especially in these numbers.

White breasted nuthatches are much more common here–a little larger than their cousins but just as much fun to watch.

There’s the downy woodpeckers….

and the cardinals…

but this year there have been other fun visitors as well…such as these pine siskins (one is not a siskin but a house finch)

and this lovely lady evening grosbeak…her mate was with her but he did not stay still for a good photo…

but my favorites are the flickers–they are so bossy out in the world but so timid and jumpy at the feeder. Check out the expression on this girl….

These are just some of the regulars that keep me company every day…in the future I’ll post some of the others….like my favorite chickadee friends….

And I hope these photos show that you can have fun photographing the birds that visit your own backyard. These photos are taken with an old Sony Cybershot in my Hyannis backyard….not very exotic but lots of fun!