Birds in my yard, and such

[a_muse_d]

Dark eyed junco





I mistakenly thought these guys were Black capped chickadees, seen here...



of which I may have seen on occasion


Scrub jay



These guys are always in the yard with Lefty and company.
I've seen them stuff three peanuts-in-shell in their mouths before flying off. Funny.


Varied thrush



Under the feeder...





Steller's jay



I'd never seen one of these before, and then a few days ago
there it was in the tree, and I went wtf whoa who are you!??
Quite striking, and only seen the one time.


Secret squirrel (named by drummer Brian)





I've never really been a Birder, as such, but I've been curious, lately, about who these
guys are that hang out in the yard. So I've looked them up, snagged images from the nets, and
decided to post along with a few images I've taken myself. I didn't get a chance to get the Steller's jay.
Too slow to react, and too surprised by its appearance in the tree.




Work has been very slow. I only worked two days last week. I love the time off, but can't really appreciate it
because of money concerns. This past month or so has been really slim pickins. Things should pick up before too long. But I'm on a low budget for the time being. I could use a winning lottery ticket. As all of us could.

Slim Pickins...hey Wild Bill, wait for me!

Low Budget...Kinks.

This kind of stuff goes through my mind all the time; references to stuff that has crammed itself into
my head that just hangs out there for years and years.


I should stfu and post this now.

Comments

[elainegrey]

The varied thrush is glorious! I adore Stellar's jays and scrub jays. The Stellar's is quite dramatic. We had one visit our feeder on rare occasions. No more feeder, as the cats are completely untrustworthy.