Bird o' the Day

1/21

Bald Eagles don’t get their white heads until their fourth or fifth year. This adolescent is waiting for its complexion to clear up. You remember what that was like. It can’t happen quickly enough.

1/20

Coop enjoys a quiet moment in the trees.

1/19

Waste not, want not. Sparrow goes after the last of last summer’s blackberries. Some fruit-eating birds in tropical climes actually get drunk eating over-ripe and fermented fruit, but it’s never hot enough here for that.

1/18: Sunday at the National Aviary

Speckled Mousebirds. They were so cute that I took too many pictures of them. Very sociable birds, they’re found pretty much everywhere in sub-Saharan Africa, preferring open, brushy areas.

1/17

We came home from a birdy outing and spotted this little hummer whizzing around our lilac tree. I think it’s a Rufous Hummingbird, an unusual sighting in Seattle this time of year. I’d always heard that Rufouses migrated south but this winter has been pretty mild. Perhaps like

1/16

You should have someone who looks at you like coots look at a blade of grass.

1/15

”Get a room!” Northern Pintails flirting with each other.

1/14

Tap. Tap tap. Tap tap tap. Sapsuckers are very precise birds. Draw a line to the right from his beak and you can where he’s started his excavations. Sapsuckers like the tree sap that will gather in the holes, and any bugs that get caught in the sticky goo

1/13

The railroad doesn't use the telegraph anymore but the wire is a nice perch. Questions? Comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com.

1/12

Here we have two super-cute tree toppers at Graham Oaks Nature Park last month. Graham Oaks is about 250 acres of oak savanna habitat west of Wilsonville, Oregon, and if you're ever that way, stop by. Questions? Comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com.

1/11: Sunday at the National Aviary

The Venezuelan Troupial is like a Baltimore Oriole on steroids. Maybe if baseball’s Baltimore Orioles team changed their name to Troupials they‘d win the World Series! I have not yet figured out how to include a simple way to reply to these emails. If you have questions or

1/10

In winter, fat is where it's at. This suet feeder does big business all day long.