Through my Office Window – February 2021 (and Niagara Birding)
/We’ve had a snowy/icy February so far. There are pines and cedars at the edges of our yard that catch the snow. They are easy to photograph from the warmth of my office. Sometimes I intentionally overexpose the pictures to blur the background further…make the most of the dim light.
Our feeder is popular and often has multiple birds visiting. The pictures below show a Junco - Carolina Wren – female Northern Cardinal and Junco – female Northern Cardinal (tail only) and male House Finch.
The female Red-bellied Woodpecker still comes as well – choosing the peanuts from the mix of seeds.
I also managed some pictures of birds in trees – a Titmouse in the cedar
And the male Northern Cardinal in the red maple.
We’ve also noticed deer coming through our yard. There are seven in the picture below….two groups coming together.
I took several more pictures of the same group at various zoom settings. The portrait with just the head and shoulders shows how thick the winter coat is on the animals.
Over the past weekend, we watched the virtual Birds on the Niagara. All the videos are freely available online now: Feb. 12-13 videos and Feb. 14 videos.
I enjoyed all of them but by favorites were:
Timothe Beatley on Biophilic Cities
Paloma Plant on preventing bird collisions with buildings
Anne McCooey on project to certify the City of Buffalo as NWF Habitat Communities
My husband and I talked about whether we would make the trek to the area in winter sometime post-pandemic….decided we’d go in spring or fall instead – try to see it during migration. Seeing it virtually in winter was good enough for us!
