Back in Jersey: Winter Birds

 

Northern Mockingbird

 

Red Bellied Woodpecker


Well we've been back from Africa for a week now and are slowly getting back on schedule. We haven't been out birding in NJ yet, but are enjoying our backyard birds. The mockingbirds are in our neighborhood all year but only come to our house in the winters. The red bellied woodpecker is year-round resident.


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Northern Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird and California Towhee

We just got back from a trip to Los Angeles helping our daughter and son-in-law move into their new house. Here's a photo of a mockingbird in their lemon tree and a towhee in some shrubs.

California Towhee

Birds of Island Beach State Park

 

 

 

We went to Island Beach State Park. It was a better day for the beach than birding, but here are a few photos. The top is female blue grosbeak (we think). The middle photo is a seagull eating a crab. Chris was traumatized by a crab as a child, so she thinks it's fine for the seagull to kill them. The bottom picture is a rather rumpled mockingbird.

Perching birds at Goldeneye

Northern Mockingbird

Olive-throated Parakeet

Jamaican Woodpecker

Jamaican Mango Hummingbird

Winter Birds at the Bird Bath

White-breasted Nuthatch

Northern Mockingbird

Here's are photos of some winter birds having a drink at our new heated bird bath.

Northern Mockingbird and Friends

 

 

Sometimes when bird watching, we encounter other creatures. We usually don't mind, but there are limits.