Female Hairy Woodpecker Enjoying My Suet Feeder

Hello fellow birdwatchers!

Yesterday, I saw this beautiful little lady stopping over to feed on some of my remaining suet in my back yard and was able to capture these great shots from my kitchen window.

The Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) is a medium-sized black and white woodpecker that is found over a large area of North America from Alaska and Canada to Mexico and Central America. The male of the species is distinct with a small patch of red feathers on the head, while the female has no red patch, only the distinctive black and white feather patterns.

They are particularly fond of suet and so this lovely girl showed up about noonday to enjoy a few bites.

Spring Blue Jays Returning To My Yard

Hello fellow birdwatchers! 

With the return of spring time here in South Carolina comes the return of one of our more well known feathered friends to our backyards.

The Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is one of the more picturesque North American backyard birds that can be found largely in the eastern and central parts of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, particularly in the United States and the southern parts of Canada. With their distinctive blue, black, and white feathers, Blue Jays are the flashiest of the corvidae family of birds which also include: ravens, crows, rooks, and magpies.

I was able to capture some good photos of this lovely pair of Blue Jays feeding underneath the shade of the trees -- fitting for Arbor Day (April 25th this year). They were taken through the screen of my living room window.