Birds in Teaneck, New Jersey 2015
3 April 2015 - Winter becoming Spring
Many year-round visitors showed up today. Here's a mourning dove taking a break. Also seen a few times today, but
didn't stay still long enough for a photo: tufted titmouse.
Blue jays dove for the peanuts I'd put out. One sat on a tree and vocalized for some time, making unusual throat calls,
which are more pleasant than their regular fingernails-on-chalkboard / rusty gate "Heads up! Blue Jay in the yard!" calls.
This and the following photograph show how the bird's throat forms the throat calls.
Appearing in the winter, a few dark-eyed juncos are still showing up as the temperatures increase. This one even remembered
to eat from the feeder.
Two peanut thieves. No peanut is safe.
Red-bellied woodpecker
Full grown adult male Red-Winged Blackbird
Grackle
Not yet fully grown redwing blackbird (note whitish marks on wing)
No birdwatching session can be considered complete without a house sparrow collective bath.
Considered by some to be very rare in New Jersey, a Clay-Colored Sparrow showed up.
It even ate from a feeder.
And here's a poignant moment: the disappearing native clay-colored sparrow, next to the invasive house sparrow.
