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A Sandhill Crane coming in hot to land on the nature trail and trumpet at other Sandhill Cranes (looked like a territory dispute.)

submitted 18 hours ago • 7 comments

A male Red-bellied Woodpecker keeping an eye on the nature trail.

submitted 18 hours ago • 7 comments

A White-breasted Nuthatch scooting down while looking up.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

An American Tree Sparrow snacks on dock plant seeds.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

The Tufted Titmouse might be the bird I've photographed the most. They are very cute and photogenic.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

A female Pileated Woodpecker scooting around a tree, looking for a good spot to start hammering away and excavating for ants.

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

A female Belted Kingfisher — females have the rusty belt while the males do not — watching the river. After a bit she flew further down to look for a better fishing spot.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

A Red-tailed Hawk surveys the field for things to eat. She must not have not seen much; she soon left the field and headed into the woods.

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

A Black-capped Chickadee waits for sunflower seeds and peanuts to be offered. For these birds, starting in the Fall, the part of the brain that is responsible for spatial memory gets bigger in order to help Chickadees remember where all those sunflower seeds and peanuts are stored.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Woodpeckers tend to have very long tongues, but the Pileated Woodpecker's is relatively short. This is because they excavate deeply into trees, enabling them to reach their prey (typically ants) without needing an incredibly long tongue.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

A Wild Turkey with flaps deployed for landing

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

An American Tree Sparrow ponders the nature trail before joining other sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. Sparrows can be hard to tell apart; the biggest tell for me with these birds is the bicolored beak with gray on top and yellow on bottom.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

A close up of a female Pileated Woodpecker. This Winter has been amazing for Pileated Woodpecker viewing. I have heard some territorial drumming, so I am hoping a pair (or more!) decide to nest in the park.

submitted 6 days ago • 47 comments

A young Red-tailed Hawk after diving into a field. He/she missed the meal and came up empty clawed. I can tell this is a young Red-tailed Hawk by the yellow eyes; adults have dark brown.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies.) The lovely brown tones point to this being a female bird.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

The look of a Downy Woodpecker who is waiting for a peanut

submitted 7 days ago • 20 comments

A female Pileated Woodpecker enjoying a berry so tasty that it's making her head feathers stand straight up. (It's really the wind blowing her red feathers, but she did look to be enjoying the berries.)

submitted 8 days ago • 17 comments

Viewed from a distance, Brown Creepers look like a piece of bark, easily blending into the tree.

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

A female Northern Cardinal watches a rowdy group of Blue Jays on the boardwalk. There are currently three female Northern Cardinals that like to hang out along the boardwalk: The Queen, The Lady with the Red Eyebrows, and this lovely one, who has the most red in her eyebrows out of the three.

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

A Pileated Woodpecker bending backwards for a berry

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

An impressively chonky Dark-eyed Junco

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

A Golden-crowned Kinglet hovers while inspecting the bottom of a branch for bugs.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

A Red-tailed Hawk showing her feathery pantaloons as she takes off.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

I've a few more prints of the Dark-eyed Junco snowflake photo back in stock: jocelynandersonphotographyshop.com , along with some other prints as well. If something is sold out it should be back in stock in the next week or so (I typically only keep one of every print in stock.)

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Some of our lovely Winter visitors, male and female Dark-eyed Juncos (slate-colored subspecies.) The male has a gray top half, while the female has warm brown tones mixed in with gray.

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

A male Downy Woodpecker on a snowy day. The males take the best feeding spots — small branches and stems — leaving the females with the larger branches to forage on. (This male isn't foraging, he's waiting for a peanut.)

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

A White-breasted Nuthatch scooting along a moss covered log

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

A Tufted Titmouse perches on a frost-covered plant along the nature trail

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A female Pileated Woodpecker letting the wood chips fly

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

Sandhill Cranes in a snow storm ❄️

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

Trying to think of a fun and/or informative caption but I've eaten a massive slice of mud slide pie and now I want a nap. If only I had the focus of this Tufted Titmouse, who is on full alert for a peanut.

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

The Wild Turkey hen on the right was booting all other turkeys off the log. She would walk up to them, and if they didn't move, she would start pecking at them until they left. It was her log and she didn't want to share.

submitted 16 days ago • 7 comments

A male White-breasted Nuthatch showing a bit of the cheeky rusty rump feathers. This is a male due to the black noggin feathers; a female will have dark gray.

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Sandhill Cranes standing (some on one leg) on the frozen lake. In the mornings, around 20 will fly in from their roosting grounds to gather along the lakeshore and forage for food which includes seeds, berries, and roots.

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

A Winter Wren, a plump round ball of a bird, pops up for a brief moment before heading back into the reeds.

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

A Red-tailed Hawk surveys the surrounding woods. She must not have seen anything tasty to eat as after giving things a good look, she took off for other perch. (I know this is the female of the local pair because the male who hunts in this area has white feathers on his head.)

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

The Dark-eyed Junco snowflake photo is back in stock: jocelynandersonphotographyshop.com ! I've restocked other prints as well. If something is sold out it should be back in stock in the next week or so (I typically only keep one of every print.) Thank you to everyone who has purchased my work ❤️

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A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) looking nice and plump and in good shape for the cold weather.

submitted 18 days ago • 10 comments

A Golden-crowned Kinglet moments before launch

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

A Dark-eyed Junco flares his tail feathers as he launches. The lady Juncos seem to prefer males with more white in their tail feathers.

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

The Blue Jays were yelling so this female Pileated Woodpecker took a break from hammering away at a tree to check out the situation. The Blue Jays may have been excited about finding food and not a raptor as this lady went back to looking for ants after a few moments.

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

A Tufted Titmouse perched over the nature trail that I needed to cross. The payment required for crossing: a peanut

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

A Red-tailed Hawk flying past, heading to the fields to do some hunting. I followed her to the fields, where I didn't see her catch anything but did see her get repeatedly bopped on the head by Blue Jays who wanted her gone.

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

Dark-eyed Juncos, often called "snowbirds," kicking up some snow.

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

A male Red-bellied Woodpecker waits along the nature trail for any fallen peanuts. Different Red-bellied Woodpeckers have different amounts of red on their face and chest. The Red-bellied that will hand-feed has some faint red stripes on his chest; this one does not hand-feed but will get close.

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

A male Redhead duck (left) staying close to his lady (right). The Redheads are pairing up this time of year, in late Winter.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

A Golden-crowned Kinglet that was bopping around in a conifer.

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

A female Pileated Woodpecker and her brownish yellowish eye. This bird's eyes are transitioning from the brown color of a young bird to the yellow coloring of an adult.

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

I have restocked some prints and added the Dark-eyed Junco snowflake photo to my online shop: jocelynandersonphotographyshop.com ! I will do another restock next week, so if things are sold out they should be back in stock then (and I'll make another post about it here.)

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I recently watched American Goldfinches take a bath in an icy river. They would perch along the waterway, and then hover over the water before eventually landing in a shallow spot to take a dip. I wonder if the birds were second guessing themselves before dipping a feather into the water

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment