bird behavior – The Jersey Birder

A lesson in allofeeding

A mother sparrow feeds a young sparrow from her beak as both birds sit on a curved iron plant stand. They are seen through an orchid with white blossoms.

While doing my morning reading from my easy chair Wednesday, I looked up to see a pair of house sparrows perched on a plant hanger propped against one of our dining room windows. One bird was feeding the other, zipping back and forth to the nearby tube feeder while the other stayed put. The birdsContinue reading “A lesson in allofeeding”

A song sparrow gone wrong

Song sparrow on ledge outside a window, with a white candle off to the side on ledge inside the window.

For the last several days, a song sparrow has been pecking at a couple of windows on the back end of our house. While my wife has been bemusedly coping with most of the attacks, I finally got a photo of the offending fellow this morning. If you look at the window in the photoContinue reading “A song sparrow gone wrong”

American kestrels in the gloaming

American kestrels have been hanging out at Mercer Meadows for several months, and I’ve seen as many as five at one time on the Pole Farm side of the park. Unable to go out birding this morning, after work I dashed out to the Reed Bryan Farm side of the park in hopes of catchingContinue reading “American kestrels in the gloaming”