With their plain-Jane garb of brownish gray and drab white, female house finches don’t draw the eye the way their male companions do with their deep red feathers. When the female finches show up at our feeders, I glance at them, make a mental note of their number and hope something brighter will fly inContinue reading “Finding beauty in common birds”
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Blue jays are ruling the roost
2024 is turning out to be a banner year for blue jays, at least as I’m seeing and hearing them on my outings in Mercer County, New Jersey. Each time I look out the back windows at home, it seems two or three blue jays are flying up to our feeders or streaking by theContinue reading “Blue jays are ruling the roost”
The magnificent blue jay
As ubiquitous as the blue jay is in much of this part of the world, I’ve taken relatively few photos of them in wild, especially when compared with many less common species. Early in my walk this morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm, I spotted one sitting regally atop a tree and snapped away.Continue reading “The magnificent blue jay”
The Jersey Birder 