December has been a birdy month already. First, we found this poor little American Goldfinch down on the deck. He likely hit a window and was stunned (aka bonk disease). We held him for some time (hour?) warming him and then he was ready to go.
He flew right out of our hands up into the tree and looked good. Hopefully he did well. It was freezing and snowing when I found him - glad I got to him before he froze or a predator got him.
Next bird of the post is Henri. Henri is completing his 35th year and will turn 36 next month. He came up to share in some breakfast with us recently.
He was fond on the french toast made with little nuts in the bread. He picked out every nut and ate a fair amount of the bread too.
He was happy as good be! (Notice the brilliant one sitting there with her shirt on inside out. Dave noticed it hours later. I didn't even bother changing it!)
Henri is (oddly) molting a little bit about his face right now and he's looking a little rough. There is no doubt he's slowing down due to old age, but he's still a very happy bird.
We got pummeled with a foot of snow that started on Christmas day. A treat of this was that we've had some Cassin's Finches coming to our feeder. This is the first time we've seen them in the yard. The bird to the left is either an immature Cassin's male, or a female. The bird to the right is a House Finch female. You can see the difference in body shape and facial feather markings.
We've since seen as many as four Cassin's on the back porch (plus an American Tree Sparrow). All other regular customers are around too.
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