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  • This small variety of chickadee is a very common springtime visitor to the maple tree in my backyard. Extremely bold for even other usually curious chickadees, this one will often land within arm's reach from me if I'm just minding my own business, reading a book on my own back porch.
    Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
  • A male house sparrow is starting to develop his breeding plumage. Soon, his entire chest will be jet black and his cheeks will become whiter. Although it is not native, this extremely common songbird can be found all across North America. Photographed in Kent, Washington.
    House Sparrow
  • A pale male dark-eyed junco perches in a tree between Seattle and Tacoma, WA.
    Dark-eyed Junco
  • A female dark-eyed junco perches in a maple tree just south of Seattle Washington with the typical well-defined "hood" found in individuals in the Pacific Northwest.
    Dark-eyed Junco
  • This pale male dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis oreganus) is one of six subspecies of this relative of New World sparrows found throughout the Pacific Northwest. Sometimes referred to as the Oregon Junco, these birds have a noticeably dark "hood" or head compared to others of the same species found across North America. This one was photographed<br />
 just south of Seattle, Washington.
    Dark-Eyed Junco
  • This chestnut-backed chickadee shares much of the same range as its cousin, the black-capped chickadee. Interestingly, they may share the same resources, but they don't share the same feeding habits. Chestnut-backed chickadees like to feed near the top of conifers and other deciduous trees, while black-capped chickadees prefer the lower half of these same trees. Therefore, they don't compete for resources.
    Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
  • This subspecies of the chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens rufescens) has very clearly marked reddish-brown coloring on its flanks, just under the wings. This Pacific Northwest subspecies is found from Northern California all the way to Alaska.
    Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
  • One of the New World's smallest songbirds, the bushtit is a voracious feeder  of insects in the western United States, Mexico and the extreme southwestern corner of British Columbia in Canada.
    Bushtit
  • A bushtit pauses for a second on a bigleaf maple tree in Western Washington in the late afternoon as it hunts for spiders, aphids and other small insects.
    Bushtit
  • Very common and easily recognized across most of the eastern half of North American and along most the US/Mexico border, excluding California, the red cardinal (and in particular - the bright red male as seen here) one of our most common backyard birds. They are often seen in pairs searching for seeds and insects in bushes and on the ground, or frequenting bird feeder. This one was a surprise for me, because I've been unsuccessful in getting a decent shot of a nice bright red male for 20 years until last week in South Texas. This one suddenly landed right in front of me and stayed there for about 5 minutes while I had a blast photographing him from different angles.
    Northern Cardinal