Photo Dome Fun!
Published: May 29, 2012
Tags: My Feeders, Photo dome, hunting blind, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Gray Catbird, Dark-eyed Junco, Blue Jay, Eastern Towhee, Red-winged Blackbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow
I noticed a pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers coming to our huge back pine tree yesterday - so today I decided to pull out my photo dome (aka hunting blind) and do a little stalking of this handsome couple.
In-between visits from the sapsuckers, I managed to capture a few photos of some other unsuspecting subjects: Gray Catbird, junvenile Dark-eyed Junco, Blue Jay, Eastern Towhee (who has been returning since my last post:
An Eastern Towhee Visits), Red-winged Blackbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow, and Mourning Dove.
It looks like I never did capture a good photo of the female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I guess I'll just have to try again!
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A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Juvenile Dark-eyed Junco
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Gray Catbird
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Gray Catbird
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Male Red-winged Blackbird
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Male Eastern Towhee
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Blue Jay
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Mourning Dove
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Song Sparrow
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Chipping Sparrow