Colorful winter birds

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Here in the midwestern part of the US there are several colorful birds that hang out in our neighborhood and stop by the feeders to make our dull winter days a bit brighter.

Blue jays belong to the Corvid family, making them cousins to crows and ravens. They are known for their intelligence and social systems with tight family bonds. Their fondness and caching of acorns is credited with helping spread oak trees.

Blue Jays are protective parents, and family groups may stay together through the summer, with juveniles learning foraging and caching skills from their parents.

The Pileated Woodpecker is the largest Woodpecker and is also one of the biggest, forest birds in the neighborhood . It’s nearly the size of a crow.

This one is eating from my neighbors hanging log feeder that has holes drilled in that she packs with suet.

Cardinals bring particularly bright spots of color to the winter landscape. Females are more muted in color than males are.

Cardinals are often first at the feeders in the morning and last coming by in the evening.

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!BBH

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It was a joy to see beautiful birds flying freely wherever they pleased.

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Birds kept in cages seems a crime against nature.

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It's true, if people would just understand, many birds in the world wouldn't be rare.

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When I see woodpeckers and their ability to inscribe holes on trees,I keep wondering how their brain is been protected from such constant impact.

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I love these great photos.

That is a neat log feeder. Love that idea.

We have many cardinals here and blue jays too. We do have woodpeckers, but not sure which ones and I have never seen one near the size of a crow, so that would be interesting to see.

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Lovely birds, living very close to you. It's amazing to know. You know, birds always fly above, not wanting to relate with the humans.

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Lovely photos, I especially like the bright red of cardinals. Even more so as we are preparing to usher in the Lunar New Year.

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Ewoo! Absolutely beautiful.I like the colours of the Cardinals most,is like it is wearing red cap.Keep it on.Have a sweet day.

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Loving those open wing shots. Nice grabs!

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I'm loving the spread wings in the post and the last 😍 we have lots of pilated woodpeckers. I love their calls in the winter. They are noisy all winter long when the songbirds have all gone away. Their call really echos through the cold crisp mornings of winter in Vermont.

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