A Dark-eyed Junco watching the bird feeder, easily perching with its claws.
The turkey vulture supposedly has weak feet, and the lack of feathers on its head is thought to reduce transmission of disease from the carrion (Yuk!) it feeds on.
This one was sitting in a dead tree waiting to get a whiff of anything already beyond help. At certain times of the year, they're very common in my area. Perhaps it does consider its claws a fashion statement.
This one was sitting in a dead tree waiting to get a whiff of anything already beyond help. At certain times of the year, they're very common in my area. Perhaps it does consider its claws a fashion statement.
Some days, it doesn't feel like the birds have left the dinosaur world so far behind.
A female Red-bellied Woodpecker
Author's Note: I've used some of these photos of birds from my yard in other posts.
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