November in Normal

The more hearty birds are hanging out this November in our backyard. Here are few of them for your view pleasure.

This Wren sharing nuts with the Downy Wood Pecker.



Here are a couple more pictures of the Wren at various places in the back yard.




Our Downey shares the nuts with this Red Breasted Nuthatch.



This silly squirrel! I think it might have been a little chilled, but it almost looks like it is be punished. Maybe it's mother said "Go to your room your bad squirrel!" Look at how he has his nose to the tree limb, he was there for quite a long time.



The Junco's are usually ground feeders, but this one decided to pose for a picture on the remains of a rack formerly used to hold a water tray.



The female Northern Cardinal hustling up some grub for her self.



This male Northern Cardinal maybe standing guard for the female or just resting to let the food digest a bit.



The White Breasted Nuthatch is a little larger than the Red Breasted seen above. We have a couple of each of these birds. According to Jeannie at Wild Birds Unlimited "the nuthatches are the Winter equivalents of the ever so active Summer Humming Birds".