Where's Winter?

This morning we were visited by our resident flicker pair and it seemed they had a juvenile with them! But mostly our winter backyard bird action has cooled down. The dark-eyed juncos, fox sparrows and warblers seem to have moved on, and the pine siskins have moved in. A Lincoln's song sparrow* is still hanging around, and he sings his territorial song regularly each morning. Still, I'm looking forward to the Great Backyard Bird Count next weekend, Feb. 17-20.

Here are some photos taken in January:

Fox sparrow

Townsend warbler

* See "Correcting the Record"