FOOD IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

Posted by: atowhee | September 25, 2021

FOOD IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

The waxwings are busy in our part of south Salem. They hunt insects from our treetops. Even higher up I saw dozens using the treetops in our local park. There they favored the dead tops of the two tallest–a cottonwood and a Doug-fir. They seemed more bug-centered today than fruit-eyed. Our crabapple is still unmolested and rich in fruit.

Cleanliness is next to finchliness; crows on park patrol; three treetop shots of waxwings; Downy; flicker

954 Ratcliff Drive SE, Marion, Oregon, US
Sep 25, 2021
15 species

Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Steller’s Jay 1
California Scrub-Jay 4
American Crow 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 40
Lesser Goldfinch 2
American Goldfinch 50
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Spotted Towhee 1

Posted in birding, birds, corvids, finches, migratory birds, natural history, oregon, Salem, trees, Willamette Valley, woodpeckers | Tags: American Goldfinch, Cedar Waxwings, Downy Woodpecker

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