Puffed up birds in my backyard are a pretty common sight on icy cold winter mornings. They puff their feathers and the air trapped between helps insulate them and keeps them warm. It brings me so much pleasure to look out and see these spots of color on the bare icy branches.
Blue Jay's live in central and eastern United States and across southern Canada. They are quiet and secretive during nesting season, but the rest of the year they noisily communicate with each other and their squeaking makes it easy to know when they are in in the trees in my yard.
Cardinals are a familiar sight in my yard all year round. There is nothing to compare to the bright red spot of color they provide on a dreary winter day.
The first starling of the season appeared in my yard this week. They migrate south in the winter, so maybe the return of this one means that he has high hopes that spring will be returning soon. The weather forecast says otherwise!
This week the SMAP contest - by 
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This is one of my best photos simply because the odds of a house finch, an American goldfinch and an indigo bunting all being on the feeder at the same time was astonishing to me. Indigo Buntings usually only stop in my yard during spring migration for a couple of days, so my chances to get photos of them are rather rare.
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