February 7, 2021 - Super Bowl Sunday Backyard Birding
White-Breasted Nuthatch enjoying some mealworms. Northern Cardinal and an Eastern Bluebird visiting a mealworm feeder. White-Breasted Nuthatch feeding upside down on the suet feeder. Molly and I visited the home of her parents Mark and Kim along with Molly's sister Meagan, our brother-in-law Seth, and our cute nephew Elisha (who Uncle Lucas hopes to teach how to love birds) for Super Bowl Sunday. At their house, we were able to take a few pictures of the bird visitors to their superb feeding setup. A male House Finch perched on the feeder. Two Eastern Bluebirds enjoying some mealworms. A few of the visitors to the feeder are unique only to winter. Dark-Eyed Juncos and American Tree Sparrows find their way back to lower Michigan in late fall and leave for the the boreal forest of Canada in the early spring. American Tree Sparrows make an even longer journey. They will leave us in the early spring for the far northern reaches of Canada and Alaska. Oddly enoug...