Red-breasted Nuthatch
This guys been hanging around my place this winter. He was dacha bird #138. Am now up to 143. This is a digi-bin pix.

This guys been hanging around my place this winter. He was dacha bird #138. Am now up to 143. This is a digi-bin pix.

Love the antics and appeal of the Pygmy Nuthatches!!
These guys are pests to native species, but there is some interesting plumage this time of year.
I believe virtual sparrow fest is free this year. https://www.friendsofbalcones.org/event-4122116. Sign up and see what Dr Birdy and friends can find on the refuge. Try googling sparrowfest 2021 if link above doesn’t work.
Just added bird 148 at The Dacha: Western Meadowlark. (Note: I don’t have a pix of Western, this one’s an Eastern).
Finally, here are a couple of interesting feeding behaviors by Cattle and Snowy. (Cattle video is pretty dis-focused).
Meadowlarks Split Article at ABA