April 26 to 30 - Backyard Birds

As  April ended, I had been working from home for more than a month. Weekend outings were less frequent as many locations were closed. This blog features some shots taken from the balcony looking out into the Apple tree in our back yard. The tree was in full blossom, which made spotting birds harder, but made for some attractive results.

I've guessed at the identify of some of the birds seen, and have not counted them for 2020 if not totally sure.

Only the rear side seen here, but it is clearly a Bushtit.


Bushtit - Backyard, North Delta BC - April 26, 2020

This Downy Woodpecker has been a yard resident for a long time.

Downy Woodpecker - Backyard, North Delta BC - April 26, 2020

This is another rear end shot, but the identity is uncertain. I actually don't even know if this is the rear or front of the bird.

Unknown Bird - Backyard, North Delta BC - April 26, 2020

No problems with this bird, a Pine Siskin. We have an invasion of them every spring as a group of them monopolize our seed feeder.

Pine Siskin  - Backyard, North Delta BC - April 2020

We also have a flock of Bushtits residing on our property. They are primarily insect eaters, so they're not seen at the feeder. But they love the flower buds on the apple tree.

Bushtit - Backyard, North Delta BC - April 2020

Bushtit - Backyard, North Delta BC - April 2020

And yet another mystery bird on the last day of the month. I took nine shots of it. This one was the clearest. I think there's enough there to call it a Yellow Warbler. The reddish streaking on the breast is the mark I'm using for this call.

Yellow Warbler (?) - Backyard, North Delta BC - April 30 2020

2020 Bird #80

That ends April. Normally spring is the best time of the year for birding, but Covid has reduced my outings significantly. We''ll see what May brings.

As mentioned in the last post, it was created with a new version of Blogger. For this post I noticed there was button to switch to the "Classic" version. Production of this post was much easier, and the images are much larger when you click on one.