Spring meets winter (pic) **few more added post 13

[Karen]

Great, great photos! Love my juncos, too! I have never seen a goldfinch in the city where we live now, but we used to get them sometimes where I grew up, where there are more woods nearby. And I love the coo of the mourning doves, too, don't you?

[K9soul]

Great, great photos! Love my juncos, too! I have never seen a goldfinch in the city where we live now, but we used to get them sometimes where I grew up, where there are more woods nearby. And I love the coo of the mourning doves, too, don't you?

I love the songs and calls of most birds, but doves are definitely one of my favorites to listen to. I also love to hear the loons but unfortunately don't live close enough to a lake to hear them regularly. I did not used to see as many goldfinches but I kept putting out thistle and it just seemed one year they all showed up, and have been coming ever since. We get quite a wide variety of birds here, some come for the water, some for the food, some for the shelter of the trees around the yard. Sometimes we get a cooper's hawk that takes up residence in the yard for awhile looking for an easy meal

The juncos will be heading out of here soon as they only come here for the winter. I enjoy watching them all, and thought they looked so pretty against the snow!