Lunchtime Sightings

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Yesterday we drove out to have lunch with friends who live in Hempstead. It was a cold, gray day but our friends' feeders were very busy throughout our time at their house. The most common birds there were American Goldfinches, Northern Cardinals and Chipping Sparrows.

American Goldfinch

However, a nearby tree had my first Yellow-bellied Sapsucker of 2010 while the feeder activity attracted some other new 2010 birds: a House Wren, House Sparrows, Tufted Titmice, Lincoln's Sparrows and even a couple of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers.

Tufted Titmouse

Sometimes I really wish that we lived in the country rather than in the exburbs!
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