Cautious Bird

Nervous bird watches as photo is taken.

Male American Goldfinch - in summer plumage
The male American Goldfinch is olive in the winter. Then changes to bright yellow in the spring and summer.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Fringillidae, Spinus, Passeriformes, 2010, Chordata, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Female Amercian GoldFinch - Perched
A female American Goldfinch, perched at feeder.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Fringillidae, Spinus, Passeriformes, 2010, Chordata, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Chipping Sparrow - At Bird Feeder
Male and female chipping sparrows look very similar. This one taken in Barrie, Ontario.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Aves, Emberizidae, Spizella, Passeriformes, 2014, Chordata, Chipping Sparrow, Colaptes auratus, Spizella passerina, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Northern Flicker - Male
A male northern flicker looking for food in the lawn.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Aves, Picidae, Colaptes, Piciformes, 2014, Chordata, Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Female Brown-Headed Cowbird
A female brown-headed cowbird, perched at feeder. The adult male is iridescent black in color with a brown head. The adult female is slightly smaller and is dull grey with a pale throat and very fine streaking on the underparts.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Aves, Icteridae, Molothrus, Passeriformes, 2014, Chordata, Molothrus ater, Brown-Headed Cowbird, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Brown-headed Cowbird - Female at Feeder
A female brown-headed cowbird at feeder, with seed in beak. Located in Ontario Canada.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Aves, Icteridae, Molothrus, Passeriformes, 2014, Chordata, Molothrus ater, Brown-Headed Cowbird, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Brown-headed Cowbird - Male and Female at Feeder
Both a male and female brown-headed cowbird at feeder. In Ontario Canada.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Aves, Icteridae, Molothrus, Passeriformes, 2014, Chordata, Molothrus ater, Brown-Headed Cowbird, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Indigo Bunting at bird feeder - Male
Photo of a blue indigo bunting with a seed in its beak. The Indigo Bunting is closely related to the Lazuli Bunting and interbreeds with the species where their ranges overlap.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Aves, Cardinalidae, Passerina, Passeriformes, 2014, Chordata, Passerina cyanea, Indigo Bunting, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds