Birds observed in Bellevue, WA

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band-tailed pigeon

band-tailed pigeons are the native species of pigeon to this area, unlike the urban pigeons most people are familiar with, which are actually european rock doves. these pigeons arrive in flocks and can clean out a feeder in no time.

chestnut-backed chickadee

in spite of being the most frequent visitors, chickadees are hard to get a good photo of because they never hold still for long.

black-capped chickadee

got a pretty good picture of this guy while learning to use aperture priority mode.

northern flicker

i was fortunate to have a flicker show up and got some good pictures and also a movie, just as it flew off.

dark-eyed juncos

These birds commonly feed on the ground but also make use of the platform feeder.

Steller's jay

you've certainly seen and heard these if you live on the west coast. they love peanuts.

pine siskin

initially i was unsure about this bird but some folks confirmed for me that it is a pine siskin.

european starling

I've seen flocks of these in the neighborhood but they're rare visitors to the feeder. This guy showed up on a cold morning (11/27).

varied thrush

A varied thrush first showed up about a month ago but I was unable to get a picture. Today (12/17) it stopped by again and I this time I was able to photograph it before it flew away.