Friday, February 26, 2021

Nature's bird feeders

A golden-crowned sparrow feeds on early blooming forsythia blossoms near a home in rural western Oregon near Elkton on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Forsythia flowers are produced in the early spring before the leaves. 

A red-breasted nuthatch forages for Douglas fir seeds on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Douglas-firs, along with many other conifers, produce a heavy crop of cones only once every several years. A cycle for Douglas-fir cone production is typically 5 to 7 years long.

 

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