Blackthumb Bob says:

Flew from this branch and started eating bugs from the ground.  Photo taken early September.

Kevin J  Caley says:

Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted).  One of the woodpeckers

Barbolink says:

Flickers like to eat ants.  The one in the tree looks like a female because the males have a black mustache.

Blackthumb Bob says:

A robin.  When this was taken I counted 15 of them in the yard!  Photo taken early September.

Barbolink says:

Just for fun, try to tell the males from the females.  The males are darker on the back and their chests are more deeply colored.

Blackthumb Bob says:

This is a blue bird.  I have a blue bird house, and this is the kind of bird that lived in it.  Photo taken early September.

Barbolink says:

This is an Eastern Bluebird.  It has a reddish throat - the Western Bluebird has a light colored throat.

Blackthumb Bob says:

This bird scampers up and down the tree very quickly.  I think it eats from the feeders.  Photo taken early September.

Barbolink says:

"This is most likely a Downy Woodpecker.  It has a look-alike relative (the Hairy Woodpecker) which is bigger with a relatively vely longer bill."

Blackthumb Bob says:

On 12-4-99, I added this male Downy Woodpecker.  This was not in my backyard.  Image taken at Shelby Farms Park, just outside Memphis TN.  I added it to this page to keep the species together.

Blackthumb Bob says:

This is a pair of doves.  Are all doves the same species or are there varieties of them?

Rob replies:

Outside of the Mexican border area and South Florida (and large cities with escaped exotics) all doves encountered should be Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura).

Another visitor adds:

Yes these are Mourning doves. Inca Doves range as far north as Austin, Texas and I've seen them as far east as Bryan, Texas. I'va also seen White-winged dove here in Bryan, though I'm sure it's rare. The Ground Dove ranges all of south Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and all of Florida. North of this yes you should only see Mourning Doves, unless you consider the "Rock Dove" which we all know as the domestic pidgeon.

Blackthumb Bob says:

Northern Mockingbird.  Had to wait to 12-5-99 to get a decent picture of this species.  This bird thinks it OWNS this holly tree!

Blackthumb Bob says:

Two views of the same bird.  Taken mid September.

Rob states:

The bird is a Wren.  From the photo on the right you can see the warm buffy underparts and white throat, and the tail appears to have no white in it which all lead to Carolina Wren.

Pat Kiewicz suggests instead:

Bewick's wren.  You can just make out the black and white barred outer tail feathers.

Blackthumb Bob says:

Another tree clinger...

Rob says:

 Nice picture of a White-breasted Nuthatch.

Blackthumb Bob says:

Another mid September photo.  This is a small bird, about 3 inches long.

Rob says:

Cannot see any crest, but everything else about this bird suggests Tufted Titmouse (bill color and shape, general colors, large black eye).  Should have a recognizable gray crest.

Wes Siegrist says:

This is certainly another shot of a tufted titmouse.