Bird Photography by Kozmic Dreams

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Sparrow

This sparrow was photographed after a snow storm on February 22, 2010. These are not very good photos, but they did show some little yellow feathers that I never knew existed until I saw these photos.

Chickadee

This chickadee was photographed after a snow storm on February 22, 2010. It is eating a sunflower seed from the feeder.

Hollywood Finches

These finches were photographed after a snow storm on February 22, 2010.

Cardinals

These male cardinals were photographed on February 22, 2010. Notice how the one in the third photo is eating a berry.

These cardinals were photographed in my backyard on December 19, 2009. They are part of a flock that contains at least 6 males and 6 females that often travel around together. I have never seen cardinals behave in this manner---generally, they are very territorial. I think it may be partly due to the fact that there were 9.6 acres of woodland habitat that were just destroyed this summer. This area is very close to my house and the birds may have joined together from there. Last winter, I only had 2 male cardinals at my feeder and they were very territorial. You can see that these males are hanging out in very close proximity. There are no dominance issues between any of the six males of this group. I see them all sitting around or feeding together very often.

Dark-eyed Juncos

These juncos were photographed in my backyard on December 19, 2009. I have never seen these in southeastern Michigan before this season. Apparently, it is pretty much unknown where these birds hang out during the summer, but many areas get to enjoy them during the winter. I hope that I will get to see them every winter. There seem to be four of them that travel together.

Downy Woodpecker, female

On November 11, 2009, this female downy woodpecker who frequently visits my backyard was so comfortable with my presence as I was filling up the sunflower seeds that she decided to eat some of the suet and peck on the nearby ash tree. I was only about 4 feet from her and I was able to keep her there while talking to her the whole time. She stayed about 3-4 minutes. She was on the move or pecking most of the time so it was difficult to get photos that were completely in focus.

American Goldfinches

Here is a goldfinch with its winter coloration eating niger thistle at my birdfeeder on December 19, 2009.

These are the first photos from my telephoto lens. I wasn't using a tripod and was just testing it out, so they are somewhat out of focus. These are goldfinches in my backyard photographed on July 3, 2009 and are sporting their bright yellow summer coloration.

Male Sandpiper Protecting Nest

I didn't take any photos of this sandpiper I found in a nursery while looking for trees, but I did take two videos of him as he tried to get me to leave his nesting area. Look closely in the nest and you will see some eggs. These videos were taken on May 30, 2009.

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